Eternal president: Kim Il-sung (deceased) Chairman, National Defence Commission: Kim Jong-il
Population
1,996,617
24,589,122
Life Expectancy
77.480 years
69.200 years
Capital City
Ljubljana
Largest city
Ljubljana (population: 255,115)
Pyongyang (population: 3,222,000)
Human Development Index
0.923
0
GDP per capita
$29,000 US
Literacy Rate
99.7%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
6.7
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
10%
20.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
11.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished
NA
Political System
parliamentary republic
Communist state one-man dictatorship
Independence date
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
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)
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Languages
Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)
Korean
Exports
manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
External Debt
$61,230,000,000 $
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
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5
6
Location
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia
Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
Area
20,273 km sq
120,538 km sq
Coastline
47 km
2,495 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
