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Country
|
Moldova | 
Liberia |
|
Leader
|
President: Nicolae Timofti
|
President: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
|
|
Population
|
3,619,925
| 3,989,703
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
69.820 years
| 57.810 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Chisinau (Kishinev)
| Monrovia
|
|
Largest city
|
| Chisinau (population: 635,994) | Monrovia (population: 939,524) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.719
| 0.364
|
| GDP per capita |
$3,500 US
| $700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.1%
| 57.5%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.9
| 2.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.8%
| 13.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
5.800%
| 85.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 26 July 1847
|
| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
| Christian 40%, Muslim 20%, indigenous beliefs 40%
|
| Languages |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
| English 20% (official), some 20 ethnic group languages, of which a few can be written and are used in correspondence
|
| Exports |
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
| rubber, timber, iron, diamonds, cocoa, coffee
|
| External Debt |
$5,776,000,000 $
| $400,300,000 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)
| Liberian dollars (LRD) per US dollar - NA (2007), 59.43 (2006), 53.098 (2005), 54.906 (2004), 59.379 (2003)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.400%
| 0.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
|
| Location |
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
| Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone
|
| Area |
33,851 km sq
| 111,369 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 579 km
|
| Climate |
moderate winters, warm summers
| tropical; hot, humid; dry winters with hot days and cool to cold nights; wet, cloudy summers with frequent heavy showers
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