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Country
|
Equatorial Guinea | 
Moldova |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Nicolae Timofti
|
|
Population
|
685,991
| 3,656,843
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 69.510 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Chisinau (Kishinev)
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Chisinau (population: 635,994) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.719
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $3,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 99.1%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 2.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 21.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 6.700%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $5,200,000,000 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)
| Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 0.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 33,851 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| moderate winters, warm summers
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