Micronesia, in the western Pacific, consists of some 600 islands grouped into four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk (Truk) and Yap.
Population
38,415,284
106,487
Life Expectancy
76.250 years
71.800 years
Capital City
Warsaw
Largest city
Warsaw (population: 1,702,140)
Weno (population: 17,624)
Human Development Index
0.875
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GDP per capita
$20,600 US
Literacy Rate
99.8%
89%
Corruption Perception Index
4.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
18%
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Wealthiest Citizens
Zygmunt Solorz-Zak ($1.0bn US)
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Unemployment Rate
12.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished
NA
Political System
republic
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
Independence date
11 November 1918 (republic proclaimed)
Religions
Roman Catholic 89.8% (about 75% practicing), Eastern Orthodox 1.3%, Protestant 0.3%, other 0.3%, unspecified 8.3% (2002)
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 47%, other 3%
Languages
Polish 97.8%, other and unspecified 2.2% (2002 census)
English (official and common language), Chuukese, Kosrean, Pohnpeian, Yapese, Ulithian, Woleaian, Nukuoro, Kapingamarangi
Exports
machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6% (2003)
External Debt
$320,000,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
zlotych (PLN) per US dollar - 2.3 (2008 est.), 2.81 (2007), 3.1032 (2006), 3.2355 (2005), 3.6576 (2004) note: zlotych is the plural form of zloty
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10
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Location
Central Europe, east of Germany
Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
Area
312,685 km sq
702 km sq
Coastline
440 km
6,112 km
Climate
temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
tropical; heavy year-round rainfall, especially in the eastern islands; located on southern edge of the typhoon belt with occasionally severe damage
