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Country
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Moldova | 
Japan |
|
Leader
|
President: Nicolae Timofti
|
Prime minister: Shinzo Abe
|
|
Population
|
3,619,925
| 127,253,075
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
69.820 years
| 84.190 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Chisinau (Kishinev)
| Tokyo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Chisinau (population: 635,994) | Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.719
| 0.956
|
| GDP per capita |
$3,500 US
| $36,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.1%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 7.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.8%
| 12.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
5.800%
| 4.400%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Legal
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
|
|
Independence date
|
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
|
| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
|
| Languages |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
| Japanese
|
| Exports |
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
| transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
|
| External Debt |
$5,776,000,000 $
| $3,024,000,000,000 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)
| yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.400%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 25
|
| Location |
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
|
| Area |
33,851 km sq
| 377,915 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 29,751 km
|
| Climate |
moderate winters, warm summers
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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