Chairman of the General National Congress: Mohamed Magarief
President: Toomas Hendrik Ilves
Population
5,613,380
1,274,709
Life Expectancy
77.830 years
73.580 years
Capital City
Tripoli (Tarabulus)
Tallinn
Largest city
Tripoli (population: 1,150,990)
Tallinn (population: 394,024)
Human Development Index
0.84
0.871
GDP per capita
$14,100 US
$20,600 US
Literacy Rate
82.6%
99.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6
6.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%
20.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
30.000%
12.100%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state
parliamentary republic
Independence date
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
20 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
Evangelical Lutheran 13.6%, Orthodox 12.8%, other Christian (including Methodist, Seventh-Day Adventist, Roman Catholic, Pentecostal) 1.4%, unaffiliated 34.1%, other and unspecified 32%, none 6.1% (2000 census)
Languages
Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
Estonian (official) 67.3%, Russian 29.7%, other 2.3%, unknown 0.7% (2000 census)
