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Country
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Greece | 
Peru |
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Leader
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President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President : Ollanta Humala
|
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Population
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10,767,827
| 29,549,517
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 72.730 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Lima
|
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Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Lima (population: 7,737,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.788
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $10,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 87.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 3.6
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 29.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 7.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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parliamentary republic
| constitutional republic
|
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Independence date
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1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 28 July 1821 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $36,980,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
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| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 1,285,216 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 2,414 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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