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Country
|
Mongolia | 
Latvia |
|
Leader
|
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
|
President : Andris Berzins
|
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Population
|
3,179,997
| 2,191,580
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.630 years
| 72.930 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Ulaanbaatar
| Riga
|
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Largest city
|
| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | Riga (population: 742,572) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.72
| 0.863
|
| GDP per capita |
$4,800 US
| $15,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.8%
| 99.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
4.2%
| 20%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
| 15.400%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
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Political System
|
mixed parliamentary/presidential
| parliamentary democracy
|
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Independence date
|
11 July 1921 (from China)
| 18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia)
|
| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
|
| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
| wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$1,900,000,000 $
| $38,370,000,000 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)
| lati (LVL) per US dollar - 0.4701 (2008 est.), 0.5162 (2007), 0.5597 (2006), 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 1.100%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 3
|
| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
|
| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 64,589 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 498 km
|
| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| maritime; wet, moderate winters
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