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  • Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Geography > Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
  • Geography > Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
  • Geography > Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
  • Geography > Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
  • Geography > Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
  • Government > Judicial branch: The name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members.
  • Government > Legal system: A brief description of the legal system's historical roots, role in government, and acceptance of International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction.
  • Government > Legislative branch: This entry contains information on the structure (unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Total fertility rate: Total fertility rate.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14: Percentage of total population aged 0-14.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 15-24.
  • People > Ethnic groups: This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.
  • People > Population > Population growth, past and future: Population growth rate (percentage).
  • Religion > Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • People > Birth rate: The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
  • People > Population growth: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Economy > Budget > Revenues: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • People > Age distribution > Median age: The median age of the country's residents. This is the age most people are in the country.
  • Government > Political parties and leaders: Significant political organizations and their leaders.
  • Economy > Economy > Overview: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.
  • Crime > Violent crime > Murders: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • People > Gender > Female population: Total female population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total: Number of people aged 0-14.
  • Economy > GDP > Per capita: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Agriculture > Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • People > Death rate: The average annual number of deaths during a year per 1,000 population at midyear; also known as crude death rate. The death rate, while only a rough indicator of the mortality situation in a country, accurately indicates the current mortality impact on population growth. This indicator is significantly affected by age distribution, and most countries will eventually show a rise in the overall death rate, in spite of continued decline in mortality at all ages, as declining fertility results in an aging population.
  • Government > Political pressure groups and leaders: Organizations with leaders involved in politics, but not standing for legislative election.
  • Geography > Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
  • Energy > Electricity > Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • People > Age distribution > Total dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant persons out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant person is a person aged 0-14 and those over 65 years old.
  • People > Population growth rate: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
  • Geography > Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Agriculture > Agricultural growth: Index of agricultural production in 1996 - 98 (1989 - 91 = 100)
  • Language > Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total: Number of people aged 15-24.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 60 and older.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total: Number of people aged 15-64.
  • Education > Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total: Number of people aged 0-4.
  • Religion > Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Future births: Mid-range estimate for country's population increase due to births from five years prior to the given year. For example, from 2095 to 2100, India's population is expected to rise by 16,181 people due to births. Estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Energy > Oil > Consumption > Per capita: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59: Percentage of total pouplation aged 15-59.
  • People > Population in 2015: (Thousands) Medium-variant projections.
  • Health > Births and maternity > Average age of mother at childbirth: Average age of mother at first childbirth.
  • Geography > Terrain: A brief description of the topography
  • Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population: The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
  • Geography > Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
  • People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
  • Labor > Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
  • Labor > Unemployment rate: The percent of the labor force that is without jobs. Substantial underemployment might be noted.
  • Government > Executive branch > Head of government: Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
  • Geography > Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
  • Labor > Labor force: The total labor force figure
  • Energy > Oil > Consumption: This entry is the total oil consumed in barrels per day (bbl/day). The discrepancy between the amount of oil produced and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is due to the omission of stock changes, refinery gains, and other complicating factors.
  • Education > College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • People > Total fertility rate: The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child-bearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 65 and older.
  • Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity: This entry gives the gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. A nation's GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates is the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States. This is the measure most economists prefer when looking at per-capita welfare and when comparing living conditions or use of resources across countries. The measure is difficult to compute, as a US dollar value has to be assigned to all goods and services in the country regardless of whether these goods and services have a direct equivalent in the United States (for example, the value of an ox-cart or non-US military equipment); as a result, PPP estimates for some countries are based on a small and sometimes different set of goods and services. In addition, many countries do not formally participate in the World Bank's PPP project that calculates these measures, so the resulting GDP estimates for these countries may lack precision. For many developing countries, PPP-based GDP measures are multiples of the official exchange rate (OER) measure. The difference between the OER- and PPP-denominated GDP values for most of the weathly industrialized countries are generally much smaller.
  • Geography > Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
  • People > Age structure > 0-14 years: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest.
  • Transport > Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
  • Geography > Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
  • People > Gender > Male population: Total male population.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total: Number of people aged 60 and older.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64: Percentage of total population aged 15-64.
  • Economy > Fiscal year: The beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY).
  • People > Age structure > 65 years and over: The distribution of the population according to age. Information is included by sex and age group (0-14 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over). The age structure of a population affects a nation's key socioeconomic issues. Countries with young populations (high percentage under age 15) need to invest more in schools, while countries with older populations (high percentage ages 65 and over) need to invest more in the health sector. The age structure can also be used to help predict potential political issues. For example, the rapid growth of a young adult population unable to find employment can lead to unrest."
  • Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Industry: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final goods produced by the industrial sector within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates in the Factbook are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. See the CIA World Factbook for more information.
  • Education > Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Health > Infant mortality rate > Total: This entry gives the number of deaths of infants under one year old in a given year per 1,000 live births in the same year; included is the total death rate, and deaths by sex, male and female. This rate is often used as an indicator of the level of health in a country.
  • People > Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio: Percentage of dependant adults out of total population aged 15-64. A dependant adult is an adult aged 65 and older.
  • Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
  • Agriculture > Agricultural growth per capita: Net per capita agricultural production, expressed in International Dollars. Net means after deduction of feed and seed. International Dollars are calculated using the Geary-Khamis formula, which is designed to neutralize irrelevant exchange rate movements (more information on http://faostat3.fao.org/faostat-gateway/go/to/mes/glossary/*/E)
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 0-4.
  • People > Marriage, divorce and children > Total divorces: Total number of divorces in given year by country.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total: Number of people 65 years old and older.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total: Number of people aged 15-59.
  • Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
  • Energy > Electricity > Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total: Number of people aged 80 years and older.
  • People > Cities > Urban population: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
  • Geography > Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
  • Media > Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
  • People > Sex ratio > Total population: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 5-14.
  • Religion > Christian > Mormon > Congregations: Total Congregations.
  • Economy > Budget > Expenditures: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
  • People > Sex ratio > At birth: The number of males for each female one of five age groups - at birth, under 15 years, 15-64 years, 65 years and over, and for the total population. Sex ratio at birth has recently emerged as an indicator of certain kinds of sex discrimination in some countries. For instance, high sex ratios at birth in some Asian countries are now attributed to sex-selective abortion and infanticide due to a strong preference for sons. This will affect future marriage patterns and fertility patterns. Eventually it could cause unrest among young adult males who are unable to find partners.
  • People > Marriage, divorce and children > Marriages: Marriages by urban/rural residence.
  • People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent: Percentage of total population aged 80 and older.
  • Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Religion > Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
  • Geography > Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
  • Media > Internet > Users > Per capita: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Environment > Proportion of land area under protection: Terrestrial areas protected to total surface area, percentage.
  • Geography > Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
  • Government > Flag description: A written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.
  • Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date: The date when the first McDonald's outlet opened in each country.
  • Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea: territorial sea - the sovereignty of a coastal State extends beyond its land territory and internal waters to an adjacent belt of sea, described as the territorial sea in the LOS Convention (Part II); this sovereignty extends to the air space over the territorial sea as well as its underlying seabed and subsoil; every State has the right to establish the breadth of its territorial sea up to a limit not exceeding 12 nautical miles. A full and definitive definition can be found in the Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention.
  • Media > Televisions: The total number of televisions
  • Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Services: The gross domestic product (GDP) or value of all final services produced within a nation in a given year. GDP dollar estimates in the Factbook are derived from purchasing power parity (PPP) calculations. See the CIA World Factbook for more information.
  • Energy > Electricity > Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
STAT Martinique United States HISTORY
Crime > Violent crime > Murder rate 17
Ranked 104th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 764 times more than Martinique

