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Country
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Moldova | 
Bulgaria |
|
Leader
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President: Nicolae Timofti
|
President: Rosen Plevneliev
|
|
Population
|
3,656,843
| 7,037,935
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
69.510 years
| 73.840 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Chisinau (Kishinev)
| Sofia
|
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Largest city
|
| Chisinau (population: 635,994) | Sofia (population: 1,152,560) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.719
| 0.834
|
| GDP per capita |
$3,400 US
| $13,800 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.1%
| 98.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 3.6
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.8%
| 21.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.700%
| 9.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
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Independence date
|
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
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| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
| Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
| Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
| clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
|
| External Debt |
$5,200,000,000 $
| $46,840,000,000 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)
| leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.400%
| 2.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 5
|
| Location |
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
|
| Area |
33,851 km sq
| 110,879 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 354 km
|
| Climate |
moderate winters, warm summers
| temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
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