Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Prime minister: Danny Philip
Population
7,768,385
584,578
Life Expectancy
66.380 years
74.420 years
Capital City
Dushanbe
Largest city
Dushanbe (population: 543,107)
Honiara (population: 56,298)
Human Development Index
0.684
0.591
GDP per capita
$2,100 US
Literacy Rate
99.5%
%
Corruption Perception Index
2
2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%
0%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
2.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Abolished
Political System
republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
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)
Languages
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
