236 résultats pour "gdp"

• Georgia (country) - country.

  1917. During the subsequent Soviet period, religious practice was strongly discouraged because the Soviet state was officially atheistic; however, the GeorgianOrthodox Church was allowed to function openly. Orthodox Christianity is the religion of about 58 percent of the Georgian population. Muslims represent about 19 percent of the country’s population, with ethnicAzerbaijanis, Kurds, and Ajars comprising the principal Muslim groups. Ajars are ethnic Georgians who converted to Islam in the 17th...

• Puerto Rico - geography.

  the length of the day remains fairly constant throughout the year. San Juan has a mean July temperature of 28°C (83°F) and a mean January temperature of 25°C (77°F). The average temperature of the seawater surrounding theisland is 27°C (81°F), with little variation during the course of the year. The entire island is cooled by the trade winds from the northeast. This air also contains much water vapor. As the air is forced to rise over the mountains, it becomescooler and the water vapor condenses...

• comparaison economique NZ et Cameroon

  Matthew New Zealand Cameroon economic and social comparison New Zealand Cameroon 39 000 3 700 unemploym ent Gdp agr. 4,7% 4,3% 5.7 % 16.7% Labour force agr. Birth rate 6.6% 70% 12.8 36.3 Death rate 6.9 8.1 Infant mortality rate Literacy rate Median age 3.5 51.5 99.9% 77% 37.2 18.5 3.47 0.09 Gdp per capita Physicians density

• Cyprus - country.

  40,000 cubic meters (1.4 million cubic feet) of salt water into fresh water per day, opened at Dhekelia in 1997, and a second larger plant opened at Larnaca in 2001. III PEOPLE OF CYPRUS The combined population of the Greek and Turkish sectors (2008 estimate) is 792,604. The overall population density is 86 persons per sq km (222 per sq mi). About69 percent of the island’s inhabitants live in urban areas. Greek-speaking Cypriots make up approximately 85 percent of the population. About 12 perc...

• United Kingdom Facts and Figures.

  Muslim 2.7 percent Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist 2.4 percent Nonreligious 15.5 percent Other and not stated 7.8 percent *2001 Census HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 78.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 81.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 601 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 238 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not...

• Yukon Territory - Facts and Figures.

  GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Dennis Fentie Legislature Legislative Assembly 18 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 1 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 1 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$1.5 billion (2006) Income per capita 31,526 (2001 estimate) GDP by economic sectorAgriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.4 percent (2004) IndustryConstruction 9.4 percent (2004) Manufacturing 0.2 percent (2004) Mining 6 perc...

• Northwest Territories - Facts and Figures.

  GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Joseph Handley Legislature Legislative Assembly 19 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 1 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 1 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$4.2 billion (2006) Income per capita 36,645 (2001 estimate) GDP by economic sectorAgriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.5 percent (2004) IndustryConstruction 8.7 percent (2004) Manufacturing 0.2 percent (2004) Mining 53.5...

• Nunavut Territory - Facts and Figures.

  GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Paul Okalik Legislature Legislative Assembly 19 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 1 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 1 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$1,184 million (2006) Income per capita 28,215 (2001 estimate) GDP by economic sectorAgriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.1 percent (2004) IndustryConstruction 16.1 percent (2004) Manufacturing 0.1 percent (2004) Mining 2.5 p...

• Manitoba - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,406 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 79 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Gary Doer Legislature Legislative Assembly 57 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 14 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$45 billion (2006)...

• New Brunswick - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,865 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 84 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Shawn Graham Legislature Legislative Assembly 55 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 9 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 10 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$25 billion (2006)...

• Québec - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,667 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 84 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Jean Charest Legislature National Assembly 125 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 24 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 75 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$283 billion (2006)...

• Saskatchewan - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,035 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 80 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Lorne Calvert Legislature Legislative Assembly 58 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 14 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$46 billion (2006...

• British Columbia - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,970 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 86 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Gordon Campbell Legislature Legislative Assembly 79 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 34 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$180 billion (2...

• Ontario - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,274 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 88 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Dalton McGuinty Legislature Legislative Assembly 103 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 24 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 103 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$558 billion...

• Alberta - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,275 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 83 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Ed Stelmach Legislature Legislative Assembly 83 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 6 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 26 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$240 billion (2006)...