Geography > Area > Comparative slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
Geography > Area > Land 1,060 sq km
Ranked 5th.
9.16 million sq km
Ranked 4th. 8643 times more than Martinique

Geography > Area > Total 1,100 sq km
Ranked 5th.
9.83 million sq km
Ranked 4th. 8933 times more than Martinique

Geography > Climate tropical; moderated by trade winds; rainy season (June to October); vulnerable to devastating cyclones (hurricanes) every eight years on average; average temperature 17.3 degrees C; humid mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
Geography > Geographic coordinates 14 40 N, 61 00 W 38 00 N, 97 00 W
Government > Judicial branch Court of Appeal or Cour d'Appel Supreme Court (nine justices; nominated by the president and confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate; appointed to serve for life); United States Courts of Appeal; United States District Courts; State and County Courts
Government > Legal system French legal system common law system based on English common law at the federal level; state legal systems based on common law except Louisiana, which is based on Napoleonic civil code; judicial review of legislative acts
Government > Legislative branch unicameral General Council or Conseil General (45 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) and a unicameral Regional Council or Conseil Regional (41 seats; members are elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms) bicameral Congress consists of the Senate
Health > Births and maternity > Total fertility rate 1.88%
Ranked 80th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 6% more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 14.16%
Ranked 168th.
16.71%
Ranked 62nd. 18% more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Percent 9.69%
Ranked 178th.
11.22%
Ranked 80th. 16% more than Martinique

