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Country
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Israel | 
Peru |
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Leader
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Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
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President : Ollanta Humala
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Population
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7,590,758
| 29,549,517
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Life Expectancy
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81.070 years
| 72.730 years
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Capital City
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Jerusalem
| Lima
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Largest city
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| Jerusalem (population: 714,000) | Lima (population: 7,737,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.93
| 0.788
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| GDP per capita |
$31,400 US
| $10,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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97.1%
| 87.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6
| 3.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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14.2%
| 29.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Sammy Ofer & family ($4.0bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
5.600%
| 7.900%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| constitutional republic
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Independence date
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14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
| 28 July 1821 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
| Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
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| Languages |
Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
| Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
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| Exports |
machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
| copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
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| External Debt |
$102,300,000,000 $
| $36,980,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 3.56 (2008 est.), 4.14 (2007), 4.4565 (2006), 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004)
| nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
7.300%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
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| Location |
Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
| Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
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| Area |
20,770 km sq
| 1,285,216 km sq
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| Coastline |
273 km
| 2,414 km
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| Climate |
temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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