|
Country
|
Nigeria | 
Mongolia |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 3,179,997
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 68.630 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Ulaanbaatar
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.72
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $4,800 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 97.8%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 4.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 9.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Legal
|
| |
|
Political System
|
federal republic
| mixed parliamentary/presidential
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 11 July 1921 (from China)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $1,900,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 4
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Northern Asia, between China and Russia
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 1,564,116 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
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