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Country
|
Mauritius | 
Dominican Republic |
|
Leader
|
President: Rajkeswur Purryag
|
President: Danilo Medina
|
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Population
|
1,313,095
| 10,088,598
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
74.710 years
| 77.440 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Port Louis
| Santo Domingo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Port Louis (population: 155,226) | Juan Dolio (population: 8,581,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.802
| 0.768
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,100 US
| $9,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
84.4%
| 87%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
5.5
| 3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
17.1%
| 17.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.800%
| 13.100%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| democratic republic
|
|
Independence date
|
12 March 1968 (from UK)
| 27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
|
| 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)
| Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
|
| 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)
| Spanish
|
| Exports |
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
| ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
|
| External Debt |
$5,205,000,000 $
| $14,420,000,000 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)
| Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 34.775 (2008 est.), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006), 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.300%
| 0.700%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 2
|
| Location |
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
| Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
|
| Area |
2,040 km sq
| 48,670 km sq
|
| Coastline |
177 km
| 1,288 km
|
| Climate |
tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
| tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
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