People > Ethnic groups African and African-white-Indian mixture 90%, white 5%, East Indian and Chinese less than 5% white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)
People > Population > Population growth, past and future -0.303
Ranked 157th.
0.122
Ranked 53th.

Religion > Religions Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%
People > Birth rate 13.74 births/1,000 population
Ranked 160th. 1% more than United States
13.66 births/1,000 population
Ranked 147th.

People > Population growth -0.303%
Ranked 157th.
0.122%
Ranked 53th.

Economy > Budget > Revenues $317.50 million
Ranked 3rd.
$2.45 trillion
Ranked 1st. 7713 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Median age 50.5 years
Ranked 16th. 14% more than United States
44.38 years
Ranked 117th.

Government > Political parties and leaders Martinique Communist Party or PCM [Georges ERICHOT]; Martinique Independence Movement or MIM [Alfred MARIE-JEANNE]; Martinique Progressive Party or PPM [Pierre SUEDILE]; Martinique Socialist Party or PMS [Ernest WAN-AJOUHU]; Movement of Democrats and Ecologists for a Sovereign Martinique or Modemas [Garcin MALSA]; Rally for the Republic or RPR [Michel CHARLONE]; Socialist Revolution Group or GRS [Philippe PIERRE-CHARLES]; Union for French Democracy or UDF [Jean MAREN] Democratic Party [Debbie Wasserman SCHULTZ]<br />Green Party<br />Libertarian Party [Mark HINKLE]<br />Republican Party [Reince PRIEBUS]
Economy > Economy > Overview The economy is based on sugarcane, bananas, tourism, and light industry. Agriculture accounts for about 6% of GDP and the small industrial sector for 11%. Sugar production has declined, with most of the sugarcane now used for the production of rum. Banana exports are increasing, going mostly to France. The bulk of meat, vegetable, and grain requirements must be imported, contributing to a chronic trade deficit that requires large annual transfers of aid from France. Tourism, which employs more than 11,000 people, has become more important than agricultural exports as a source of foreign exchange. The US has the largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $49,800. In this market-oriented economy, private individuals and business firms make most of the decisions, and the federal and state governments buy needed goods and services predominantly in the private marketplace. US business firms enjoy greater flexibility than their counterparts in Western Europe and Japan in decisions to expand capital plant, to lay off surplus workers, and to develop new products. At the same time, they face higher barriers to enter their rivals' home markets than foreign firms face entering US markets. US firms are at or near the forefront in technological advances, especially in computers and in medical, aerospace, and military equipment; their advantage has narrowed since the end of World War II. The onrush of technology largely explains the gradual development of a "two-tier labor market" in which those at the bottom lack the education and the professional/technical skills of those at the top and, more and more, fail to get comparable pay raises, health insurance coverage, and other benefits. Since 1975, practically all the gains in household income have gone to the top 20% of households. Since 1996, dividends and capital gains have grown faster than wages or any other category of after-tax income. Imported oil accounts for nearly 55% of US consumption. Crude oil prices doubled between 2001 and 2006, the year home prices peaked; higher gasoline prices ate into consumers' budgets and many individuals fell behind in their mortgage payments. Oil prices climbed another 50% between 2006 and 2008, and bank foreclosures more than doubled in the same period. Besides dampening the housing market, soaring oil prices caused a drop in the value of the dollar and a deterioration in the US merchandise trade deficit, which peaked at $840 billion in 2008. The sub-prime mortgage crisis, falling home prices, investment bank failures, tight credit, and the global economic downturn pushed the United States into a recession by mid-2008. GDP contracted until the third quarter of 2009, making this the deepest and longest downturn since the Great Depression. To help stabilize financial markets, in October 2008 the US Congress established a $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The government used some of these funds to purchase equity in US banks and industrial corporations, much of which had been returned to the government by early 2011. In January 2009 the US Congress passed and President Barack OBAMA signed a bill providing an additional $787 billion fiscal stimulus to be used over 10 years - two-thirds on additional spending and one-third on tax cuts - to create jobs and to help the economy recover. In 2010 and 2011, the federal budget deficit reached nearly 9% of GDP. In 2012 the federal government reduced the growth of spending and the deficit shrank to 7.6% of GDP. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan required major shifts in national resources from civilian to military purposes and contributed to the growth of the budget deficit and public debt. Through 2011, the direct costs of the wars totaled nearly $900 billion, according to US government figures. US revenues from taxes and other sources are lower, as a percentage of GDP, than those of most other countries. In March 2010, President OBAMA signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health insurance reform that was designed to extend coverage to an additional 32 million American citizens by 2016, through private health insurance for the general population and Medicaid for the impoverished. Total spending on health care - public plus private - rose from 9.0% of GDP in 1980 to 17.9% in 2010. In July 2010, the president signed the DODD-FRANK Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, a law designed to promote financial stability by protecting consumers from financial abuses, ending taxpayer bailouts of financial firms, dealing with troubled banks that are "too big to fail," and improving accountability and transparency in the financial system - in particular, by requiring certain financial derivatives to be traded in markets that are subject to government regulation and oversight. In December 2012, the Federal Reserve Board announced plans to purchase $85 billion per month of mortgage-backed and Treasury securities in an effort to hold down long-term interest rates, and to keep short term rates near zero until unemployment drops to 6.5% from the December rate of 7.8%, or until inflation rises above 2.5%. Long-term problems include stagnation of wages for lower-income families, inadequate investment in deteriorating infrastructure, rapidly rising medical and pension costs of an aging population, energy shortages, and sizable current account and budget deficits - including significant budget shortages for state governments.
Crime > Violent crime > Murders 17
Ranked 104th.
12,996
Ranked 9th. 764 times more than Martinique

