Geography
Location: Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
Area:
total: 129,494 sq km
land: 120,254 sq km
water: 9,240 sq km
Climate: tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
Terrain: extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes
Economy
GDP: $16.09 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 4% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $2,900 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 9.6% (2005 est.)
Currency: gold cordoba (NIO)
Exchange rates: gold cordobas per US dollar - 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004), 15.105 (2003), 14.251 (2002), 13.372 (2001)
People
Population: 5,570,129 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 1.89% (2006 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 72.9%, Evangelical 15.1%, Moravian 1.5%, Episcopal 0.1%, other 1.9%, none 8.5% (1995 census)
Languages:
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
