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Country
|
Equatorial Guinea | 
Kyrgyzstan |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
|
|
Population
|
685,991
| 5,496,737
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 69.450 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Bishkek
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Bishkek (population: 900,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.694
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $2,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 98.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 1.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 25.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 8.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $3,601,000,000 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)
| soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 0.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Central Asia, west of China
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 199,951 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
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