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Country
|
Mauritius | 
Armenia |
|
Leader
|
President: Rajkeswur Purryag
|
President: Serge Sarkisian
|
|
Population
|
1,313,095
| 2,970,495
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
74.710 years
| 73.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Port Louis
| Yerevan
|
|
Largest city
|
| Port Louis (population: 155,226) | Yerevan (population: 1,093,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.802
| 0.777
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,100 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
84.4%
| 99.4%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
5.5
| 2.9
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
17.1%
| 8.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.800%
| 5.900%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
12 March 1968 (from UK)
| 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
| Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
|
| Languages |
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
| Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
| pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| External Debt |
$5,205,000,000 $
| $7,336,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)
| drams (AMD) per US dollar - 303.93 (2008 est.), 344.06 (2007), 414.69 (2006), 457.69 (2005), 533.45 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.300%
| 2.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
| Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
|
| Area |
2,040 km sq
| 29,743 km sq
|
| Coastline |
177 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
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