Chairman of the General National Congress: Mohamed Magarief
President : Vladimir Putin
Population
5,613,380
142,517,670
Life Expectancy
77.830 years
66.460 years
Capital City
Tripoli (Tarabulus)
Moscow
Largest city
Tripoli (population: 1,150,990)
Moscow (population: 10,381,200)
Human Development Index
0.84
NA
GDP per capita
$14,100 US
$17,000 US
Literacy Rate
82.6%
99.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6
2.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%
NA
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Mikhail Prokhorov ($9.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
30.000%
6.600%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished in practice
Political System
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state
federation
Independence date
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule
Languages
Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
petroleum and petroleum products, natural gas, wood and wood products, metals, chemicals, and a wide variety of civilian and military manufactures
External Debt
$4,774,000,000 $
$519,400,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Libyan dinars (LYD) per US dollar - 1.2112 (2008 est.), 1.2604 (2007), 1.3108 (2006), 1.3084 (2005), 1.305 (2004)
Russian rubles (RUB) per US dollar - 24.3 (2008 est.), 25.659 (2007), 27.19 (2006), 28.284 (2005), 28.814 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.900%
3.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
72
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia
Northern Asia (the area west of the Urals is considered part of Europe), bordering the Arctic Ocean, between Europe and the North Pacific Ocean
Area
1,759,540 km sq
17,098,242 km sq
Coastline
1,770 km
37,653 km
Climate
Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
ranges from steppes in the south through humid continental in much of European Russia; subarctic in Siberia to tundra climate in the polar north; winters vary from cool along Black Sea coast to frigid in Siberia; summers vary from warm in the steppes to cool along Arctic coast
