Population
0.1 million (2009)
Source: U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)

Future population estimates
0.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Time zone
GMT +1

Climate description
Relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns.

Driving (left/right)
Right

Infant mortality

2007	46 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	47 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	63 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	64 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	13 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	13 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008

Percentage of undernourished population
5 percent (2003-2005)
Source: U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008

Population with access to improved water
65 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Population with access to improved sanitation
33 percent (2006)
Source: UNICEF and WHO 2008

Landlines telephones

2008	42 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	42 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	43 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	46 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	48 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	50 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	51 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	42 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	40 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	8 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	7 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	6 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	5 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	4 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	No data available per 1,000 people
2007	No data available per 1,000 people
2006	22 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	20 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	21 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	21 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	21 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	22 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	17 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
96 (joint) (2008)
Source: Transparency International 2008

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	1120 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	1270 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	1340 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	1170 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	1050 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	1040 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	1140 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	1130 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	0.1 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	0.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	0.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	0.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	5.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	-0.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	-2.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	5.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	1.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	3.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	8.2 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	-8.7 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	0.8 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	1.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	-3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	6.6 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	-0.9 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

TB cases

2007	365 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	372 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	380 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	388 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	396 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	403 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	412 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	420 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Number of refugees originating here

2008	38	UNHCR
2007	38	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate