|
Country
|
Mongolia | 
Belarus |
|
Leader
|
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
|
President: Alexander Lukashenko
|
|
Population
|
3,179,997
| 9,643,566
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.630 years
| 71.480 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Ulaanbaatar
| Minsk
|
|
Largest city
|
| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | Minsk (population: 1,742,120) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.72
| 0.817
|
| GDP per capita |
$4,800 US
| $15,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.8%
| 99.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
4.2%
| 32.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
| 1.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
mixed parliamentary/presidential
| republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
|
|
Independence date
|
11 July 1921 (from China)
| 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
|
| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| Belarusian, Russian, other
|
| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
| machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$1,900,000,000 $
| $33,730,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
| Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 19
|
| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Eastern Europe, east of Poland
|
| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 207,600 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
|
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