Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor-general Prime minister: Danny Philip
Population
3,316,328
584,578
Life Expectancy
76.410 years
74.420 years
Capital City
Montevideo
Largest city
Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)
Honiara (population: 56,298)
Human Development Index
0.859
0.591
GDP per capita
$15,300 US
Literacy Rate
98%
%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9
2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%
0%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished
Political System
constitutional republic
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
Religions
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
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
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages
