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Country
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Bolivia | 
Czech Republic |
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Leader
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President: Evo Morales
|
President: Milos Zeman
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Population
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10,461,053
| 10,162,921
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.220 years
| 77.560 years
|
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Capital City
|
La Paz (administrative capital)
| Prague
|
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Largest city
|
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.723
| 0.897
|
| GDP per capita |
$5,000 US
| $27,200 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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86.7%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 5.2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.6%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.500%
| 8.600%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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6 August 1825 (from Spain)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
|
| External Debt |
$4,200,000,000 $
| $90,180,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (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 |
0.900%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
|
| Location |
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
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| Area |
1,098,581 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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