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Country
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Australia | 
Czech Republic |
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Leader
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Quentin Bryce Prime minister: Julia Gillard
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President: Vaclav Klaus
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Population
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22,015,576
| 10,177,300
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Life Expectancy
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81.900 years
| 77.380 years
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Capital City
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Canberra
| Prague
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Largest city
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| Sydney (population: 4,394,580) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
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Human Development Index
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0.965
| 0.897
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| GDP per capita |
$40,800 US
| $27,400 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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8.7
| 5.2
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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29.6%
| 16%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Frank Lowy & family ($2.7bn US)
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.100%
| 8.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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federal parliamentary democracy
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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| Religions |
Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
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| External Debt |
$1,376,000,000,000 $
| $101,600,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2059 (2008 est.), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.000%
| 1.150%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
46
| 6
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| Location |
Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
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| Area |
7,741,220 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
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| Coastline |
25,760 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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