Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
President: Karolos Papoulias
Population
194,320
10,767,827
Life Expectancy
72.660 years
80.050 years
Capital City
Athens
Largest city
Apia (population: 40,407)
Athens (population: 729,137)
Human Development Index
0.76
0.947
GDP per capita
$26,600 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
96%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
4.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%
14.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
Unemployment Rate
17.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary republic
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
Religions
Congregationalist 34.8%, Roman Catholic 19.6%, Methodist 15%, Latter-Day Saints 12.7%, Assembly of God 6.6%, Seventh-Day Adventist 3.5%, Worship Centre 1.3%, other Christian 4.5%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
Exports
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
External Debt
$583,300,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
4
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
Area
2,831 km sq
131,957 km sq
Coastline
403 km
13,676 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
