Country
Greece Namibia
Leader
Population
10,772,967 2,182,852
Life Expectancy
80.180 years 52.030 years
Capital City
Athens Windhoek
Largest city
Athens (population: 729,137) Windhoek (population: 268,132)
Human Development Index
0.947 0.634 GDP per capita $25,100 US $7,800 US
Literacy Rate
96% 85%
Corruption Perception Index
4.7 4.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14.7% 26.9% Wealthiest Citizens Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 24.400% 51.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished Abolished
Political System
parliamentary republic republic
Independence date
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire) 21 March 1990 (from South African mandate) Religions Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% Christian 80% to 90% (Lutheran 50% at least), indigenous beliefs 10% to 20% Languages Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama) Exports food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles diamonds, copper, gold, zinc, lead, uranium; cattle, processed fish, karakul skins External Debt $583,300,000,000 $ $4,204,000,000 US Exchange Rate euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004) Namibian dollars (NAD) per US dollar - 7.75 (2008 est.), 7.18 (2007), 6.7649 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 4.300% 3.700% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 4 0 Location Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and South Africa Area 131,957 km sq 824,292 km sq Coastline 13,676 km 1,572 km Climate temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers desert; hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic
