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Country
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New Zealand | 
Armenia |
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Leader
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Prime minister: John Key
|
President: Serge Sarkisian
|
|
Population
|
4,327,944
| 2,970,495
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.710 years
| 73.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Wellington
| Yerevan
|
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Largest city
|
| Auckland (population: 417,910) | Yerevan (population: 1,093,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.944
| 0.777
|
| GDP per capita |
$28,000 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99%
| 99.4%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
9.3
| 2.9
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
33.1%
| 8.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.500%
| 5.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
26 September 1907 (from UK)
| 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
| Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
|
| Languages |
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
| Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
| pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| External Debt |
$85,650,000,000 $
| $7,336,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
| drams (AMD) per US dollar - 303.93 (2008 est.), 344.06 (2007), 414.69 (2006), 457.69 (2005), 533.45 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.000%
| 2.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
9
| 6
|
| Location |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
| Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
|
| Area |
267,710 km sq
| 29,743 km sq
|
| Coastline |
15,134 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
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