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Country
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Korea, South | 
Mauritius |
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Leader
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President: Park Geun-hye
|
President: Rajkeswur " Kailash" Purryag
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Population
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49,039,986
| 1,331,155
|
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Life Expectancy
|
79.800 years
| 75.170 years
|
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Capital City
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Seoul
| Port Louis
|
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Largest city
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| Seoul (population: 10,349,300) | Port Louis (population: 155,226) |
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Human Development Index
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0.928
| 0.802
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| GDP per capita |
$33,200 US
| $16,100 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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97.9%
| 84.4%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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NA
| 5.5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
13.7%
| 17.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
3.200%
| 8.300%
|
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Death Penalty
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NA
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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15 August 1945 (from Japan)
| 12 March 1968 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% (1995 census)
| Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
| Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
| clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
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| External Debt |
$430,900,000,000 $
| $2,894,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
South Korean won (KRW) per US dollar - 1,101.7 (2008 est.), 929.2 (2007), 954.8 (2006), 1,024.1 (2005), 1,145.3 (2004)
| Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.800%
| 0.190%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
31
| 1
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| Location |
Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
| Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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| Area |
99,720 km sq
| 2,040 km sq
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| Coastline |
2,413 km
| 177 km
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| Climate |
temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
| tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
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