Indonesia and Tajikistan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Indonesia	Tajikistan
Leader
President: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
Population
248,645,008	7,768,385
Life Expectancy
71.620 years	66.380 years
Capital City
Jakarta	Dushanbe
Largest city
Jakarta (population: 8,540,120)	Dushanbe (population: 543,107)
Human Development Index
0.726	0.684
GDP per capita
$4,700 US	$2,100 US
Literacy Rate
90.4%	99.5%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
11.6%	19.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Michael Hartono ($1.7bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
6.600%	2.200%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
17 August 1945 (declared) note: recognized by the Netherlands on 27 December 1949; in August 2005, the Netherlands announced it recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945	9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)	Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Languages
Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Exports
oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber	aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
External Debt
$186,900,000,000 $	$2,593,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Indonesian rupiah (IDR) per US dollar - 9,558.1 (2008 est.), 9,056 (2007 est.), 9,159.3 (2006), 9,704.7 (2005), 8,938.9 (2004)	Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.000%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
5	2
Location
Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean	Central Asia, west of China
Area
1,904,569 km sq	143,100 km sq
Coastline
54,716 km	0 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands	midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

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