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Country
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Belize | 
Peru |
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Leader
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Dean Barrow
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President : Ollanta Humala
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Population
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327,719
| 29,549,517
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Life Expectancy
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68.280 years
| 72.730 years
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Capital City
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Belmopan
| Lima
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Largest city
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| Belize City (population: 61,461) | Lima (population: 7,737,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.771
| 0.788
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| GDP per capita |
$8,400 US
| $10,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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76.9%
| 87.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.9
| 3.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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11.1%
| 29.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
13.100%
| 7.900%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| constitutional republic
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Independence date
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21 September 1981 (from UK)
| 28 July 1821 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000)
| Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
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| Languages |
Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)
| Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
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| Exports |
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
| copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
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| External Debt |
$1,079,000,000 $
| $36,980,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2008 est.), 2 (2007), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
| nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
| Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
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| Area |
22,966 km sq
| 1,285,216 km sq
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| Coastline |
386 km
| 2,414 km
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| Climate |
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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