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Country
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El Salvador | 
Paraguay |
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Leader
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President-elect: Horacio Cartes
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Population
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6,108,590
| 6,623,252
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Life Expectancy
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73.930 years
| 76.600 years
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Capital City
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San Salvador
| Asuncion
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Largest city
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| San Salvador (population: 525,990) | Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) |
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Human Development Index
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0.747
| 0.752
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| GDP per capita |
$7,700 US
| $6,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.2%
| 94%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.9
| 2.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.7%
| 13.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.900%
| 6.900%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| constitutional republic
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)
| Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
| Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
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| Exports |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity
| soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
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| External Debt |
$12,840,000,000 $
| $2,245,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
| guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
| Central South America, northeast of Argentina
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| Area |
21,041 km sq
| 406,752 km sq
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| Coastline |
307 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
| subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
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