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Country
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Croatia | 
Nicaragua |
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Leader
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
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President: Daniel Ortega
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Population
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4,480,043
| 5,727,707
|
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Life Expectancy
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75.990 years
| 72.180 years
|
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Capital City
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Zagreb
| Managua
|
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Largest city
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| Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) | Managua (population: 973,087) |
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Human Development Index
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0.862
| 0.699
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| GDP per capita |
$18,400 US
| $3,200 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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98.1%
| 67.5%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 2.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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20.9%
| 18.5%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
17.700%
| 7.300%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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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)
| 15 September 1821 (from Spain)
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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)
| Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
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| Languages |
Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
| Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
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| Exports |
transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
| coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
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| External Debt |
$66,300,000,000 $
| $4,073,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
| gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.390%
| 0.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 0
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| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
| Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
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| Area |
56,594 km sq
| 130,370 km sq
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| Coastline |
5,835 km
| 910 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 in lowlands, cooler in highlands
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