Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
Population
8,296,693
2,889,187
Life Expectancy
70.710 years
73.430 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa
Kingston
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Human Development Index
0.714
0.771
GDP per capita
$4,400 US
$9,100 US
Literacy Rate
80%
87.9%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6
3.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%
13.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
4.800%
12.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
democratic constitutional republic
constitutional parliamentary democracy
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
6 August 1962 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Protestant 62.5% (Seventh-Day Adventist 10.8%, Pentecostal 9.5%, Other Church of God 8.3%, Baptist 7.2%, New Testament Church of God 6.3%, Church of God in Jamaica 4.8%, Church of God of Prophecy 4.3%, Anglican 3.6%, other Christian 7.7%), Roman Catholic 2.6%, other or unspecified 14.2%, none 20.9%, (2001 census)
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Jamaican dollars (JMD) per US dollar - 72.236 (2008 est.), 69.034 (2007), 65.768 (2006), 62.51 (2005), 61.197 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%
0.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
11
Location
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Caribbean, island in the Caribbean Sea, south of Cuba
