GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $1.3 billion (US$) or £780 million(GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $1.734 billion (US$) or £1.040 billion (GBP)
Capital: Saint John’s
Population (Estimated July 2012): 89,018
Area: 442km2 or 171mi2
Currency: Eastern Caribbean Dollar (EC$)
Official Language: English
Political Information: Constitutional Monarchy with Democratic Parliament
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 76.4% of the population are Protestant, 10.4% are Roman Catholic, 7.4% have other religious beliefs and 5.8% have no or unspecified religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Mount Obama (formerly Boggy Peak) at 402m or 1,319 ft
Largest River
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): -4:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 6 parishes and 2 dependencies*; Barbuda*, Redonda*, Saint George, Saint John, Saint Mary, Saint Paul, Saint Peter, Saint Philip
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica,
Commonwealth Member since the 1st of November 1981.
