Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
Eternal president: Kim Il-sung (deceased) Chairman, National Defence Commission: Kim Jong-il
Population
194,320
24,589,122
Life Expectancy
72.660 years
69.200 years
Capital City
Largest city
Apia (population: 40,407)
Pyongyang (population: 3,222,000)
Human Development Index
0.76
0
GDP per capita
Literacy Rate
99.7%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%
20.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
Death Penalty
Abolished
NA
Political System
parliamentary democracy
Communist state one-man dictatorship
Independence date
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)
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Korean
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
6
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
Area
2,831 km sq
120,538 km sq
Coastline
403 km
2,495 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
