|
Country
|
Equatorial Guinea | 
Belarus |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Alexander Lukashenko
|
|
Population
|
685,991
| 9,643,566
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 71.480 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Minsk
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Minsk (population: 1,742,120) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.817
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $15,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 99.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 32.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 1.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
|
|
Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Belarusian, Russian, other
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $33,730,000,000 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)
| Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 19
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Eastern Europe, east of Poland
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 207,600 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
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