Country
Seychelles Colombia
Leader
Population
90,024 45,239,079
Life Expectancy
73.770 years 74.790 years
Capital City
Victoria Bogota
Largest city
Victoria (population: 22,881) Bogota (population: 7,102,600)
Human Development Index
0.836 0.787 GDP per capita $25,000 US $10,400 US
Literacy Rate
91.8% 92.8%
Corruption Perception Index
4.8 3.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.5% 9.7% Wealthiest Citizens NA Julio Mario Santo Domingo ($4.0bn US) Unemployment Rate 2.000% 10.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
republic republic; executive branch dominates government structure
Independence date
29 June 1976 (from UK) 20 July 1810 (from Spain) Religions Roman Catholic 82.3%, Anglican 6.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.1%, other Christian 3.4%, Hindu 2.1%, Muslim 1.1%, other non-Christian 1.5%, unspecified 1.5%, none 0.6% (2002 census) Roman Catholic 90%, other 10% Languages Creole 91.8%, English 4.9% (official), other 3.1%, unspecified 0.2% (2002 census) Spanish Exports canned tuna, frozen fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports) petroleum, coffee, coal, nickel, emeralds, apparel, bananas, cut flowers External Debt $1,470,000,000 $ $68,760,000,000 US Exchange Rate Seychelles rupees (SCR) per US dollar - 8 (2008 est.), 6.5 (2007), 5.5 (2006), 5.5 (2005), 5.5 (2004) Colombian pesos (COP) per US dollar - 2,302.9 (2008 est.), 2,013.8 (2007), 2,358.6 (2006), 2,320.75 (2005), 2,628.61 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.000% 3.400% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 2 Location archipelago in the Indian Ocean, northeast of Madagascar Northern South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Panama and Venezuela, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Ecuador and Panama Area 455 km sq 1,138,910 km sq Coastline 491 km 3,208 km Climate tropical marine; humid; cooler season during southeast monsoon (late May to September); warmer season during northwest monsoon (March to May) tropical along coast and eastern plains; cooler in highlands
