Co-heads of state: Joan Enric Vives i Sicilia, Bishop of Urgel, Spain, and Nicolas Sarkozy of France Head of government: Antoni Marti
Population
313,847,465
85,082
Life Expectancy
78.490 years
82.500 years
Capital City
Washington, DC
Largest city
New York City (population: 8,008,280)
Andorra la Vella (population: 20,430)
Human Development Index
0.95
0
GDP per capita
$49,000 US
Literacy Rate
99%
100%
Corruption Perception Index
7.3
NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
16.6%
25%
Wealthiest Citizens
William Gates III ($40.0bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
9.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition
parliamentary democracy (since March 1993) that retains as its chiefs of state a coprincipality; the two princes are the president of France and bishop of Seo de Urgel, Spain, who are represented locally by coprinces' representatives
Independence date
4 July 1776 (from Great Britain)
Religions
Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4% (2007 est.)
Roman Catholic (predominant)
Languages
English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census) note: Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Southwestern Europe, between France and Spain
Area
9,826,675 km sq
468 km sq
Coastline
19,924 km
0 km
Climate
mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
temperate; snowy, cold winters and warm, dry summers
