Comparison of Faroe Islands and Northern Mariana Islands

Attribute	Faroe Islands ×	Northern Mariana Islands ×
Geography
Area (km²)	1,393	464
Continent	Europe	Australia
Land area (km²)	1,393	464
Water area (km²)	0	0
Land boundaries (km)	0	0
Coastline (km)	1,117	1,482
Lowest point (m)	0	0
Highest point (m)	882	965
People
Population	51,628	51,433
Official languages	Faroese	Chamorro English
Religion	Christian	Christian
Government
Long country name	-	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Short country name	Faroe Islands	Northern Mariana Islands
Short local name	Foroyar	-
Former name	-	Mariana Islands District Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Government type	Parliamentary democracy	Presidential democracy
Capital	Torshavn	Saipan
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)	2,001,000,000	1,242,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)	2,765,000,000	1,242,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)	5.9	28.6
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)	40,000	24,500
Gross national saving (% of GDP)	25.7	-
Labor force	27,540	27,970
Unemployment rate (%)	2.2	11.2
Population below poverty line (%)	10	-
Budget revenues (USD)	835,600,000	389,600,000
Budget expenditures (USD)	883,800,000	344,000,000
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)	30.2	31.4
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)	-1.7	3.7
Public debt (% of GDP)	35	7.1
Inflation rate (%)	-0.3	0.3
Exports (USD)	1,184,000,000	914,000,000
Imports (USD)	978,400,000	893,000,000
External debt (USD)	387,600,000	-
National currency	Danish kroner	US Dollar
National currency (code)	DKK	USD
National currency (symbol)	kr	$
National currency rate to USD	6.586	-