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Country
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El Salvador | 
Sweden |
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Leader
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President: Mauricio Funes
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King: Carl XVI Gustaf Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
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Population
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6,090,646
| 9,103,788
|
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Life Expectancy
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73.690 years
| 81.180 years
|
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Capital City
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San Salvador
| Stockholm
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Largest city
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| San Salvador (population: 525,990) | Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) |
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Human Development Index
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0.747
| 0.958
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| GDP per capita |
$7,600 US
| $40,900 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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80.2%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.9
| 9.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
16.7%
| 47%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.000%
| 7.500%
|
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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 monarchy
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
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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.)
| Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
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| Languages |
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
| Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
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| Exports |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity
| machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
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| External Debt |
$12,950,000,000 $
| $1,016,000,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
| Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
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| Area |
21,041 km sq
| 450,295 km sq
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| Coastline |
307 km
| 3,218 km
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| Climate |
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
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