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Country
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Cape Verde | 
Latvia |
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Leader
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President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
|
President : Andris Berzins
|
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Population
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523,568
| 2,191,580
|
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Life Expectancy
|
71.000 years
| 72.930 years
|
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Capital City
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Praia
| Riga
|
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Largest city
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| Praia (population: 113,364) | Riga (population: 742,572) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.705
| 0.863
|
| GDP per capita |
$4,000 US
| $15,900 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
76.6%
| 99.7%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
5.1
| 5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
18.1%
| 20%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 15.400%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
|
5 July 1975 (from Portugal)
| 18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
| Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
|
| Languages |
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
| Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
| wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$657,700,000 $
| $38,370,000,000 US
|
| 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)
| lati (LVL) per US dollar - 0.4701 (2008 est.), 0.5162 (2007), 0.5597 (2006), 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.500%
| 1.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 3
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| Location |
Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
| Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
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| Area |
4,033 km sq
| 64,589 km sq
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| Coastline |
965 km
| 498 km
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| Climate |
temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
| maritime; wet, moderate winters
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