new international digital telephone system with 5,650 telephones; new SHF radio links to Florida; broadcast stations-3 AM, 2 FM, 1 TV; 1 Pacific Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean Ridge, Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge, Southwest Indian Ocean *Maldives, People Population: 51,821,230 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 3.46% (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $25 billion (1992 est.) External debt: $1.1 billion (1991 est.) Inflation rate (consumer prices): 7% (FY91) Unemployment rate: 13% underemployment 50% (1991) Budget: revenues $130.4 million; expenditures $103 million, including capital expenditures of $2.1 billion (1991 est.) National product per capita: $13,200 (1992) Inflation rate (consumer prices): NA% Unemployment rate: 25%-40% (1991 est.) National product per capita: $290 (1991 est.) Exports: $9.71 billion (f.o.b., 1991) commodities:
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