GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $2.7 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (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): $3.672 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $1,400 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Maseru
Population (Estimated July 2012): 1,930,493
Area: 30,355 km2 or 11,720 mi2
Currency: Loti (Plural Maloti [M])
Official Language: Sotho and English
Political Information: Constitutional Monarchy and Parliamentary Democracy
Official Religion: Christianity
(approximately 80% of the population are Christian and 20% have indigenous religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Thabana Ntlenyana Mountain at 3,482 m or 11,424 ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +2:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka
Leaders: King Letsie III with Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahae Thabane.
Additional: Gained Independence from the UK on the 4th of October 1966.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Commonwealth Member since the 4th of October 1966.
