|
Country
|
New Zealand | 
Djibouti |
|
Leader
|
Prime minister: John Key
|
President: Ismael Omar Guelleh
|
|
Population
|
4,365,113
| 792,198
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.820 years
| 61.990 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Wellington
| Djibouti
|
|
Largest city
|
| Auckland (population: 417,910) | Djibouti (population: 623,891) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.944
| 0.513
|
| GDP per capita |
$28,800 US
| $2,700 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99%
| 67.9%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
9.3
| 3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
33.1%
| 13.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.500%
| 59.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
26 September 1907 (from UK)
| 27 June 1977 (from France)
|
| 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)
| Muslim 94%, Christian 6%
|
| Languages |
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
| French (official), Arabic (official), Somali, Afar
|
| Exports |
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
| reexports, hides and skins, coffee (in transit)
|
| External Debt |
$90,230,000,000 $
| $802,900,000 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)
| Djiboutian francs (DJF) per US dollar - 177.71 (2007), 174.75 (2006), 177.72 (2005), 177.72 (2004), 177.72 (2003)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 3.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
9
| 0
|
| Location |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
| Eastern Africa, bordering the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea, between Eritrea and Somalia
|
| Area |
267,710 km sq
| 23,200 km sq
|
| Coastline |
15,134 km
| 314 km
|
| Climate |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
| desert; torrid, dry
|
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