Country Profiles
(Liberia thru Malta)
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- People: Population Density - 87 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Indigenous tribes (95%); Americo- Liberians (2.5%)
- Languages - English - official; tribal languages
- Religions - Traditional beliefs (70%); Muslim (20%); Christian (10%)
- Geography: Area - 37,100 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - President Charles Taylor (since Aug. 1, 1997)
- Capital - Monrovia (962,000)
- Local Divisions - 13 counties
- Spending - (Defense) $15 mil./NA
- Economy: Industries - Rubber/ palm oil processing, diamond ming
- Minerals and Other Resources - Iron, diamonds, gold, rubber, timber
- Arable Land - 1%
- Labor - 70% agric.; 22% services
- Per Capita GNP - $1,000
- Imports and Exports - $142 mil. and $39 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - S. Korea, Japan, Benelux, Norway, Ukraine
- Communications: Telephones - 6,700 main lines
- Radios - 263 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 20 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 132.42 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 49.96 - male; 52.91 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 3.02%
- Literacy - 38%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and most of its specialized agencies, OAU
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- People: Population Density - 71 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Malayo- Indonesian, Crotiers, French, Indian, Creole, Comoran
- Languages - Malagsy, French - both official
- Religions - Indigenous beliefs (52%); Christian (41%); Muslim (7%)
- Geography: Area - 224,300 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Comoro Isls., Mozambique
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Tantely Andrianarivo (since July 23, 1998)
- Capital - Antananarivo (1,507,000)
- Local Divisions - 6 provinces
- Spending - (Defense) $42 mil./$706 mil.
- Economy: Industries - Meat processing, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - Chromite, graphite, coal, bauxite
- Arable Land - 4%
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $780
- Imports and Exports - $881 mil. and $600 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - France, US, Germany
- Communications: Telephones - 56,700 main lines
- Radios - 193 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 20 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 87.62 per 1,000 people
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 52.31 - male; 54.92 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 3.02%
- Literacy - 46%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO) OAU
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- People: Population Density - 8 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Arab- Berber (97%)
- Languages - Arabic - official; Italian, English
- Religions - Sunni Muslim (97%)
- Geography: Area - 678,600 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Egypt
- Government: Type - Islamic Arabic Socialist "Mass- State"
- Head of Government - Col. Muammar al- Qaddafi (since Sept. 1969)
- Capital - Trippoli (1,822,000)
- Local Divisions - 25 municipalities
- Spending - (Defense) $1.2 bil./ $5.1 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Oil, food processing, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - Gypsum, oil, gas
- Arable Land - 1%
- Labor - 54% services and gov't; 29% ind.; 17% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $7,900
- Imports and Exports - $7 bil. and $6.6 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Italy, Germany, UK, Spain
- Communications: Telephones - 610,000 main lines
- Radios - 191 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 105 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 28.99 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 73.53 - male; 77.88 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 2.42%
- Literacy - 76%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO< IMF, IMO, WHO), AL, OAU, OPEC
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- People: Population Density - 291 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Chewa, Nyanja, Lomwe, other Bantu tribes
- Languages - English, Chichewa - both official
- Religions - Protestant (55%); Muslim (20%); Roman Catholic (20%)
- Geography: Area - 36,300 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania
- Government: Type - Multiparty democracy
- Head of Government - President Bakili Muluzi (since May 21, 1994)
- Capital - Lilongwe (1,000,000)
- Local Divisions - 3 regions, 26 districts
- Spending - (Defense) $26 mil./NA
- Economy: Industries - Agricultural processing, cement
- Minerals and Other Resources - none
- Arable Land - 18%
- Labor - 86% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $940
- Imports and Exports - $512 mil. and $510 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - South Africa, Zimbabwe, US, Zambia, Germany
- Communications: Telephones - 45,000 main lines
- Radios - 112 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - NA
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 130.52 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 36.61 - male; 37.55 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.5%
- Literacy - 56%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), the Commonwealth, OAU
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- People: Population Density - 542 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Alemannic (88%)
- Languages - German - official; Alemannic dialect
- Religions - Roman Catholic (80%); Protestant (7.4%)
- Geography: Area - 60 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Switzerland, Austria
- Government: Type - Hereditary constitutional monarchy
- Head of Government - Otmar Hasler (since Apr. 5, 2001)
- Capital - Vaduz (5,017)
- Local Divisions - 11 communes
- Spending - (Defense) NA
- Economy: Industries - Precision instruments, electronics, textiles, ceramics
- Minerals and Other Resources - NA
- Arable Land - 24%
- Labor - 53% services; 45% industry, trade, constr.
