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Country
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Bulgaria | 
Nigeria |
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Leader
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President: Rosen Plevneliev
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President: Goodluck Jonathan
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Population
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7,037,935
| 170,123,740
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Life Expectancy
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73.840 years
| 52.050 years
|
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Capital City
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Sofia
| Abuja
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Largest city
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| Sofia (population: 1,152,560) | Lagos (population: 9,000,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.834
| 0.499
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| GDP per capita |
$13,800 US
| $2,600 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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98.2%
| 68%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.6
| 2.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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21.7%
| 7.3%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
9.600%
| 21.000%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Legal
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| federal republic
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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)
| 1 October 1960 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
| Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
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| Languages |
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
| English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
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| Exports |
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
| petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
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| External Debt |
$46,840,000,000 $
| $10,430,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)
| nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.600%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 4
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| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
| Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
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| Area |
110,879 km sq
| 923,768 km sq
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| Coastline |
354 km
| 853 km
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| Climate |
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
| varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
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