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Country
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Kyrgyzstan | 
Australia |
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Leader
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Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Quentin Bryce Prime minister: Julia Gillard
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Population
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5,496,737
| 22,015,576
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Life Expectancy
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69.450 years
| 81.900 years
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Capital City
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Bishkek
| Canberra
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Largest city
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| Bishkek (population: 900,000) | Sydney (population: 4,394,580) |
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Human Development Index
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0.694
| 0.965
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| GDP per capita |
$2,400 US
| $40,800 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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98.7%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.8
| 8.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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25.6%
| 29.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Frank Lowy & family ($2.7bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
8.600%
| 5.100%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| federal parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
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| Religions |
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
| Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)
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| Languages |
Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
| English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
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| Exports |
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
| coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
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| External Debt |
$3,601,000,000 $
| $1,376,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
| Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2059 (2008 est.), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.500%
| 3.000%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 46
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
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| Area |
199,951 km sq
| 7,741,220 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 25,760 km
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| Climate |
dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
| generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
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