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Country
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Equatorial Guinea | 
Czech Republic |
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Leader
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President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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President: Milos Zeman
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Population
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704,001
| 10,162,921
|
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Life Expectancy
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63.120 years
| 77.560 years
|
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Capital City
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Malabo
| Prague
|
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Largest city
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| Bata (population: 173,046) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
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Human Development Index
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0.717
| 0.897
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| GDP per capita |
$20,200 US
| $27,200 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.7
| 5.2
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 16%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 8.600%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
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| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
|
| External Debt |
$1,232,000,000 $
| $90,180,000,000 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)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
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| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
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| Coastline |
296 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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