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Country
|
Greece | 
Cape Verde |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 523,568
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 71.000 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Praia
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Praia (population: 113,364) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.705
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $4,000 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 76.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 5.1
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 18.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 21.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 5 July 1975 (from Portugal)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $657,700,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 73.84 (2008 est.), 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006), 88.67 (2005), 88.808 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 4,033 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 965 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic
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