ACOG - San Marino  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Europe, an enclave in central Italy

Area:
total area: 60 sq km
land area: 60 sq km
comparative area: about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: total 39 km, Italy 39 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 24,313 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 16% (female 1,944; male 1,962)
15-64 years: 68% (female 8,243; male 8,354)
65 years and over: 16% (female 2,198; male 1,612)

Population growth rate: 0.88% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 10.98 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.61 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 5.47 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 5.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 81.27 years
male: 77.26 years
female: 85.29 years

Total fertility rate: 1.52 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Sammarinese, Italian

Religions: Roman Catholic

Languages: Italian

Literacy: age 10 and over can read and write (1976)
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of San Marino
conventional short form: San Marino

Type: republic

Capital: San Marino

Independence: 301 AD (by tradition)

Constitution: 8 October 1600; electoral law of 1926 serves some of the functionsof a constitution


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $380 million

National product real growth rate: 2.4%

National product per capita: $15,800

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5.5%

Unemployment rate: 4.9%

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Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.