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Country
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Moldova |
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Leader
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President: Nicolae Timofti
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President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
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Population
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3,656,843
| 183,176
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Life Expectancy
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69.510 years
| 63.490 years
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Capital City
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Chisinau (Kishinev)
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Largest city
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| Chisinau (population: 635,994) | Sao Tome (population: 53,300) |
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Human Development Index
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0.719
| 0.643
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| GDP per capita |
$3,400 US
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Literacy Rate
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99.1%
| 84.9%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.9
| 2.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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21.8%
| 1.8%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.700%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
| Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
| Portuguese (official)
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| Exports |
foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
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| External Debt |
$5,200,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.400%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
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| Location |
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
| Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
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| Area |
33,851 km sq
| 964 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 209 km
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| Climate |
moderate winters, warm summers
| tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
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