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Country
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Cambodia | 
Greece |
|
Leader
|
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President: Karolos Papoulias
|
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Population
|
15,458,332
| 10,775,557
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
63.780 years
| 80.300 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Phnom Penh
| Athens
|
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Largest city
|
| Phnom Penh (population: 1,573,540) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.575
| 0.947
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $23,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
73.6%
| 96%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.8
| 4.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
15.8%
| 14.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
0.000%
| 27.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
| parliamentary republic
|
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Independence date
|
9 November 1953 (from France)
| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
|
| Religions |
Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
|
| Languages |
Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
|
| Exports |
clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$4,912,000,000 $
| $568,700,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
riels (KHR) per US dollar - 4,070.94 (2008 est.), 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.540%
| 1.720%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 4
|
| Location |
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
|
| Area |
181,035 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
|
| Coastline |
443 km
| 13,676 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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