Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
President: Moncef Marzouki
Population
194,320
10,732,900
Life Expectancy
72.660 years
75.240 years
Capital City
Tunis
Largest city
Apia (population: 40,407)
Tunis (population: 693,210)
Human Development Index
0.76
0.762
GDP per capita
$9,600 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
74.3%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%
19.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
18.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished in practice
Political System
parliamentary democracy
republic
Independence date
20 March 1956 (from France)
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)
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
Exports
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
External Debt
$23,210,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0
1
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and New Zealand
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
Area
2,831 km sq
163,610 km sq
Coastline
403 km
1,148 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (November to April), dry season (May to October)
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
