|
Country
|
Gabon | 
Paraguay |
|
Leader
|
President: Ali Ben Bongo
|
President: Federico Franco
|
|
Population
|
1,608,321
| 6,541,591
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.290 years
| 76.400 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Libreville
| Asuncion
|
|
Largest city
|
| Libreville (population: 578,156) | Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.729
| 0.752
|
| GDP per capita |
$16,400 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
63.2%
| 94%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3.1
| 2.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
16.1%
| 13.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 6.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic; multiparty presidential regime
| constitutional republic
|
|
Independence date
|
17 August 1960 (from France)
| 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
| Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
| Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
|
| Exports |
crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
| soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
|
| External Debt |
$2,726,000,000 $
| $5,330,000,000 US
|
| 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)
| guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
|
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
| Central South America, northeast of Argentina
|
| Area |
267,667 km sq
| 406,752 km sq
|
| Coastline |
885 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; always hot, humid
| subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
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