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Country
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Bolivia | 
Mauritius |
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Leader
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President: Evo Morales
|
President: Rajkeswur Purryag
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Population
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10,290,003
| 1,313,095
|
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Life Expectancy
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67.900 years
| 74.710 years
|
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Capital City
|
La Paz (administrative capital)
| Port Louis
|
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Largest city
|
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) | Port Louis (population: 155,226) |
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Human Development Index
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0.723
| 0.802
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| GDP per capita |
$4,900 US
| $15,100 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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86.7%
| 84.4%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 5.5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.6%
| 17.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.500%
| 7.800%
|
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Death Penalty
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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)
| 12 March 1968 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
| Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 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)
| Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
| clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
|
| External Debt |
$5,491,000,000 $
| $5,205,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
| Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.300%
| 0.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
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| Location |
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
| Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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| Area |
1,098,581 km sq
| 2,040 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 177 km
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| Climate |
varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
| tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
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