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Country
|
Nigeria | 
Czech Republic |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Vaclav Klaus
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 10,177,300
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 77.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Prague
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Praha (population: 1,165,580) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.897
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $27,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 5.2
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 16%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| Petr Kellner ($6.0bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 8.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
federal republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| machinery and transport equipment 52%, raw materials and fuel 9%, chemicals 5% (2003)
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $101,600,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| koruny (CZK) per US dollar - 17.037 (2008 est.), 20.53 (2007), 22.596 (2006), 23.957 (2005), 25.7 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.150%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 6
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Central Europe, southeast of Germany
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 78,867 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
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