Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II Prime minister: Portia Simpson-Miller
President: Federico Franco
Population
2,889,187
6,541,591
Life Expectancy
73.430 years
76.400 years
Capital City
Kingston
Asuncion
Largest city
Kingston (population: 937,700)
Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)
Human Development Index
0.771
0.752
GDP per capita
$9,100 US
$5,500 US
Literacy Rate
87.9%
94%
Corruption Perception Index
3.1
2.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%
13.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
6.600%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
constitutional republic
Independence date
6 August 1962 (from UK)
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Religions
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)
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
