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Country
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Leader
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President: Idriss Deby
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President: Jose Eduardo dos Santos
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Population
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10,975,648
| 18,056,072
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Life Expectancy
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48.690 years
| 54.590 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| N'Djamena (population: 721,081) | Luanda (population: 2,776,170) |
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Human Development Index
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0.389
| 0.484
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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25.7%
| 67.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.6
| 1.9
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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5.2%
| 37.3%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| republic; multiparty presidential regime
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
| indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)
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| Languages |
French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
| Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages
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| Location |
Central Africa, south of Libya
| Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Area |
1,284,000 km sq
| 1,246,700 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,600 km
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| Climate |
tropical in south, desert in north
| semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)
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