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Country
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Ireland | 
Brunei |
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Leader
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President: Michael D Higgins
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Head of state: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
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Population
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4,722,028
| 408,786
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Life Expectancy
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80.320 years
| 76.370 years
|
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Capital City
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Dublin
| Bandar Seri Begawan
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Largest city
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| Dublin (population: 1,024,030) | Bandar Seri Begawan (population: 64,409) |
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Human Development Index
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0.96
| 0.919
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| GDP per capita |
$40,100 US
| $50,000 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| 92.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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7.7
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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15.5%
| 0%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Pallonji Mistry ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
14.400%
| 2.700%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic, parliamentary democracy
| constitutional sultanate
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Independence date
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6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
| 1 January 1984 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
| Muslim (official) 67%, Buddhist 13%, Christian 10%, other (includes indigenous beliefs) 10%
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| Languages |
English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
| Malay (official), English, Chinese
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| Exports |
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
| crude oil, natural gas, garments
|
| External Debt |
$2,352,000,000,000 $
| $0 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
| Bruneian dollars (BND) per US dollar - NA (2007), 1.5886 (2006), 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004), 1.7422 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 4.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
3
| 0
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| Location |
Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and Malaysia
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| Area |
70,273 km sq
| 5,765 km sq
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| Coastline |
1,448 km
| 161 km
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| Climate |
temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
| tropical; hot, humid, rainy
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