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Country
|
Nigeria | 
Tonga |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
Head of state: King George Tupou V
|
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Population
|
170,123,740
| 106,146
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 75.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Nuku'alofa
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.774
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $7,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 98.9%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 2.4
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 3.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 13.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished in practice
|
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Political System
|
federal republic
| constitutional monarchy
|
|
Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| Tongan, English
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $104,600,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 0.900%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 747 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 419 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
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