Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General Prime minister: Stephen Harper
Population
3,656,843
34,300,083
Life Expectancy
69.510 years
81.480 years
Capital City
Chisinau (Kishinev)
Ottawa
Largest city
Chisinau (population: 635,994)
Toronto (population: 4,612,190)
Human Development Index
0.719
0.967
GDP per capita
$3,400 US
$41,100 US
Literacy Rate
99.1%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
2.9
8.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
21.8%
24.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
David Thomson & family ($13.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.700%
7.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
republic
constitutional monarchy that is also a parliamentary democracy and a federation
Independence date
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
1 July 1867 (union of British North American colonies); 11 December 1931 (recognized by UK)
Religions
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
Roman Catholic 42.6%, Protestant 23.3% (including United Church 9.5%, Anglican 6.8%, Baptist 2.4%, Lutheran 2%), other Christian 4.4%, Muslim 1.9%, other and unspecified 11.8%, none 16% (2001 census)
Languages
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
English (official) 59.3%, French (official) 23.2%, other 17.5%
Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004)
Canadian dollars (CAD) per US dollar - 1.0364 (2008 est.), 1.0724 (2007), 1.1334 (2006), 1.2118 (2005), 1.301 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.400%
1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1
18
Location
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the east, North Pacific Ocean on the west, and the Arctic Ocean on the north, north of the conterminous US
Area
33,851 km sq
9,984,670 km sq
Coastline
0 km
202,080 km
Climate
moderate winters, warm summers
varies from temperate in south to subarctic and arctic in north
