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Country
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Gabon | 
Japan |
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Leader
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President: Ali Ben Bongo
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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Population
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1,608,321
| 127,368,088
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Life Expectancy
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52.290 years
| 83.910 years
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Capital City
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Libreville
| Tokyo
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Largest city
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| Libreville (population: 578,156) | Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) |
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Human Development Index
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0.729
| 0.956
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| GDP per capita |
$16,400 US
| $35,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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63.2%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.1
| 7.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.1%
| 12.3%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 4.600%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Legal
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Political System
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republic; multiparty presidential regime
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
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Independence date
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17 August 1960 (from France)
| 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
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| Religions |
Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
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| Languages |
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
| Japanese
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| Exports |
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
| transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
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| External Debt |
$2,726,000,000 $
| $2,719,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
| yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 0.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 25
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
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| Area |
267,667 km sq
| 377,915 km sq
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| Coastline |
885 km
| 29,751 km
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| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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