(CBS)
The third smallest state in Europe (after the Holy See and Monaco), San Marino also claims to be the world's oldest republic.
According to tradition, it was founded by a Christian stonemason named Marino in A.D. 301.
San Marino's foreign policy is aligned with that of Italy; social and political trends in the republic also track closely with those of its larger neighbor.
San Marino became a member of the Council of Europe in 1988 and of the United Nations in 1992.
It is not a member of the European Union.
Source: CIA World Fact Book 
(AP)
29,615 (July 2007 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.8% (male 2,573/female 2,404)
15-64 years: 66.1% (male 9,388/female 10,178)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 2,190/female 2,882) (2007 est.)
Median age: total: 40.9 years
male: 40.6 years
female: 41.3 years (2007 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.219% (2007 est.)
Birth rate: 9.89 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Death rate: 8.27 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate: 10.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.922 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.915 male(s)/female (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 5.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81.8 years
male: 78.33 years
female: 85.57 years (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.34 children born/woman (2007 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
Nationality: noun: Sammarinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Sammarinese
Ethnic groups: Sammarinese, Italian
Religions: Roman Catholic
Languages: Italian
Literacy: definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97%
female: 95%
(AP)
The tourist sector contributes over 50% of GDP. In 2006 more than 2.1 million tourists visited San Marino. The key industries are banking, wearing apparel, electronics, and ceramics. Main agricultural products are wine and cheeses. The per capita level of output and standard of living are comparable to those of the most prosperous regions of Italy, which supplies much of its food.
GDP (purchasing power parity): $850 million (2004 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $1.048 billion (2004)
GDP - real growth rate: 4.6% (2004 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP): $34,100 (2004 est.)
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: NA%
industry: NA%
services: NA%
Labor force: 20,470 (2004)
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 0.2%
industry: 40.1%
services: 59.7% (2006 est.)
Unemployment rate: 3.8% (2004)
Population below poverty line: NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices): -1.5% (2006)
Budget: revenues: $709.6 million
expenditures: $672.3 million; including capital expenditures of $23.7 million (2004)
Agriculture - products: wheat, grapes, corn, olives; cattle, pigs, horses, beef, cheese, hides
Industries: tourism, banking, textiles, electronics, ceramics, cement, wine
Industrial production growth rate: 5.6% (2005 est.)
Exports: $1.291 billion (2004)
Exports - commodities: building stone, lime, wood, chestnuts, wheat, wine, baked goods, hides, ceramics
Imports: $2.035 billion (2004)
Imports - commodities: wide variety of consumer manufactures, food
Debt - external: $NA
Economic aid - recipient: $NA
Currency (code): euro (EUR)
Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002)
Fiscal year: calendar year
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