|
Country
|
Nigeria | 
Croatia |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 4,480,043
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 75.990 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Zagreb
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.862
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $18,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 98.1%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 4.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 20.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 17.700%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
federal republic
| presidential/parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $66,300,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 2.390%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 5
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 56,594 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 5,835 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
|
|
|
|
