Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
Prime minister: John Key
Population
194,320
4,327,944
Life Expectancy
72.660 years
80.710 years
Capital City
Wellington
Largest city
Apia (population: 40,407)
Auckland (population: 417,910)
Human Development Index
0.76
0.944
GDP per capita
$28,000 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
9.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%
33.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
26 September 1907 (from UK)
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)
Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
Languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
Exports
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
External Debt
$85,650,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
9
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
Area
2,831 km sq
267,710 km sq
Coastline
403 km
15,134 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
