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Country
|
Greece | 
Gabon |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Ali Ben Bongo
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 1,608,321
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 52.290 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Libreville
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Libreville (population: 578,156) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.729
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $16,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 63.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 3.1
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 16.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 21.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic; multiparty presidential regime
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 17 August 1960 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $2,726,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.900%
|
| 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, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 267,667 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 885 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical; always hot, humid
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