President: Francois Hollande Prime minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault
Population
1,996,617
65,630,692
Life Expectancy
77.480 years
81.460 years
Capital City
Ljubljana
Paris
Largest city
Ljubljana (population: 255,115)
Paris (population: 2,138,550)
Human Development Index
0.923
0.955
GDP per capita
$29,000 US
$35,600 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
6.7
6.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
10%
19.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Bernard Arnault ($16.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
11.800%
9.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary republic
republic
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)
Religions
Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
Languages
Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
Exports
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
External Debt
$61,230,000,000 $
$5,633,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.67 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), tolars per US dollar - 190.85 (2006), 192.71 (2005), 192.38 (2004) note: Slovenia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2007
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%
2.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
40
Location
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia
Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Area
20,273 km sq
643,801 km sq
Coastline
47 km
0 km
Climate
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
