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Country
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New Zealand |
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Leader
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Prime minister: John Key
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President: Marcus Stephen
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Population
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4,327,944
| 9,378
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Life Expectancy
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80.710 years
| 65.700 years
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Capital City
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Wellington
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Largest city
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| Auckland (population: 417,910) | (population: ) |
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Human Development Index
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0.944
| 0
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| GDP per capita |
$28,000 US
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Literacy Rate
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99%
| %
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Corruption Perception Index
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9.3
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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33.1%
| 0%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| republic
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Independence date
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26 September 1907 (from UK)
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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)
| Nauru Congregational 35.4%, Roman Catholic 33.2%, Nauru Independent Church 10.4%, other 14.1%, none 4.5%, unspecified 2.4% (2002 census)
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| Languages |
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
| Nauruan (official; a distinct Pacific Island language), English widely understood, spoken, and used for most government and commercial purposes
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| Exports |
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
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| External Debt |
$85,650,000,000 $
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| 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)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.000%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
9
| 0
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| Location |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
| Oceania, island in the South Pacific Ocean, south of the Marshall Islands
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| Area |
267,710 km sq
| 21 km sq
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| Coastline |
15,134 km
| 30 km
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| Climate |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
| tropical with a monsoonal pattern; rainy season (November to February)
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