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Country
|
Moldova | 
Armenia |
|
Leader
|
President: Nicolae Timofti
|
President: Serge Sarkisian
|
|
Population
|
3,656,843
| 2,970,495
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
69.510 years
| 73.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Chisinau (Kishinev)
| Yerevan
|
|
Largest city
|
| Chisinau (population: 635,994) | Yerevan (population: 1,093,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.719
| 0.777
|
| GDP per capita |
$3,400 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.1%
| 99.4%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 2.9
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.8%
| 8.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.700%
| 5.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
| Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
|
| Languages |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
| Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
| pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| External Debt |
$5,200,000,000 $
| $7,336,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (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 |
0.400%
| 2.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 6
|
| Location |
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
| Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
|
| Area |
33,851 km sq
| 29,743 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
moderate winters, warm summers
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
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