- Per Capita GNP - $23,000
- Imports and Exports - $917.3 mil. and $2.47 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Switzerland
- Communications: Telephones - NA
- Radios - 384 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 371 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 4.99 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 75.32 - male; 82. 6 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .48%
- Literacy - 100%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (WTrO), EFTA, OSCE
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- People: Population Density - 175 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Malay and other indigenous (58%); Chinese (26%); Indian (7%)
- Languages - Malay - official; English, Chinese dialects
- Religions - Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Christian
- Geography: Area - 126,700 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Thailand, Indonesia
- Government: Type - Federal parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarch
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir bin Mohammad (since July 16, 1981)
- Capital - Kuala Lumpur (1,378,000)
- Local Divisions - 13 states, 2 federal districts
- Spending - (Defense) $1.6 bil./$22 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Rubber goods, logging, electronics, petroleum production
- Minerals and Other Resources - Tin, oil, gas, bauxite, copper, iron, rubber, timber
- Arable Land - 3%
- Labor - 27% manuf.; 16% agric., foretsry, fisheries; 17% local trade and tourism
- Per Capita GNP - $10,700
- Imports and Exports - $61.5 bil. and $83.5 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - US, Japan, Singapore
- Communications: Telephones - 4,637,000 main lines
- Radios - 442 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 424 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 20.31 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 68.48 - male; 73.92 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 1.96%
- Literacy - 83%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), APEC, ASEAN, the Commonwealth
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- People: Population Density - 144 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Lithuanian (80.6%); Russian (8.7%); Polish (7%)
- Languages - Lithuanian - official; Polish, Russian
- Religions - Primarily Roman Catholic
- Geography: Area - 25,100 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Latvia, Bealrus, Poland, Russia
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas (sine July 3, 2001)
- Capital - Vlinius (578,000)
- Local Divisions - 10 provinces
- Spending - (Defense) $210 mil./$1.7 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Machinery, shipbuilding, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - NA
- Arable Land - 35%
- Labor - 50% services; 30% ind.; 20% agric.
- Per Capita GNP - $4,800
- Imports and Exports - $4.5 bil and $3.3 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Russia, Germany, Latvia
- Communications: Telephones - 1,187,700 main lines
- Radios - 404 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 364 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 14.5 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 63.3 - male; 75.5 - female
- Natural Population Increase - -.29%
- Literacy - 98%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO), OSCE
- National Website
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- People: Population Density - 3,108 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African
- Languages - Maldivian, Divehi (Sinhalese dialect - official); English
- Religions - Sunni Muslim
- Geography: Area - 100 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - India
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (since Nov. 11, 1978)
- Capital - Male (72,000)
- Local Divisions - 19 atolls and Male
- Spending - (Defense) NA
- Economy: Industries - Fish processing, tourism
- Minerals and Other Resources - fish
- Arable Land - 10%
- Labor - 60% services; 22% agric.; 18% ind.
- Per Capita GNP - $1,800
- Imports and Exports - $312 mil. and $98 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, UK
- Communications: Telephones - 24,400 main lines
- Radios - 96 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 19 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 63.72 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 61.39 - male; 63.8 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 3.01%
- Literacy - 93%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), the Commonwealth
- National Website
- UN Missions in Maldives
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- People: Population Density - 444 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Mixture of French and German predominates
- Languages - French, German, Luxembourgian, English
- Religions - Roman Catholic (97%)
- Geography: Area - 1,000 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Belgium, France, Germany
- Government: Type - Constitutional monarchy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Jean- Claude Juncker (since Jan. 19, 1995)
- Capital - Luxembourg (80,700)
- Local Divisions - 3 districts
- Spending - (Defense) $100 mil./$5.46 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Steel, chemcials, food processing, tires, banking, engineering, metal products
- Minerals and Other Resources - none
- Arable Land - 24%
- Labor - 83.2% services; 14.3% ind.
