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Country
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Bolivia | 
Tajikistan |
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Leader
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President: Evo Morales
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Population
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10,290,003
| 7,768,385
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Life Expectancy
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67.900 years
| 66.380 years
|
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Capital City
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La Paz (administrative capital)
| Dushanbe
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Largest city
|
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) | Dushanbe (population: 543,107) |
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Human Development Index
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0.723
| 0.684
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| GDP per capita |
$4,900 US
| $2,100 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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86.7%
| 99.5%
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Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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14.6%
| 19.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.500%
| 2.200%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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6 August 1825 (from Spain)
| 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
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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)
| Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
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| Exports |
natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
| aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
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| External Debt |
$5,491,000,000 $
| $2,593,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
| 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 |
1.300%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
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| Location |
Central South America, southwest of Brazil
| Central Asia, west of China
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| Area |
1,098,581 km sq
| 143,100 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
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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