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Country
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Equatorial Guinea | 
Turkmenistan |
|
Leader
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President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
|
President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
|
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Population
|
685,991
| 5,054,828
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
62.750 years
| 68.840 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Malabo
| Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
|
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Largest city
|
| Bata (population: 173,046) | Ashgabat (population: 727,700) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.717
| 0.728
|
| GDP per capita |
$19,600 US
| $7,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
87%
| 98.8%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.7
| 1.8
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
6%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
22.300%
| 60.000%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
republic
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
|
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Independence date
|
12 October 1968 (from Spain)
| 27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
| Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
|
| Languages |
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
| Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
|
| Exports |
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
| gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
|
| External Debt |
$1,051,000,000 $
| $524,700,000 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)
| Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.100%
| 3.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
| Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
|
| Area |
28,051 km sq
| 488,100 km sq
|
| Coastline |
296 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| subtropical desert
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