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Country
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Greece | 
Japan |
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Leader
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President: Karolos Papoulias
|
Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 127,368,088
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 83.910 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Tokyo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.956
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $35,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 7.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 12.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 4.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Legal
|
| |
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Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Japanese
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $2,719,000,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 25
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 377,915 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 29,751 km
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| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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