President: Ivan Gasparovic Prime minister-elect: Robert Fico
Population
248,645,008
5,483,088
Life Expectancy
71.620 years
76.030 years
Capital City
Jakarta
Bratislava
Largest city
Jakarta (population: 8,540,120)
Bratislava (population: 423,737)
Human Development Index
0.726
0.872
GDP per capita
$4,700 US
$23,600 US
Literacy Rate
90.4%
99.6%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6
5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
11.6%
19.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Michael Hartono ($1.7bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
6.600%
13.500%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
17 August 1945 (declared) note: recognized by the Netherlands on 27 December 1949; in August 2005, the Netherlands announced it recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Religions
Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)
Roman Catholic 68.9%, Protestant 10.8%, Greek Catholic 4.1%, other or unspecified 3.2%, none 13% (2001 census)
Languages
Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
Slovak (official) 83.9%, Hungarian 10.7%, Roma 1.8%, Ukrainian 1%, other or unspecified 2.6% (2001 census)
Exports
oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber
vehicles 25.9%, machinery and electrical equipment 21.3%, base metals 14.6%, chemicals and minerals 10.1%, plastics 5.4% (2004)
External Debt
$186,900,000,000 $
$72,940,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Indonesian rupiah (IDR) per US dollar - 9,558.1 (2008 est.), 9,056 (2007 est.), 9,159.3 (2006), 9,704.7 (2005), 8,938.9 (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
3.000%
1.080%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
6
Location
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
