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Country
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Mongolia |
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Leader
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President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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President: Paul Kagame
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Population
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3,179,997
| 11,689,696
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Life Expectancy
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68.630 years
| 58.440 years
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Capital City
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Ulaanbaatar
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Largest city
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| Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) | Kigali (population: 745,261) |
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Human Development Index
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0.72
| 0.435
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| GDP per capita |
$4,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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97.8%
| 70.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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4.2%
| 50.9%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
9.900%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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mixed parliamentary/presidential
| republic; presidential, multiparty system
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Independence date
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11 July 1921 (from China)
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| Religions |
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
| Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
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| Languages |
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
| Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers
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| Exports |
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
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| External Debt |
$1,900,000,000 $
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| 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)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
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| Location |
Northern Asia, between China and Russia
| Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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| Area |
1,564,116 km sq
| 26,338 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
| temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible
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