Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Prime minister: Danny Philip
Head of state: Grand Duke Henri Prime minister: Jean-Claude Juncker
Population
584,578
509,074
Life Expectancy
74.420 years
79.750 years
Capital City
Luxembourg
Largest city
Honiara (population: 56,298)
Luxembourg (population: 76,684)
Human Development Index
0.591
0.956
GDP per capita
$81,100 US
Literacy Rate
%
100%
Corruption Perception Index
2.9
8.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
0%
23.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
5.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
constitutional monarchy
Independence date
1839 (from the Netherlands)
Religions
Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census)
Roman Catholic 87%, other (includes Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 13% (2000)
Languages
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
Luxembourgish (national language), German (administrative language), French (administrative language)
Exports
machinery and equipment, steel products, chemicals, rubber products, glass
External Debt
$2,146,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea
Western Europe, between France and Germany
Area
28,896 km sq
2,586 km sq
Coastline
5,313 km
0 km
Climate
tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather
modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