People > Gender > Female population 174,379
Ranked 182nd.
231.19 million
Ranked 4th. 1326 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-14 > Total 47,398
Ranked 183th.
77.19 million
Ranked 4th. 1629 times more than Martinique

Economy > GDP > Per capita $14,360.30 per capita
Ranked 8th.
$45,759.46 per capita
Ranked 8th. 3 times more than Martinique

Agriculture > Rural population 2,059
Ranked 210th.
15,540
Ranked 170th. 8 times more than Martinique

Energy > Electricity > Consumption > Per capita 2,629.32 kWh per capita
Ranked 69th.
12,747.49 kWh per capita
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Martinique

People > Death rate 6.48 deaths/1,000 population
Ranked 149th.
8.39 deaths/1,000 population
Ranked 88th. 29% more than Martinique

Government > Political pressure groups and leaders Caribbean Revolutionary Alliance or ARC; Central Union for Martinique Workers or CSTM [Marc PULVAR]; Frantz Fanon Circle; League of Workers and Peasants; Proletarian Action Group or GAP environmentalists; business groups; labor unions; churches; ethnic groups; political action committees or PACs; health groups; education groups; civic groups; youth groups; transportation groups; agricultural groups; veterans groups; women's groups; reform lobbies
Geography > Natural resources coastal scenery and beaches, cultivable land coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
Energy > Electricity > Consumption 1.12 billion kWh
Ranked 125th.
3.89 trillion kWh
Ranked 1st. 3470 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Total dependency ratio 93.99%
Ranked 9th. 22% more than United States
76.73%
Ranked 93th.

People > Population growth rate 0.72%
Ranked 144th.
0.9%
Ranked 124th. 25% more than Martinique

Geography > Area > Land > Per capita 2.43 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 7th.
30.16 sq km per 1,000 people
Ranked 60th. 12 times more than Martinique

Agriculture > Agricultural growth 99
Ranked 153th.
107
Ranked 105th. 8% more than Martinique

Language > Languages French, Creole patois English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%; <i>note:</i> Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-24 > Total 32,437
Ranked 183th.
51.86 million
Ranked 4th. 1599 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Percent 39.92%
Ranked 13th. 24% more than United States
32.24%
Ranked 107th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 > Total 172,613
Ranked 184th.
261.45 million
Ranked 4th. 1515 times more than Martinique

