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Country
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Nicaragua | 
Tajikistan |
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Leader
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President: Daniel Ortega
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Population
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5,727,707
| 7,768,385
|
|
Life Expectancy
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72.180 years
| 66.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Managua
| Dushanbe
|
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Largest city
|
| Managua (population: 973,087) | Dushanbe (population: 543,107) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.699
| 0.684
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| GDP per capita |
$3,200 US
| $2,100 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
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67.5%
| 99.5%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2.5
| 2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
18.5%
| 19.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.300%
| 2.200%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
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Independence date
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15 September 1821 (from Spain)
| 9 September 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)
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 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
| Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
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| Exports |
coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
| aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$4,073,000,000 $
| $2,593,000,000 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)
| Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.600%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
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| Location |
Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
| Central Asia, west of China
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| Area |
130,370 km sq
| 143,100 km sq
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| Coastline |
910 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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