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Country
|
Nigeria | 
Bolivia |
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Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Evo Morales
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 10,290,003
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 67.900 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| La Paz (administrative capital)
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.723
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $4,900 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 86.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 14.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 5.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished except for special circumstances
|
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Political System
|
federal republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $5,491,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Central South America, southwest of Brazil
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 1,098,581 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
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