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Country
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Equatorial Guinea | 
Greece |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
|
Population
|
704,001
| 10,772,967
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
63.120 years
| 80.180 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Athens
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.947
|
| GDP per capita |
$20,200 US
| $25,100 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 96%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 4.7
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 14.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 24.400%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary republic
|
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Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$1,232,000,000 $
| $583,300,000,000 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)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 4.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 4
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 13,676 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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