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Country
|
Costa Rica | 
Nigeria |
|
Leader
|
President: Laura Chinchilla
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
|
Population
|
4,636,348
| 170,123,740
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.890 years
| 52.050 years
|
|
Capital City
|
San Jose
| Abuja
|
|
Largest city
|
| San Jose (population: 335,007) | Lagos (population: 9,000,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.847
| 0.499
|
| GDP per capita |
$12,100 US
| $2,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
94.9%
| 68%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
5.1
| 2.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
36.8%
| 7.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.500%
| 21.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
democratic republic
| federal republic
|
|
Independence date
|
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 1 October 1960 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 76.3%, Evangelical 13.7%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.3%, other Protestant 0.7%, other 4.8%, none 3.2%
| Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), English
| English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
|
| Exports |
bananas, pineapples, coffee, melons, ornamental plants, sugar; seafood; electronic components, medical equipment
| petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
|
| External Debt |
$10,050,000,000 $
| $10,430,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Costa Rican colones (CRC) per US dollar - 529.62 (2008 est.), 519.53 (2007), 511.3 (2006), 477.79 (2005), 437.91 (2004)
| nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 4
|
| Location |
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Nicaragua and Panama
| Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
|
| Area |
51,100 km sq
| 923,768 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,290 km
| 853 km
|
| Climate |
tropical and subtropical; dry season (December to April); rainy season (May to November); cooler in highlands
| varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
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