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Country
|
Paraguay | 
Tonga |
|
Leader
|
President: Federico Franco
|
Head of state: King George Tupou V
|
|
Population
|
6,541,591
| 106,146
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.400 years
| 75.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Asuncion
| Nuku'alofa
|
|
Largest city
|
| Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) | Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.752
| 0.774
|
| GDP per capita |
$5,500 US
| $7,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
94%
| 98.9%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.4
| 2.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
13.6%
| 3.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.600%
| 13.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
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Political System
|
constitutional republic
| constitutional monarchy
|
|
Independence date
|
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
| 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
| Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
| Tongan, English
|
| Exports |
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
| squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
|
| External Debt |
$5,330,000,000 $
| $104,600,000 US
|
| 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)
| 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 |
1.000%
| 0.900%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central South America, northeast of Argentina
| Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
|
| Area |
406,752 km sq
| 747 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 419 km
|
| Climate |
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
| tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
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