Eternal president: Kim Il-sung (deceased) Chairman, National Defence Commission: Kim Jong-il
President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Population
24,589,122
4,480,043
Life Expectancy
69.200 years
75.990 years
Capital City
Zagreb
Largest city
Pyongyang (population: 3,222,000)
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Human Development Index
0
0.862
GDP per capita
$18,400 US
Literacy Rate
99%
98.1%
Corruption Perception Index
NA
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
20.1%
20.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
17.700%
Death Penalty
NA
Abolished
Political System
Communist state one-man dictatorship
presidential/parliamentary democracy
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages
Korean
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Exports
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$66,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.390%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
6
5
Location
Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
120,538 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
2,495 km
5,835 km
Climate
temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
