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Country
|
Nigeria | 
Paraguay |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Federico Franco
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 6,541,591
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 76.400 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Asuncion
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.752
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 94%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 2.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 13.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 6.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
federal republic
| constitutional republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $5,330,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Central South America, northeast of Argentina
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 406,752 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
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