|
Country
|
Kyrgyzstan | 
Japan |
|
Leader
|
Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
|
Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
|
|
Population
|
5,496,737
| 127,368,088
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
69.450 years
| 83.910 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Bishkek
| Tokyo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Bishkek (population: 900,000) | Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.694
| 0.956
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,400 US
| $35,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98.7%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.8
| 7.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
25.6%
| 12.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
8.600%
| 4.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished except for special circumstances
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
|
|
Independence date
|
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
|
| Languages |
Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
| Japanese
|
| Exports |
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
| transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
|
| External Debt |
$3,601,000,000 $
| $2,719,000,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
| yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.500%
| 0.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 25
|
| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
|
| Area |
199,951 km sq
| 377,915 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 29,751 km
|
| Climate |
dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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