|
Country
|
Mongolia | 
Morocco |
|
Leader
|
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
|
King: King Mohammed VI
|
|
Population
|
3,179,997
| 32,309,239
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
68.630 years
| 76.110 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Ulaanbaatar
| Rabat
|
|
Largest city
|
| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | Casablanca (population: 3,144,910) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.72
| 0.646
|
| GDP per capita |
$4,800 US
| $5,100 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
97.8%
| 52.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3
| 3.5
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
4.2%
| 6.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
| 8.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
|
Political System
|
mixed parliamentary/presidential
| constitutional monarchy
|
|
Independence date
|
11 July 1921 (from China)
| 2 March 1956 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| Muslim 98.7%, Christian 1.1%, Jewish 0.2%
|
| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| Arabic (official), Berber dialects, French often the language of business, government, and diplomacy
|
| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
| clothing and textiles, electric components, inorganic chemicals, transistors, crude minerals, fertilizers (including phosphates), petroleum products, citrus fruits, vegetables, fish
|
| External Debt |
$1,900,000,000 $
| $28,080,000,000 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)
| Moroccan dirhams (MAD) per US dollar - 7.526 (2008 est.), 8.3563 (2007), 8.7722 (2006), 8.865 (2005), 8.868 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 5.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 2
|
| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Western Sahara
|
| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 446,550 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,835 km
|
| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| Mediterranean, becoming more extreme in the interior
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