ACOG - Guam  - IBM

Geography

Location: Oceania, island in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters ofthe way from Hawaii to the Philippines

Area:
total area: 541.3 sq km
land area: 541.3 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 125.5 km


People

Population: 153,307 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years:
15-64 years:
65 years and over:

Population growth rate: 2.42% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 25.01 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 3.86 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 3 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 15.17 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 74.29 years
male: 72.42 years
female: 76.13 years

Total fertility rate: 2.32 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Chamorro 47%, Filipino 25%, Caucasian 10%, Chinese, Japanese, Korean,and other 18%

Religions: Roman Catholic 98%, other 2%

Languages: English, Chamorro, Japanese

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Territory of Guam
conventional short form: Guam

Type: organized, unincorporated territory of the US with policy relationsbetween Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Territorialand International Affairs, US Department of the Interior

Capital: Agana

Independence: none (territory of the US)

Constitution: Organic Act of 1 August 1950


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $2 billion

National product real growth rate:

National product per capita: $14,000

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 4%

Unemployment rate: 2%

Electricity:
capacity: 300,000 kW
production: 750 million kWh
consumption per capita: 4,797 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).