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Country
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Croatia | 
Maldives |
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Leader
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
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President: Mohamed Nasheed
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Population
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4,480,043
| 394,451
|
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Life Expectancy
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75.990 years
| 74.690 years
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Capital City
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Zagreb
| Male
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Largest city
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| Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) | Male (population: 84,972) |
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Human Development Index
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0.862
| 0.749
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| GDP per capita |
$18,400 US
| $8,800 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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98.1%
| 96.3%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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20.9%
| 12%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
17.700%
| 14.500%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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presidential/parliamentary democracy
| republic
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Independence date
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25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
| 26 July 1965 (from UK)
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| 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)
| Sunni Muslim
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| Languages |
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
| Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
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| Exports |
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
| fish
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| External Debt |
$66,300,000,000 $
| $943,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
| rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.390%
| 5.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 0
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| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
| Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
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| Area |
56,594 km sq
| 298 km sq
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| Coastline |
5,835 km
| 644 km
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| Climate |
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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