|
Country
|
Cameroon | 
Greece |
|
Leader
|
President: Paul Biya
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
|
Population
|
20,129,878
| 10,767,827
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
54.710 years
| 80.050 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Yaounde
| Athens
|
|
Largest city
|
| Douala (population: 1,338,080) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.514
| 0.947
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,300 US
| $26,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
67.9%
| 96%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.3
| 4.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
13.9%
| 14.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
30.000%
| 17.300%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic; multiparty presidential regime
| parliamentary republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
|
| Religions |
indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
|
| Languages |
24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
|
| Exports |
crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$3,147,000,000 $
| $583,300,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (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 |
1.300%
| 4.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 4
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
|
| Area |
475,440 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
|
| Coastline |
402 km
| 13,676 km
|
| Climate |
varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
|
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