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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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Prime minister: Kenny Anthony
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Population
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704,001
| 162,781
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Life Expectancy
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63.120 years
| 77.220 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) | Bisee (population: 12,980) |
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Human Development Index
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0.717
| 0.821
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| GDP per capita |
$20,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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87%
| 90.1%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.7
| 7.1
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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6%
| 17.2%
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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
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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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
| Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| English (official), French patois
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| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
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| External Debt |
$1,232,000,000 $
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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
| Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
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| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 616 km sq
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| Coastline |
296 km
| 158 km
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| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August
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