Head of state: Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Prime minister: Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi
President: Jose Mujica
Population
194,320
3,316,328
Life Expectancy
72.660 years
76.410 years
Capital City
Montevideo
Largest city
Apia (population: 40,407)
Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)
Human Development Index
0.76
0.859
GDP per capita
$15,300 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
98%
Corruption Perception Index
4.4
6.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%
12.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
constitutional republic
Independence date
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
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)
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
Languages
Samoan (Polynesian), English
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
