President: Maxwell Richards Prime minister: Kamla Persad-Bissessar
President: Islam Karimov
Population
1,226,383
28,394,180
Life Expectancy
71.670 years
72.770 years
Capital City
Port-of-Spain
Tashkent (Toshkent)
Largest city
Chaguanas (population: 72,159)
Tashkent (population: 1,978,030)
Human Development Index
0.833
0.701
GDP per capita
$20,300 US
$3,300 US
Literacy Rate
98.6%
99.3%
Corruption Perception Index
3.6
1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
33.3%
16.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
6.400%
1.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
parliamentary democracy
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Independence date
31 August 1962 (from UK)
1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Roman Catholic 26%, Hindu 22.5%, Anglican 7.8%, Baptist 7.2%, Pentecostal 6.8%, Muslim 5.8%, Seventh Day Adventist 4%, other Christian 5.8%, other 10.8%, unspecified 1.4%, none 1.9% (2000 census)
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
Languages
English (official), Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), French, Spanish, Chinese
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
Exports
petroleum and petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG), methanol, ammonia, urea, steel products, beverages, cereal and cereal products, sugar, cocoa, coffee, citrus fruit, vegetables, flowers
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
External Debt
$4,483,000,000 $
$8,570,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Trinidad and Tobago dollars (TTD) per US dollar - 6.3228 (2008 est.), 6.3275 (2007), 6.3107 (2006), 6.2842 (2005), 6.299 (2004)
Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,317 (2008 est.), 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8 (2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.300%
3.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2
6
Location
Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Venezuela
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
Area
5,128 km sq
447,400 km sq
Coastline
362 km
0 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (June to December)
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
