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Country
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Belize | 
Tajikistan |
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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: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Population
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327,719
| 7,768,385
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Life Expectancy
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68.280 years
| 66.380 years
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Capital City
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Belmopan
| Dushanbe
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Largest city
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| Belize City (population: 61,461) | Dushanbe (population: 543,107) |
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Human Development Index
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0.771
| 0.684
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| GDP per capita |
$8,400 US
| $2,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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76.9%
| 99.5%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.9
| 2
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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11.1%
| 19.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
13.100%
| 2.200%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| republic
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Independence date
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21 September 1981 (from UK)
| 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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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)
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (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)
| Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
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| Exports |
sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
| aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
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| External Debt |
$1,079,000,000 $
| $2,593,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2008 est.), 2 (2007), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
| Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
| Central Asia, west of China
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| Area |
22,966 km sq
| 143,100 km sq
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| Coastline |
386 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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