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Country
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Bulgaria | 
Cambodia |
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Leader
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President: Rosen Plevneliev
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Head of state: King Norodom Sihamoni
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Population
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7,037,935
| 14,952,665
|
|
Life Expectancy
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73.840 years
| 63.040 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Sofia
| Phnom Penh
|
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Largest city
|
| Sofia (population: 1,152,560) | Phnom Penh (population: 1,573,540) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.834
| 0.575
|
| GDP per capita |
$13,800 US
| $2,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
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98.2%
| 73.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3.6
| 1.8
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.7%
| 15.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
9.600%
| 3.500%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
| 9 November 1953 (from France)
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| Religions |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
| Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
|
| Languages |
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
| Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
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| Exports |
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
| clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
|
| External Debt |
$46,840,000,000 $
| $5,028,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)
| riels (KHR) per US dollar - 4,070.94 (2008 est.), 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.600%
| 3.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 0
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| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
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| Area |
110,879 km sq
| 181,035 km sq
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| Coastline |
354 km
| 443 km
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| Climate |
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
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