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Country
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Bulgaria | 
Tunisia |
|
Leader
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President: Rosen Plevneliev
|
President: Moncef Marzouki
|
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Population
|
6,981,642
| 10,835,873
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
74.080 years
| 75.460 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Sofia
| Tunis
|
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Largest city
|
| Sofia (population: 1,152,560) | Tunis (population: 693,210) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.834
| 0.762
|
| GDP per capita |
$14,200 US
| $9,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98.2%
| 74.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3.6
| 4.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.7%
| 19.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
| 18.800%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| 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)
| 20 March 1956 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
| Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
|
| Languages |
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
| Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
|
| Exports |
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
| clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
|
| External Debt |
$43,240,000,000 $
| $24,490,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)
| Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.600%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 1
|
| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
| Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
|
| Area |
110,879 km sq
| 163,610 km sq
|
| Coastline |
354 km
| 1,148 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
| temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
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