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Country
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El Salvador | 
Tajikistan |
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Leader
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President: Mauricio Funes
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Population
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6,090,646
| 7,768,385
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Life Expectancy
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73.690 years
| 66.380 years
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Capital City
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San Salvador
| Dushanbe
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Largest city
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| San Salvador (population: 525,990) | Dushanbe (population: 543,107) |
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Human Development Index
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0.747
| 0.684
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| GDP per capita |
$7,600 US
| $2,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.2%
| 99.5%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.9
| 2
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.7%
| 19.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.000%
| 2.200%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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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.)
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
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| Languages |
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)
| Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
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| Exports |
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity
| aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
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| External Debt |
$12,950,000,000 $
| $2,593,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
| Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
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| Location |
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras
| Central Asia, west of China
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| Area |
21,041 km sq
| 143,100 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
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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