Education > Literacy > Total population 97.7%
Ranked 43th.
99%
Ranked 20th. 1% more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Total 15,683
Ranked 183th.
25.57 million
Ranked 4th. 1631 times more than Martinique

Religion > Religions > All Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 10.5%, Muslim 0.5%, Hindu 0.5%, other 3.5% (1997) Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% (2002 est.)
Health > Births and maternity > Future births 3.14
Ranked 183th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 1632 times more than Martinique

Energy > Oil > Consumption > Per capita 32.4 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 54th.
68.67 bbl/day per 1,000 peopl
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 45.92%
Ranked 189th.
51.06%
Ranked 99th. 11% more than Martinique

People > Population in 2015 404 thousand
Ranked 171st.
325,723 thousand
Ranked 3rd. 806 times more than Martinique
Health > Births and maternity > Average age of mother at childbirth 29.9
Ranked 5th. 7% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Geography > Terrain mountainous with indented coastline; dormant volcano vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii
Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population 79.18 years
Ranked 26th. 1% more than United States
78.37 years
Ranked 47th.

Geography > Location Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper 90,347
Ranked 48th.
85.41 million
Ranked 2nd. 945 times more than Martinique

Labor > Labor force > By occupation agriculture 10%, industry 17%, services 73% farming, forestry, and fishing 0.7%, manufacturing, extraction, transportation, and crafts 22.9%, managerial, professional, and technical 34.9%, sales and office 25%, other services 16.5%; <i>note:</i> figures exclude the unemployed
Labor > Unemployment rate 27.2%
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than United States
9.7%
Ranked 31st.

Government > Executive branch > Head of government President of the General Council Claude LISE (since 22 March 1992); President of the Regional Council Alfred MARIE-JEANNE (since NA March 1998) President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009); Vice President Joseph R. BIDEN (since 20 January 2009)
Geography > Coastline 350 km
Ranked 139th.
19,924 km
Ranked 9th. 57 times more than Martinique

Labor > Labor force 165,900
Ranked 12th.
154.9 million
Ranked 4th. 934 times more than Martinique

Energy > Oil > Consumption 13,800 bbl/day
Ranked 112th.
18.69 million bbl/day
Ranked 1st. 1354 times more than Martinique

Education > College and university > Share of total education spending 1.51%
Ranked 1st.
25.65%
Ranked 26th. 17 times more than Martinique

People > Total fertility rate 1.79 children born/woman
Ranked 160th.
2.06 children born/woman
Ranked 116th. 15% more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Percent 34.29%
Ranked 12th. 28% more than United States
26.71%
Ranked 104th.

Economy > GDP > Purchasing power parity $6.12 billion
Ranked 3rd.
$16.24 trillion
Ranked 1st. 2655 times more than Martinique

Geography > Area > Water 40 sq km
Ranked 4th.
664,709 sq km
Ranked 3rd. 16618 times more than Martinique

People > Age structure > 0-14 years 22.4%
Ranked 144th. 12% more than United States
20%
Ranked 156th.

Transport > Airports 2
Ranked 207th.
13,513
Ranked 1st. 6757 times more than Martinique

Geography > Area > Comparative to US places slightly more than six times the size of Washington, DC about half the size of Russia; about three-tenths the size of Africa; about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil); slightly larger than China; more than twice the size of the European Union
People > Gender > Male population 160,466
Ranked 183th.
230.88 million
Ranked 4th. 1439 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 60 or over > Total 133,676
Ranked 181st.
148.96 million
Ranked 3rd. 1114 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-64 51.55%
Ranked 188th.
56.58%
Ranked 104th. 10% more than Martinique

Economy > Fiscal year calendar year 1
People > Age structure > 65 years and over 10.6%
Ranked 63th.
13.9%
Ranked 51st. 31% more than Martinique

Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Industry 11%
Ranked 4th.
19.1%
Ranked 160th. 74% more than Martinique

Education > Literacy > Female 98.1%
Ranked 36th.
99%
Ranked 17th. 1% more than Martinique

Health > Infant mortality rate > Total 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births
Ranked 176th. 15% more than United States
6.06 deaths/1,000 live births
Ranked 171st.

People > Age distribution > Elderly dependency ratio 66.53%
Ranked 10th. 41% more than United States
47.21%
Ranked 101st.

Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point Montagne Pelee 1,397 m Mount McKinley (Denali) 6,194 m (highest point in North America)
Agriculture > Agricultural growth per capita 96 Int. $
Ranked 119th.
100 Int. $
Ranked 93th. 4% more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 0-4 > Percent 4.68%
Ranked 159th.
5.53%
Ranked 57th. 18% more than Martinique

People > Marriage, divorce and children > Total divorces 453
Ranked 84th.
877,000
Ranked 2nd. 1936 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 65 or over > Total 114,834
Ranked 181st.
123.43 million
Ranked 3rd. 1075 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 15-59 > Total 153,771
Ranked 184th.
235.92 million
Ranked 4th. 1534 times more than Martinique

Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership 14,134
Ranked 68th.
948,892
Ranked 2nd. 67 times more than Martinique
Energy > Electricity > Production 1.21 billion kWh
Ranked 127th.
4.1 trillion kWh
Ranked 2nd. 3402 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Total 59,950
Ranked 172nd.
51.64 million
Ranked 3rd. 861 times more than Martinique

People > Cities > Urban population 97,941
Ranked 14th. 16% more than United States
84,460
Ranked 54th.

Geography > Land use > Arable land 9.09%
Ranked 117th.
16.29%
Ranked 65th. 79% more than Martinique

Media > Radio broadcast stations AM 0, FM 14, shortwave 0 AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19
People > Sex ratio > Total population 0.99 male(s)/female
Ranked 108th. 2% more than United States
0.97 male(s)/female
Ranked 143th.

People > Age distribution > Population aged 5-14 > Percent 9.47%
Ranked 170th.
11.17%
Ranked 64th. 18% more than Martinique

Religion > Christian > Mormon > Congregations 1
Ranked 159th.
13,742
Ranked 1st. 13742 times more than Martinique
Economy > Budget > Expenditures $317.50 million
Ranked 4th.
$3.54 trillion
Ranked 1st. 11143 times more than Martinique

People > Sex ratio > At birth 1.02 male(s)/female
Ranked 215th.
1.05 male(s)/female
Ranked 94th. 3% more than Martinique

People > Marriage, divorce and children > Marriages 1,279
Ranked 84th.
2.12 million
Ranked 2nd. 1656 times more than Martinique

People > Age distribution > Population aged 80 or over > Percent 17.9%
Ranked 6th. 60% more than United States
11.18%
Ranked 93th.

Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration 4
Ranked 24th. 33% more than United States
3
Ranked 47th.

Religion > Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population 0.2%
Ranked 156th.
0.8%
Ranked 132nd. 4 times more than Martinique
Geography > Irrigated land 70 sq km
Ranked 144th.
230,000 sq km
Ranked 3rd. 3286 times more than Martinique

Media > Internet > Users > Per capita 247.17 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th.
695.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 3 times more than Martinique

Environment > Proportion of land area under protection 55.12%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than United States
13.82%
Ranked 111th.

Geography > Natural hazards hurricanes, flooding, and volcanic activity (an average of one major natural disaster every five years) tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development
Government > Flag description unofficial flag, derives from the civil ensign flown by French merchant ships and dates to 1766; a blue field quartered by a white cross; in the center of each rectangle is a white, coiled snake representing the venomous Fer-de-lance; the flag of France is used for official occasions 13 equal horizontal stripes of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; there is a blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing 50 small, white, five-pointed stars arranged in nine offset horizontal rows of six stars (top and bottom) alternating with rows of five stars; the 50 stars represent the 50 states, the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies; the blue stands for loyalty, devotion, truth, justice, and friendship; red symbolizes courage, zeal, and fervency, while white denotes purity and rectitude of conduct; commonly referred to by its nickname of Old Glory
Culture > Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date December 16, 1991 May 15, 1940
Geography > Maritime claims > Territorial sea 12 nautical mile
Ranked 16th. The same as United States
12 nautical mile
Ranked 61st.

Media > Televisions 66,000
Ranked 148th.
219 million
Ranked 2nd. 3318 times more than Martinique
Economy > GDP > Composition by sector > Services 83%
Ranked 1st. 4% more than United States
79.7%
Ranked 15th.

Energy > Electricity > Production > Per capita 2,828.86 kWh per capita
Ranked 71st.
13,527.54 kWh per capita
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Martinique

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