|
Country
|
Djibouti | 
New Zealand |
|
Leader
|
President: Ismael Omar Guelleh
|
Prime minister: John Key
|
|
Population
|
774,389
| 4,327,944
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
61.570 years
| 80.710 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Djibouti
| Wellington
|
|
Largest city
|
| Djibouti (population: 623,891) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.513
| 0.944
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,700 US
| $28,000 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
67.9%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 9.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
13.8%
| 33.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
59.000%
| 6.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
27 June 1977 (from France)
| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
|
| Exports |
reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$812,500,000 $
| $85,650,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Djiboutian francs (DJF) per US dollar - 177.71 (2007), 174.75 (2006), 177.72 (2005), 177.72 (2004), 177.72 (2003)
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.800%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 9
|
| Location |
Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
|
| Area |
23,200 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
|
| Coastline |
314 km
| 15,134 km
|
| Climate |
desert; torrid, dry
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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