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Country
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Nicaragua | 
Belarus |
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Leader
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President: Daniel Ortega
|
President: Alexander Lukashenko
|
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Population
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5,727,707
| 9,643,566
|
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Life Expectancy
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72.180 years
| 71.480 years
|
|
Capital City
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Managua
| Minsk
|
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Largest city
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| Managua (population: 973,087) | Minsk (population: 1,742,120) |
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Human Development Index
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0.699
| 0.817
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| GDP per capita |
$3,200 US
| $15,200 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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67.5%
| 99.6%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.5
| 2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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18.5%
| 32.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.300%
| 1.000%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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| |
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Political System
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republic
| republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 25 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
| Eastern Orthodox 80%, other (including Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, and Muslim) 20% (1997 est.)
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| Languages |
Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
| Belarusian, Russian, other
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| Exports |
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
| machinery and equipment, mineral products, chemicals, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$4,073,000,000 $
| $33,730,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
| Belarusian rubles (BYB/BYR) per US dollar - 2,130 (2008 est.), 2,145 (2007), 2,144.6 (2006), 2,150 (2005), 2,160.26 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.400%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 19
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| Location |
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
| Eastern Europe, east of Poland
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| Area |
130,370 km sq
| 207,600 km sq
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| Coastline |
910 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
| cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
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