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Country
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Mongolia | 
Kuwait |
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Leader
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President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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Emir: Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah
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Population
|
3,179,997
| 2,646,314
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.630 years
| 77.280 years
|
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Capital City
|
Ulaanbaatar
| Kuwait
|
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Largest city
|
| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | As Salimiyah (population: 147,649) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.72
| 0.912
|
| GDP per capita |
$4,800 US
| $42,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.8%
| 93.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 4.3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
4.2%
| 3.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Nasser Al-Kharafi & family ($8.1bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
| 2.200%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Legal
|
| |
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Political System
|
mixed parliamentary/presidential
| constitutional emirate
|
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Independence date
|
11 July 1921 (from China)
| 19 June 1961 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| Muslim 85% (Sunni 70%, Shia 30%), other (includes Christian, Hindu, Parsi) 15%
|
| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| Arabic (official), English widely spoken
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| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
| oil and refined products, fertilizers
|
| External Debt |
$1,900,000,000 $
| $41,730,000,000 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)
| Kuwaiti dinars (KD) per US dollar - 0.2679 (2008 est.), 0.2844 (2007), 0.29 (2006), 0.292 (2005), 0.2947 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 5.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
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| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi Arabia
|
| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 17,818 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 499 km
|
| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| dry desert; intensely hot summers; short, cool winters
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