FACTS & FIGURES

POPULATION 10 million

AREA 35,655 sq miles

CURRENCY euro (EUR)

EXCHANGE 1 euro per 1 US$

CAPITAL Lisbon

GDP $174.1 billion (2001) purchasing power parity

GDP GROWTH 1.9 percent (2001)

NATURAL RESOURCES fish, forests, tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower