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Country
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Nicaragua | 
Sweden |
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Leader
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President: Daniel Ortega
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Prime minister: Fredrik Reinfeldt
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Population
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5,788,531
| 9,119,423
|
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Life Expectancy
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72.450 years
| 81.280 years
|
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Capital City
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Managua
| Stockholm
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Largest city
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| Managua (population: 973,087) | Stockholm (population: 1,253,310) |
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Human Development Index
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0.699
| 0.958
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| GDP per capita |
$3,300 US
| $41,700 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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67.5%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.5
| 9.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
18.5%
| 47%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Ingvar Kamprad & family ($22.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.400%
| 7.500%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 6 June 1523 (Gustav VASA elected king)
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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)
| Lutheran 87%, other (includes Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist) 13%
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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
| Swedish, small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities
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| Exports |
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
| machinery 35%, motor vehicles, paper products, pulp and wood, iron and steel products, chemicals
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| External Debt |
$5,228,000,000 $
| $1,016,000,000,000 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)
| Swedish kronor (SEK) per US dollar - 6.4074 (2008 est.), 6.7629 (2007), 7.3731 (2006), 7.4731 (2005), 7.3489 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 5
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| Location |
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
| Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway
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| Area |
130,370 km sq
| 450,295 km sq
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| Coastline |
910 km
| 3,218 km
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| Climate |
tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
| temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
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