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Country
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Greece | 
Tonga |
|
Leader
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President: Karolos Papoulias
|
Head of state: King George Tupou V
|
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Population
|
10,767,827
| 106,146
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 75.380 years
|
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Capital City
|
Athens
| Nuku'alofa
|
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Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.774
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $7,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 98.9%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 2.4
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 3.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 13.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| constitutional monarchy
|
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Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Tongan, English
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $104,600,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 0.900%
|
| 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
| Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 747 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 419 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
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