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Country
|
Nigeria | 
Zambia |
|
Leader
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
President: Michael Sata
|
|
Population
|
170,123,740
| 13,817,479
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
52.050 years
| 52.570 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Abuja
| Lusaka
|
|
Largest city
|
| Lagos (population: 9,000,000) | Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.499
| 0.453
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,600 US
| $1,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
68%
| 80.6%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.7
| 2.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
7.3%
| 15.2%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
| NA
|
| Unemployment Rate |
21.000%
| 14.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
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Political System
|
federal republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
1 October 1960 (from UK)
| 24 October 1964 (from UK)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
| Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
|
| Languages |
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
| English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
|
| Exports |
petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
| copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
|
| External Debt |
$10,430,000,000 $
| $3,962,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
| Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar - 3,512.9 (2008 est.), 3,990.2 (2007), 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 0
|
| Location |
Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
| Southern Africa, east of Angola
|
| Area |
923,768 km sq
| 752,618 km sq
|
| Coastline |
853 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
| tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
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