|
Country
|
Maldives | 
Chile |
|
Leader
|
President: Mohamed Nasheed
|
President: Sebastian Pinera
|
|
Population
|
394,451
| 17,067,369
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
74.690 years
| 78.100 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Male
| Santiago
|
|
Largest city
|
| Male (population: 84,972) | Santiago (population: 4,837,300) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.749
| 0.874
|
| GDP per capita |
$8,800 US
| $17,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96.3%
| 95.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.8
| 6.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12%
| 12.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Eliodoro Matte & family ($5.9bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
14.500%
| 6.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
26 July 1965 (from UK)
| 18 September 1810 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Sunni Muslim
| Roman Catholic 70%, Evangelical 15.1%, Jehovah's Witness 1.1%, other Christian 1%, other 4.6%, none 8.3% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
| Spanish (official), Mapudungun, German, English
|
| Exports |
fish
| copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
|
| External Debt |
$943,000,000 $
| $99,400,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
| Chilean pesos (CLP) per US dollar - 509.02 (2008 est.), 526.25 (2007), 530.29 (2006), 560.09 (2005), 609.37 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
5.500%
| 2.700%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
|
| Location |
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
| Southern South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Argentina and Peru
|
| Area |
298 km sq
| 756,102 km sq
|
| Coastline |
644 km
| 6,435 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
| temperate; desert in north; Mediterranean in central region; cool and damp in south
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