|
Country
|
Dominican Republic | 
Turkmenistan |
|
Leader
|
President: Danilo Medina
|
President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
|
|
Population
|
10,088,598
| 5,054,828
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
77.440 years
| 68.840 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Santo Domingo
| Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
|
|
Largest city
|
| Juan Dolio (population: 8,581,480) | Ashgabat (population: 727,700) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.768
| 0.728
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,400 US
| $7,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 98.8%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 1.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
17.1%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
13.100%
| 60.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
democratic republic
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
|
|
Independence date
|
27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
| 27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
| Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
|
| Languages |
Spanish
| Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
|
| Exports |
ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
| gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
|
| External Debt |
$14,420,000,000 $
| $524,700,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 34.775 (2008 est.), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006), 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004)
| Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.700%
| 3.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 0
|
| Location |
Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
| Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
|
| Area |
48,670 km sq
| 488,100 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,288 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
| subtropical desert
|
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