Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
President: Yoweri Museveni
Population
106,487
33,640,833
Life Expectancy
71.800 years
53.450 years
Capital City
Largest city
Weno (population: 17,624)
Kampala (population: 1,353,190)
Human Development Index
NA
0.493
GDP per capita
Literacy Rate
89%
66.8%
Corruption Perception Index
NA
2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA
30.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
Death Penalty
NA
Legal
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
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
Roman Catholic 41.9%, Protestant 42% (Anglican 35.9%, Pentecostal 4.6%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.5%), Muslim 12.1%, other 3.1%, none 0.9% (2002 census)
Languages
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
English (official national language, taught in grade schools, used in courts of law and by most newspapers and some radio broadcasts), Ganda or Luganda (most widely used of the Niger-Congo languages, preferred for native language publications in the capital and may be taught in school), other Niger-Congo languages, Nilo-Saharan languages, Swahili, Arabic
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Eastern Africa, west of Kenya
Area
702 km sq
241,038 km sq
Coastline
6,112 km
0 km
Climate
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
tropical; generally rainy with two dry seasons (December to February, June to August); semiarid in northeast
