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Geography

Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina

Area:
total area: 102,350 sq km
land area: 102,136 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Kentucky

Land boundaries: total 2,246 km, Albania 287 km (114 km with Serbia; 173 km with Montenegro),Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km (312 km with Serbia; 215 km with Montenegro),Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia (north) 241 km, Croatia (south) 25 km, Hungary 151km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 221 km, Romania 476 km

Coastline: 199 km


People

Population:

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (female 1,095,121; male 1,173,224)
15-64 years: 66% (female 3,431,823; male 3,483,066)
65 years and over: 12% (female 699,488; male 510,863)

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Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.94 years
male: 71.4 years
female: 76.68 years

Total fertility rate:

Ethnic divisions: Serbs 63%, Albanians 14%, Montenegrins 6%, Hungarians 4%, other 13%

Religions: Orthodox 65%, Muslim 19%, Roman Catholic 4%, Protestant 1%, other 11%

Languages: Serbo-Croatian 95%, Albanian 5%

Literacy: NA%
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Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Serbia and Montenegro

Type: republic

Capital: Belgrade

Independence: 11 April 1992 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia formed as self-proclaimed successor to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia - SFRY)

Constitution: 27 April 1992


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $10 billion

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $1,000

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 20%

Unemployment rate: more than 40%

Electricity:
capacity: 10,400,000 kW
production: 34 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 2,400 kWh



Olympic Factoid
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