|
Country
|
Greece | 
Turkmenistan |
|
Leader
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
|
|
Population
|
10,767,827
| 5,054,828
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.050 years
| 68.840 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Athens
| Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
|
|
Largest city
|
| Athens (population: 729,137) | Ashgabat (population: 727,700) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.947
| 0.728
|
| GDP per capita |
$26,600 US
| $7,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96%
| 98.8%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.7
| 1.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
14.7%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
17.300%
| 60.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary republic
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
|
|
Independence date
|
1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
| 27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
| Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
|
| Languages |
Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
| Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
|
| Exports |
food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
| gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
|
| External Debt |
$583,300,000,000 $
| $524,700,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
4.300%
| 3.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
| Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
|
| Area |
131,957 km sq
| 488,100 km sq
|
| Coastline |
13,676 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
| subtropical desert
|
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