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Country
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Leader
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President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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President: Idriss Deby
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Population
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685,991
| 10,975,648
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Life Expectancy
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62.750 years
| 48.690 years
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Capital City
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Malabo
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Largest city
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| Bata (population: 173,046) | N'Djamena (population: 721,081) |
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Human Development Index
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0.717
| 0.389
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| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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87%
| 25.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.7
| 1.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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6%
| 5.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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12 October 1968 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Muslim 53.1%, Catholic 20.1%, Protestant 14.2%, animist 7.3%, other 0.5%, unknown 1.7%, atheist 3.1% (1993 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| French (official), Arabic (official), Sara (in south), more than 120 different languages and dialects
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| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
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| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
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| 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)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Central Africa, south of Libya
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| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 1,284,000 km sq
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| Coastline |
296 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| tropical in south, desert in north
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