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Country
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Greece | 
Thailand |
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Leader
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President: Karolos Papoulias
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Head of state: Prime minister - elect : Yingluck Shinawatra
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Population
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10,767,827
| 67,091,089
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Life Expectancy
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80.050 years
| 73.830 years
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Capital City
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Athens
| Bangkok
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Largest city
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| Athens (population: 729,137) | Bangkok (population: 5,104,480) |
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Human Development Index
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0.947
| 0.786
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| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $9,500 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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96%
| 92.6%
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.7
| 3.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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14.7%
| 12.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| Chaleo Yoovidhya ($3.7bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 0.700%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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Political System
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parliamentary republic
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)
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| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
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| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances
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| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $115,600,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| baht per US dollar - 33.37 (2008 est.), 34.52 (2007), 37.882 (2006), 40.22 (2005), 40.222 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 1.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 4
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| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
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| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 513,120 km sq
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| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 3,219 km
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| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
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