• Nova Scotia - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,021 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 85 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Rodney MacDonald Legislature House of Assembly 52 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 10 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 11 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$32 billion (200...

• Prince Edward Island - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 2 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 3,926 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 80 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Patrick George Binns Legislature Legislative Assembly 27 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 4 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 4 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$4.3 billio...

• Newfoundland and Labrador - Facts and Figures.

  Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2005 estimate) Health-care expenditure per capita 4,253 Canadian dollars (2004 estimate) Adult population with high school diploma 79 percent (2001 estimate) GOVERNMENTProvincial governmentPremier Danny Williams Legislature House of Assembly 48 members National representationMembers of the Canadian Senate 5 Members of the Canadian House of Commons 7 ECONOMYGross domestic product (GDP, in Canadiandollars) C$26 billion (2006)...

• Deutscher Bundestag Deutscher Bundestag, die Volksvertretung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland mit Sitz in Berlin (seit 1999, zuvor in Bonn).

  Christlich Demokratische Union (CDU)/Christlich Soziale Union (CSU) 50,2 270 Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands(SPD) 31,8 169 Freie Demokratische Partei (FDP) 7,7 41 Deutsche Partei (DP) 3,4 17* Bayernpartei (BP) 0,5 Deutsche Zentrumspartei 0,3 Deutsche Reichspartei (DRP) 1,0 Gesamtdeutscher Block/Bund derHeimatvertriebenen und Entrechteten(GB/BHE) 4,6 Sonstige 0,5 Anzahl der Grundmandate: 494 * durch Alternativklausel an Mandatsverteilung beteiligt 1961 PARTEI ZWEITSTIMMEN (in %) MAND...

• Belize - country.

  Education is compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 14. Attendance at primary schools was nearly universal in 2002–2003, but only 78 percent of children ofsecondary school age were enrolled in school. Higher education is available at colleges in Belize City and Corozal. The literacy rate of 93 percent is one of the highest inLatin America. C Government Belize is governed under a constitution that became effective at independence in 1981. Belize recognizes the British monarch as its o...

• Benin - country.

  French is the official language of Benin, but most people speak an African language. Each of the country’s ethnic groups has its own language. Fon is the most widelyspoken language. About 52 percent of the population professes traditional religious beliefs, chiefly Vodun, a belief in spirits. Arab merchants introduced Islam to the region, and today it isthe religion of some 20 percent of the people, most of whom live in the north. Christianity, especially Roman Catholicism, is the religion of ab...

• Jamaica - country.

  majority, the Church of God, Baptists, Anglicans, Seventh-day Adventists, Pentecostalists, and Roman Catholics predominate. Several well-established Jewish, Muslim,and Hindu communities exist. A number of popular sects, such as Pocomania and Rastafarianism, are a significant and famous feature of the national religious life. C Education School attendance by children between the ages of 6 and 11 is nearly universal, and 84 percent of all 12- to 18-year-olds attend secondary institutions. In 2000...

• The Gambia - country.

  The population of The Gambia (2008 estimate) is 1,735,464, making it one of the least populous countries of Africa. Still, the country has a fairly high overall populationdensity of 174 persons per sq km (449 per sq mi), and the population is increasing at a rate of 2.7 percent a year. Banjul, formerly called Bathurst, is the capital andonly seaport. The largest city is Serrekunda, a transportation hub and commercial center. B Religion and Language The great majority of the people of The Gambia...

• Guyana - country.

  European patterns of living. People of mixed African and European ancestry form a distinct group in Guyana, maintaining closer social ties to the European communitythan to the African Guyanese community. Asians from the Indian subcontinent began to arrive in the 19th century, following the abolition of slavery in Guyana, to work as indentured and contract laborers. Theycontinued to arrive until 1917, when Britain outlawed indentured servitude. Thousands of Indians chose to remain in Guyana after...

• Health Care System in Canada.

  With a few exceptions, provincial health plans cover all medically necessary services, so that patients need not pay directly for anything except so-called incidental costs.These incidental costs include items such as a patient’s private hospital room, unless it is specified by a physician, and transportation to the hospital. Provincial healthplans also do not cover some nonessential procedures, such as laser surgery for the eye, cosmetic surgery, procedures to reverse sterilization, and, in mos...

• Costa Rica - country.

  protection from future deforestation is not guaranteed. Deforestation places Costa Rica’s rich biodiversity in danger. The country’s location on the cusp between Northand South America and its abundance of tropical forests make it home to a great variety of species, many of them rare and threatened. Deforestation also contributesto the country’s problematic rate of soil erosion. Costa Rica is party to international treaties concerning biodiversity, climate change ( see Global Warming), endangere...

• Honduras - country.

  A Principal Cities The capital and largest city of Honduras is Tegucigalpa (2006 estimate, 1,324,000), located in the south-central highlands region. The country’s second largest city isSan Pedro Sula (549,498). The principal city and commercial center in the north, it lies in the heart of the vast banana plantations on the Caribbean Sea. La Ceiba(127,590) and Puerto Cortés (90,161) are among the leading Caribbean ports. B Language and Religion Spanish is the official language and is spoken by...

• Turkmenistan - country.

  A Ethnic Groups With Turkmens constituting 77 percent of the population, Turkmenistan is the most ethnically homogeneous of the Central Asian republics. Uzbeks make up the largestminority group, with about 9 percent of the population. Other ethnic groups include Russians, Kazakhs, Tatars, Ukrainians, Azeris (ethnic Azerbaijanis), Armenians, andBaluch. In 1993 a bilateral treaty between Turkmenistan and Russia granted dual citizenship to Russians in the republic. At the 1995 census Russians cons...

• Manitoba - Geography.

  E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...

• Manitoba - Canadian History.

  E Plant Life Forests cover 66 percent of Manitoba. The main forest area is divided into the boreal forest and the mixed-wood forest. The boreal, or northern, forest containsconiferous (cone-bearing) trees, especially white and black spruce, balsam fir, and jack pine. South of the boreal forest is the mixed-wood forest, which contains conifers as well as such deciduous trees as white birch, aspen, poplar, and Manitoba maple. Prairie land is found in the southwest, where the natural vegetation i...

• Armenia (country) - country.

  because of ethnic tension brought on by a secessionist conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, a region inhabited predominantly by Armenians in western Azerbaijan. In thereverse direction, many Armenian refugees entered Armenia from Azerbaijan during the conflict. Armenia’s official state language is Armenian, an Indo-European language with no surviving close relatives. It has a unique 38-letter alphabet that dates from the early5th century. Of its many spoken dialects, the most important are Eastern or Y...

• Republic of Indonesia - country.

  Mahakam in East Kalimantan and the Martapura and Barito in South Kalimantan. Most of these rivers originate in the island’s central massif (mountain mass) and meander through extensive swamps as they approach the coast. Settlements such as Samarinda and Banjarmasin cluster along the rivers, which serve ascommunication routes into the interior. The largest rivers on Sumatra drain from west to east into the Strait of Malacca. In the north, the Asahan River once linked trade between the Batak peo...

• Fiji Islands - country.

  the early 1990s. Fishing is done mainly at a subsistence level, but commercial fishing is increasing. The country also receives income from the sale of licenses to foreignvessels to fish in Fiji’s exclusive economic zone. Industry, including mining, manufacturing, and construction, employs 34 percent of Fiji’s wage earners and, in 2006, contributed 26 percent of GDP. The governmentinstituted tax-free incentives in 1988 that created a flourishing garment industry. Ready-made garments are now the...

• Prince Edward Island - Geography.

  hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...

• Prince Edward Island - Canadian History.

  hectares (109 acres) each. In 2006 there were 1,700 farms, of which the average size was 148 hectares (366 acres). In 2005 the total farm cash receipts were C$510million. The most important agricultural products in terms of value include potatoes, milk and cream, cattle and calves, hogs, tobacco, vegetables, eggs, hens andchickens, and furs. For the most part the island’s agriculture is diversified, rather than specialized, because of the lack of a large urban industrial population within easy r...

• Japan - country.

  island’s fertile soils support agriculture and provide the vast majority of Japan’s pasturelands. In addition, Hokkaidō contains coal deposits, and the cold currents off itsshores supply cold-water fish. Winters are long and harsh, so most of Hokkaid ō is lightly settled, housing about 5 percent of Japan’s population on approximately 20 percent of its land area. However,its snowy winters and unspoiled natural beauty attract many skiers and tourists. Hokkaid ō is thought of as Japan’s northern fr...