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Country
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Liberia | 
Bolivia |
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Leader
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President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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President: Evo Morales
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Population
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3,887,886
| 10,290,003
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Life Expectancy
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57.410 years
| 67.900 years
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Capital City
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Monrovia
| La Paz (administrative capital)
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Largest city
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| Monrovia (population: 939,524) | Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) |
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Human Development Index
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0.364
| 0.723
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| GDP per capita |
$500 US
| $4,900 US
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Literacy Rate
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57.5%
| 86.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.4
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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13.8%
| 14.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
85.000%
| 5.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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26 July 1847
| 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 40%
| Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
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| Languages |
English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
| Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee
| natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
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| External Debt |
$228,000,000 $
| $5,491,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Liberian dollars (LRD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 59.43 (2006), 53.098 (2005), 54.906 (2004), 59.379 (2003)
| bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.300%
| 1.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone
| Central South America, southwest of Brazil
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| Area |
111,369 km sq
| 1,098,581 km sq
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| Coastline |
579 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
| varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
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