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Country
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Paraguay | 
Thailand |
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Leader
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President-elect: Horacio Cartes
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Head of state: King Bhumibol Adulyadej
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Population
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6,623,252
| 67,448,120
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Life Expectancy
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76.600 years
| 74.050 years
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Capital City
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Asuncion
| Bangkok
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Largest city
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| Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) | Bangkok (population: 5,104,480) |
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Human Development Index
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0.752
| 0.786
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| GDP per capita |
$6,100 US
| $10,000 US
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Literacy Rate
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94%
| 92.6%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.4
| 3.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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13.6%
| 12.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Chaleo Yoovidhya ($3.7bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.900%
| 0.600%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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14 May 1811 (from Spain)
| 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
| Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
| Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
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| Exports |
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
| textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances
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| External Debt |
$2,245,000,000 $
| $126,400,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
| baht per US dollar - 33.37 (2008 est.), 34.52 (2007), 37.882 (2006), 40.22 (2005), 40.222 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 4
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| Location |
Central South America, northeast of Argentina
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
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| Area |
406,752 km sq
| 513,120 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 3,219 km
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| Climate |
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
| tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
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