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Country
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Australia | 
Zambia |
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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: Michael Sata
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Population
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22,015,576
| 13,817,479
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Life Expectancy
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81.900 years
| 52.570 years
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Capital City
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Canberra
| Lusaka
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Largest city
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| Sydney (population: 4,394,580) | Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) |
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Human Development Index
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0.965
| 0.453
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| GDP per capita |
$40,800 US
| $1,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 80.6%
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Corruption Perception Index
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8.7
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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29.6%
| 15.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Frank Lowy & family ($2.7bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.100%
| 14.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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federal parliamentary democracy
| republic
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Independence date
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1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
| 24 October 1964 (from UK)
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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)
| Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
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| Languages |
English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
| English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
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| Exports |
coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
| copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
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| External Debt |
$1,376,000,000,000 $
| $3,962,000,000 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)
| Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar - 3,512.9 (2008 est.), 3,990.2 (2007), 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.000%
| 1.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
46
| 0
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| Location |
Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
| Southern Africa, east of Angola
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| Area |
7,741,220 km sq
| 752,618 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
| tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
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