|
Country
|
Mongolia | 
Cameroon |
|
Leader
|
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
|
President: Paul Biya
|
|
Population
|
3,226,516
| 20,549,221
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.950 years
| 55.020 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Ulaanbaatar
| Yaounde
|
|
Largest city
|
| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | Douala (population: 1,338,080) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.72
| 0.514
|
| GDP per capita |
$5,400 US
| $2,300 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.8%
| 67.9%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 2.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
4.2%
| 13.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
9.000%
| 30.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
mixed parliamentary/presidential
| republic; multiparty presidential regime
|
|
Independence date
|
11 July 1921 (from China)
| 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
|
| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
|
| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
|
| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
| crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
|
| External Debt |
$2,564,000,000 $
| $3,343,000,000 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)
| Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.800%
| 1.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 1
|
| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
|
| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 475,440 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 402 km
|
| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
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