|
Country
|
Maldives | 
Uruguay |
|
Leader
|
President: Mohamed Nasheed
|
President: Jose Mujica
|
|
Population
|
394,451
| 3,316,328
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
74.690 years
| 76.410 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Male
| Montevideo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Male (population: 84,972) | Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.749
| 0.859
|
| GDP per capita |
$8,800 US
| $15,300 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96.3%
| 98%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.8
| 6.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12%
| 12.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
14.500%
| 6.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
republic
| constitutional republic
|
|
Independence date
|
26 July 1965 (from UK)
| 25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
|
| Religions |
Sunni Muslim
| Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
|
| Languages |
Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
| Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
|
| Exports |
fish
| meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
|
| External Debt |
$943,000,000 $
| $15,400,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
| Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
5.500%
| 1.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
|
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| Location |
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
|
| Area |
298 km sq
| 176,215 km sq
|
| Coastline |
644 km
| 660 km
|
| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
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