President: Ivan Gasparovic Prime minister-elect: Robert Fico
Population
1,205,073,612
5,483,088
Life Expectancy
67.140 years
76.030 years
Capital City
New Delhi
Bratislava
Largest city
Mumbai (population: 12,691,800)
Bratislava (population: 423,737)
Human Development Index
0.609
0.872
GDP per capita
$3,700 US
$23,600 US
Literacy Rate
61%
99.6%
Corruption Perception Index
3.4
5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
9.2%
19.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Mukesh Ambani ($19.5bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
9.800%
13.500%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
federal republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
15 August 1947 (from UK)
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Religions
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)
Languages
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)
Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
External Debt
$289,700,000,000 $
$72,940,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Indian rupees (INR) per US dollar - 43.319 (2008 est.), 41.487 (2007), 45.3 (2006), 44.101 (2005), 45.317 (2004)
Slovak koruny (SKK) per US dollar - 21.05 (2008 est.), 24.919 (2007), 29.611 (2006), 31.018 (2005), 32.257 (2004) note: on 1 January 2009 Slovakia adopted the euro as legal tender
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%
1.080%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
3
6
Location
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan
Central Europe, south of Poland
Area
3,287,263 km sq
49,035 km sq
Coastline
7,000 km
0 km
Climate
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north
