Kazakhstan and Tajikistan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Kazakhstan	Tajikistan
Leader
President: Nursultan Nazarbayev	President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
Population
17,522,010	7,768,385
Life Expectancy
69.630 years	66.380 years
Capital City
Astana	Dushanbe
Largest city
Almaty (population: 2,000,900)	Dushanbe (population: 543,107)
Human Development Index
0.807	0.684
GDP per capita
$13,200 US	$2,100 US
Literacy Rate
99.5%	99.5%
Corruption Perception Index
2.2	2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%	19.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Alijan Ibragimov ($1.2bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
5.400%	2.200%
Death Penalty
NA	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch	republic
Independence date
16 December 1991 (from Soviet Union)	9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%	Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Languages
Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.)	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Exports
oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)	aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
External Debt
$122,900,000,000 $	$2,593,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
tenge (KZT) per US dollar - 120.25 (2008 est.), 122.55 (2007), 126.09 (2006), 132.88 (2005), 136.04 (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
1.100%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
13	2
Location
Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe	Central Asia, west of China
Area
2,724,900 km sq	143,100 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid	midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

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