- Per Capita GNP - $34,200
- Imports and Exports - $9.6 bil. and $7.5 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Belgium, Germany, France
- Communications: Telephones - 331,000 main lines
- Radios - 586 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 916 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 4.77 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 74.02 - male; 80.8 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .34%
- Literacy - 100%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO< IMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), EU, NATO, OECD, OSCE
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- People: Population Density - 23 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Mande (Bambara, Malinke, Sarakole) (50%); Peul (17%); Voltaic (12); Tuareg and Moor (10%); Songhai (6%)
- Languages - French - official; Mabara, numerous African languages
- Religions - Muslim (90%); indigenous beliefs (9%)
- Geography: Area - 470,500 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Niger, Algeria
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Mande Sidibe (since Feb. 15, 2000)
- Capital - Bamako (1,131,000)
- Local Divisions - 8 regions, 1 capital district
- Spending - (Defense) $30 mil./$770 mil.
- Economy: Industries - Constructino, mining, agriculture
- Minerals and Other Resources - Gold, phosphates, kaolin
- Arable Land - 2%
- Labor - 80% agric. and fishing
- Per Capita GNP - $820
- Imports and Exports - $650 mil. and $640 mil.
- Major Trading Partners - Thailand, Cote d'Ivoire, Italy, China, France
- Communications: Telephones - 26,800 main lines
- Radios - 168 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 12 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 121.44 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 45.84 - male; 48.24 - female
- Natural Population Increase - 3.01%
- Literacy - 31%
- International Organization Memberships: UN and most of its specialized agencies, OAU
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- People: Population Density - 206 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Macedonian (66%); Albanian (23%)
- Languages - Macedonian - official; Albanian, Serbo- Croatian
- Religions - Eastern Orthodox (67%); Muslim (30%)
- Geography: Area - 9,900 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Bulgaria, Greece, Albanua, Serbia
- Government: Type - Republic
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Ljupco Georgievski (since Nov. 30, 1998)
- Capital - Skopje (429,964)
- Local Divisions - 123 municipalities
- Spending - (Defense) $77 mil./$1.0 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Mining, textiles
- Minerals and Other Resources - Chromium, lead, zinc
- Arable Land - 24%
- Labor - NA
- Per Capita GNP - $3,800
- Imports and Exports - $1.56 bil. and $1.2 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, US, Slovenia
- Communications: Telephones - 471,000 main lines
- Radios - 179 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 179 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 12.95 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 71.79 - male; 76.43 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .58%
- Literacy - 89%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, IMF, IMO, WHO)
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- People: Population Density - 3,288 per sq. mi.
- Ethnic Groups - Maltese
- Languages - Maltese, English - both official
- Religions - Roman Catholic (98%)
- Geography: Area - 120 sq. mi.
- Neighbors - Italy
- Government: Type - Parliamentary democracy
- Head of Government - Prime Minister Edward Fenech- Adami (since Sept. 6, 1998)
- Capital - Valletta (7,073)
- Local Divisions - 3 regions comprising 67 local councils
- Spending - (Defense) $27.6 mil./$1.76 bil.
- Economy: Industries - Tourism, electronics, construction, textiles, food and beverages
- Minerals and Other Resources - Salt, limestone
- Arable Land - 38%
- Labor - 71% services; 24% ind.
- Per Capita GNP - $13,800
- Imports and Exports - $2.7 bil. and $1.8 bil.
- Major Trading Partners - France, Italy, UK, US, Germany
- Communications: Telephones - 204,200 main lines
- Radios - 525 per 1,000 people
- Televisions - 739 per 1,000 people
- Social Services: Infant Mortality - 5.83 per 1,000
- Life Expectancy at Birth - 75.64 - male; 80.79 - female
- Natural Population Increase - .5%
- Literacy - 91%
- International Organization Memberships: UN (FAO, IBRD, ILO, OMF, IMO, WHO, WTrO), the Commonwealth, OSCE
- National Website
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