|
Country
|
New Zealand | 
Turkmenistan |
|
Leader
|
Prime minister: John Key
|
President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
|
|
Population
|
4,327,944
| 5,054,828
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
80.710 years
| 68.840 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Wellington
| Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
|
|
Largest city
|
| Auckland (population: 417,910) | Ashgabat (population: 727,700) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.944
| 0.728
|
| GDP per capita |
$28,000 US
| $7,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99%
| 98.8%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
9.3
| 1.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
33.1%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.500%
| 60.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
|
|
Independence date
|
26 September 1907 (from UK)
| 27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| 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 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
|
| Languages |
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
| Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
|
| Exports |
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
| gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
|
| External Debt |
$85,650,000,000 $
| $524,700,000 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)
| Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.000%
| 3.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
9
| 0
|
| Location |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
| Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
|
| Area |
267,710 km sq
| 488,100 km sq
|
| Coastline |
15,134 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts
| subtropical desert
|
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