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Country
|
Equatorial Guinea | 
Nicaragua |
|
Leader
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Daniel Ortega
|
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Population
|
685,991
| 5,727,707
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 72.180 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Managua
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Managua (population: 973,087) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.699
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $3,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 67.5%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 2.5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 18.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 7.300%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 15 September 1821 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $4,073,000,000 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)
| gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 0.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 130,370 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 910 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
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