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Country
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Equatorial Guinea |
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Leader
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President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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President: Marcus Stephen
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Population
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685,991
| 9,378
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Life Expectancy
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62.750 years
| 65.700 years
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Capital City
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Malabo
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Largest city
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| Bata (population: 173,046) | (population: ) |
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Human Development Index
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0.717
| 0
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| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
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Literacy Rate
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87%
| %
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.7
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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6%
| 0%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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12 October 1968 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Roman Catholic 33.2%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%, other 14.1%, none 4.5%, unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
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| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
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| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
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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)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
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| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 21 km sq
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| Coastline |
296 km
| 30 km
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| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
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