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Country
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Equatorial Guinea | 
Croatia |
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Leader
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President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
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Population
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685,991
| 4,480,043
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Life Expectancy
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62.750 years
| 75.990 years
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Capital City
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Malabo
| Zagreb
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Largest city
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| Bata (population: 173,046) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.717
| 0.862
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| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $18,400 US
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Literacy Rate
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87%
| 98.1%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.7
| 4.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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6%
| 20.9%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 17.700%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| presidential/parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
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| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
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| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
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| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $66,300,000,000 US
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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)
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 2.390%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
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| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 56,594 km sq
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| Coastline |
296 km
| 5,835 km
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| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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