GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $12.1 billion (US$) 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): $23.87 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $1,100 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Maputo
Population (Estimated July 2012): 23,515,934
Area: 799,380km2 or 308,642mi2
Currency: Metical (Mtn; Plural Meticais)
Official Language: Portuguese
Political Information: Presidential Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 28.4% of the population are Catholic, 27.7% are Protestant, 18.7% have no religious beliefs, 17.9% are Muslim and 7.2% follow other faiths)
Highest Mountain: Monte Binga at 2,436m or 7,992ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +2:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 10 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), 1 city (cidade)*; Cabo Delgado, Gaza, Inhambane, Manica, Maputo, Cidade de Maputo*, Nampula, Niassa, Sofala, Tete, Zambezia
Leaders: President Armando Guebuza with Prime Minister Aires Bonifacio Ali.
Additional: Gained independence from Portugal on the 25th of June 1990.
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Commonwealth Member since the 12th of November 1995.
