Economy
GDP:
note: supplemented by annual payments from France of about $60 million (2003 est.)
GDP growth rate: NA%
GDP per capita: $7,000 (2001 est.)
Inflation rate: 2.1% (1991-96 average)
Currency: euro (EUR)
Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002), 1.1175 (2001)
People
Population: 7,026 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.17% (2006 est.)
Religions: Roman Catholic 99%
Languages: French (official)
Government
Capital:
name: Saint-Pierre
time difference: UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins first Sunday in April; ends last Sunday in October; note - beginning in 2007, DST will begin the second Sunday in March and end the first Sunday in November
Independence: none (territorial collectivity of France; has been under French control since 1763)