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Country
|
Equatorial Guinea | 
Argentina |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
|
|
Population
|
685,991
| 42,192,494
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 77.140 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Buenos Aires
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Buenos Aires (population: 13,076,300) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.86
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $17,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 97.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 2.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 39.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Gregorio Perez Companc & family ($1.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 7.200%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 9 July 1816 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| nominally Roman Catholic 92% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, Jewish 2%, other 4%
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Spanish (official), Italian, English, German, French
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| soybeans and derivatives, petroleum and gas, vehicles, corn, wheat
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $136,800,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
| Argentine pesos (ARS) per US dollar - 3.1636 (2008 est.), 3.1105 (2007), 3.0543 (2006), 2.9037 (2005), 2.9233 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 0.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 2,780,400 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 4,989 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest
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