Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
President: Armando Guebuza
Population
106,487
23,515,934
Life Expectancy
71.800 years
52.020 years
Capital City
Maputo
Largest city
Weno (population: 17,624)
Maputo (population: 1,191,610)
Human Development Index
NA
0.366
GDP per capita
$1,100 US
Literacy Rate
89%
47.8%
Corruption Perception Index
NA
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA
34.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
21.000%
Death Penalty
NA
Abolished
Political System
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 3 November 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force May 2004
republic
Independence date
25 June 1975 (from Portugal)
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
Catholic 23.8%, Muslim 17.8%, Zionist Christian 17.5%, other 17.8%, none 23.1% (1997 census)
Languages
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
Emakhuwa 26.1%, Xichangana 11.3%, Portuguese 8.8% (official; spoken by 27% of population as a second language), Elomwe 7.6%, Cisena 6.8%, Echuwabo 5.8%, other Mozambican languages 32%, other foreign languages 0.3%, unspecified 1.3% (1997 census)
meticais (MZM) per US dollar - 24.125 (2008 est.), 26.264 (2007), 25.4 (2006), 23,061 (2005), 22,581 (2004) note: in 2006 Mozambique revalued its currency, with 1000 old meticais equal to 1 new meticais
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Southeastern Africa, bordering the Mozambique Channel, between South Africa and Tanzania
Area
702 km sq
799,380 km sq
Coastline
6,112 km
2,470 km
Climate
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
