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Country
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Croatia | 
Armenia |
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Leader
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
|
President: Serge Sarkisian
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Population
|
4,480,043
| 2,970,495
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.990 years
| 73.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Zagreb
| Yerevan
|
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Largest city
|
| Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) | Yerevan (population: 1,093,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.862
| 0.777
|
| GDP per capita |
$18,400 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98.1%
| 99.4%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 2.9
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
20.9%
| 8.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.700%
| 5.900%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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| |
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Political System
|
presidential/parliamentary democracy
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
| 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
| Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
|
| Languages |
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
| Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
| pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| External Debt |
$66,300,000,000 $
| $7,336,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
| drams (AMD) per US dollar - 303.93 (2008 est.), 344.06 (2007), 414.69 (2006), 457.69 (2005), 533.45 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.390%
| 2.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 6
|
| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
| Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
|
| Area |
56,594 km sq
| 29,743 km sq
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| Coastline |
5,835 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
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