|
Country
|
Chile | 
Belarus |
|
Leader
|
President: Sebastian Pinera
|
President: Alexander Lukashenko
|
|
Population
|
17,067,369
| 9,643,566
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
78.100 years
| 71.480 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Santiago
| Minsk
|
|
Largest city
|
| Santiago (population: 4,837,300) | Minsk (population: 1,742,120) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.874
| 0.817
|
| GDP per capita |
$17,400 US
| $15,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
95.7%
| 99.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.9
| 2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.7%
| 32.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Eliodoro Matte & family ($5.9bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.600%
| 1.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished except for special circumstances
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
|
|
Independence date
|
18 September 1810 (from Spain)
| 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
| Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
| Belarusian, Russian, other
|
| Exports |
copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
| machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$99,400,000,000 $
| $33,730,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Chilean pesos (CLP) per US dollar - 509.02 (2008 est.), 526.25 (2007), 530.29 (2006), 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004)
| Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.700%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 19
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
| Eastern Europe, east of Poland
|
| Area |
756,102 km sq
| 207,600 km sq
|
| Coastline |
6,435 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
| cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
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