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Country
|
Mauritius | 
Uruguay |
|
Leader
|
President: Rajkeswur Purryag
|
President: Jose Mujica
|
|
Population
|
1,313,095
| 3,316,328
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
74.710 years
| 76.410 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Port Louis
| Montevideo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Port Louis (population: 155,226) | Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.802
| 0.859
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,100 US
| $15,300 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
84.4%
| 98%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
5.5
| 6.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
17.1%
| 12.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
7.800%
| 6.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| constitutional republic
|
|
Independence date
|
12 March 1968 (from UK)
| 25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
|
| 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 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
|
| 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, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
|
| Exports |
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
| meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
|
| External Debt |
$5,205,000,000 $
| $15,400,000,000 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)
| 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 |
0.300%
| 1.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
|
| Location |
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
| Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
|
| Area |
2,040 km sq
| 176,215 km sq
|
| Coastline |
177 km
| 660 km
|
| Climate |
tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
| warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
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