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Country
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Greece |
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Leader
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President: Joyce Banda
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President: Karolos Papoulias
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Population
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16,777,547
| 10,772,967
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Life Expectancy
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52.780 years
| 80.180 years
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Capital City
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| Athens
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Largest city
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| Lilongwe (population: 646,750) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
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Human Development Index
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0.457
| 0.947
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| GDP per capita |
| $25,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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62.7%
| 96%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.8
| 4.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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13%
| 14.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 24.400%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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Political System
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multiparty democracy
| parliamentary republic
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Independence date
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| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
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| Religions |
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
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| Languages |
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
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| Exports |
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
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| External Debt |
| $583,300,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 4.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 4
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| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Zambia
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
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| Area |
118,484 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 13,676 km
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| Climate |
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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