|
Country
|
Greece | 
Kyrgyzstan |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 5,496,737
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 69.450 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Bishkek
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Bishkek (population: 900,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.694
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $2,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 98.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 1.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 25.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 8.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
| |
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Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $3,601,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 2
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Central Asia, west of China
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 199,951 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
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