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Country
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Cape Verde | 
Croatia |
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Leader
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President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
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Population
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523,568
| 4,480,043
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Life Expectancy
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71.000 years
| 75.990 years
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Capital City
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Praia
| Zagreb
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Largest city
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| Praia (population: 113,364) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.705
| 0.862
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| GDP per capita |
$4,000 US
| $18,400 US
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Literacy Rate
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76.6%
| 98.1%
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Corruption Perception Index
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5.1
| 4.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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18.1%
| 20.9%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 17.700%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| presidential/parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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5 July 1975 (from Portugal)
| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
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| Exports |
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
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| External Debt |
$657,700,000 $
| $66,300,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 73.84 (2008 est.), 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006), 88.67 (2005), 88.808 (2004)
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.500%
| 2.390%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
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| Location |
Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
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| Area |
4,033 km sq
| 56,594 km sq
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| Coastline |
965 km
| 5,835 km
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| Climate |
temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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