|
Country
|
Nigeria | 
New Zealand |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
Prime minister: John Key
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 4,327,944
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 80.710 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Wellington
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.944
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $28,000 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 9.3
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 33.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 6.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
federal republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $85,650,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 9
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 15,134 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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