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Country
|
Equatorial Guinea | 
Chile |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Sebastian Pinera
|
|
Population
|
685,991
| 17,067,369
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 78.100 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Santiago
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Santiago (population: 4,837,300) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.874
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $17,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 95.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 6.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 12.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Eliodoro Matte & family ($5.9bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 6.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 18 September 1810 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $99,400,000,000 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)
| Chilean pesos (CLP) per US dollar - 509.02 (2008 est.), 526.25 (2007), 530.29 (2006), 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 2.700%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 756,102 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 6,435 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
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