Country
Kyrgyzstan Brazil
Leader
Population
5,548,042 201,009,622
Life Expectancy
69.750 years 73.020 years
Capital City
Bishkek Brasilia
Largest city
Bishkek (population: 900,000) Sao Paulo (population: 10,021,300)
Human Development Index
0.694 0.807 GDP per capita $2,400 US $12,000 US
Literacy Rate
98.7% 88.6%
Corruption Perception Index
1.8 3.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.6% 9.4% Wealthiest Citizens NA Eike Batista ($7.5bn US) Unemployment Rate 8.600% 6.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
republic federal republic
Independence date
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) 7 September 1822 (from Portugal) Religions Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5% Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (2000 census) Languages Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census) Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages Exports cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos External Debt $3,666,000,000 $ $405,300,000,000 US Exchange Rate soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004) reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.8644 (2008 est.), 1.85 (2007 est.), 2.1761 (2006), 2.4344 (2005), 2.9251 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 2.800% 1.300% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 2 15 Location Central Asia, west of China Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean Area 199,951 km sq 8,514,877 km sq Coastline 0 km 7,491 km Climate dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone mostly tropical, but temperate in south
