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Country
|
Mauritania | 
New Zealand |
|
Leader
|
President: Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz
|
Prime minister: John Key
|
|
Population
|
3,437,610
| 4,365,113
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
61.910 years
| 80.820 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Nouakchott
| Wellington
|
|
Largest city
|
| Nouakchott (population: 661,400) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.557
| 0.944
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $28,800 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
51.2%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.8
| 9.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 33.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
30.000%
| 6.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
military junta
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
28 November 1960 (from France)
| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 100%
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
|
| Exports |
iron ore, fish and fish products, gold, copper, petroleum
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$2,942,000,000 $
| $90,230,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
ouguiyas (MRO) per US dollar - NA (2007), 271.3 (2006), 267.04 (2005), 265.8 (2004), 263.03 (2003)
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
5.500%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 9
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
|
| Area |
1,030,700 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
|
| Coastline |
754 km
| 15,134 km
|
| Climate |
desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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