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Country
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Cape Verde | 
Paraguay |
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Leader
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President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
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President-elect: Horacio Cartes
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Population
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531,046
| 6,623,252
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Life Expectancy
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71.280 years
| 76.600 years
|
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Capital City
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Praia
| Asuncion
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Largest city
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| Praia (population: 113,364) | Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) |
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Human Development Index
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0.705
| 0.752
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| GDP per capita |
$4,100 US
| $6,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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76.6%
| 94%
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Corruption Perception Index
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5.1
| 2.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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18.1%
| 13.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 6.900%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| constitutional republic
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Independence date
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5 July 1975 (from Portugal)
| 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
| Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
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| Languages |
Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
| Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
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| Exports |
fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
| soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
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| External Debt |
$741,300,000 $
| $2,245,000,000 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)
| guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.400%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
| Central South America, northeast of Argentina
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| Area |
4,033 km sq
| 406,752 km sq
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| Coastline |
965 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
| subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
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