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Country
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Mongolia | 
Croatia |
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Leader
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President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
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Population
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3,179,997
| 4,480,043
|
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Life Expectancy
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68.630 years
| 75.990 years
|
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Capital City
|
Ulaanbaatar
| Zagreb
|
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Largest city
|
| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.72
| 0.862
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| GDP per capita |
$4,800 US
| $18,400 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
97.8%
| 98.1%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 4.4
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
4.2%
| 20.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
| 17.700%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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mixed parliamentary/presidential
| presidential/parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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11 July 1921 (from China)
| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
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| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
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| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
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| External Debt |
$1,900,000,000 $
| $66,300,000,000 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)
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 2.390%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 5
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| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
|
| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 56,594 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 5,835 km
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| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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