President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
Population
10,781,459
4,480,043
Life Expectancy
78.700 years
75.990 years
Capital City
Lisbon
Zagreb
Largest city
Lisbon (population: 517,802)
Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000)
Human Development Index
0.9
0.862
GDP per capita
$23,700 US
$18,400 US
Literacy Rate
93.3%
98.1%
Corruption Perception Index
6.1
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
28.3%
20.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Americo Amorim ($3.3bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
12.700%
17.700%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
republic; parliamentary democracy
presidential/parliamentary democracy
Independence date
1143 (Kingdom of Portugal recognized); 5 October 1910 (republic proclaimed)
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Roman Catholic 84.5%, other Christian 2.2%, other 0.3%, unknown 9%, none 3.9% (2001 census)
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
Languages
Portuguese (official), Mirandese (official - but locally used)
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
Exports
agricultural products, food products, oil products, chemical products, plastics and rubber, skins and leather, wood and cork, wood pulp and paper, textile materials, clothing, footwear, minerals and mineral products, base metals, machinery and tools, vehicles and other transport material, and optical and precision
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
External Debt
$548,300,000,000 $
$66,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.300%
2.390%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
5
Location
Southwestern Europe, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Spain
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
Area
92,090 km sq
56,594 km sq
Coastline
1,793 km
5,835 km
Climate
maritime temperate; cool and rainy in north, warmer and drier in south
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
