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Country
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Paraguay | 
Tunisia |
|
Leader
|
President: Federico Franco
|
President: Moncef Marzouki
|
|
Population
|
6,541,591
| 10,732,900
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.400 years
| 75.240 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Asuncion
| Tunis
|
|
Largest city
|
| Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) | Tunis (population: 693,210) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.752
| 0.762
|
| GDP per capita |
$5,500 US
| $9,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
94%
| 74.3%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2.4
| 4.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
13.6%
| 19.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.600%
| 18.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished in practice
|
| |
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Political System
|
constitutional republic
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
| 20 March 1956 (from France)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
| Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
|
| Languages |
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
| Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
|
| Exports |
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
| clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
|
| External Debt |
$5,330,000,000 $
| $23,210,000,000 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)
| Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.000%
| 1.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
|
| Location |
Central South America, northeast of Argentina
| Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
|
| Area |
406,752 km sq
| 163,610 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,148 km
|
| Climate |
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
| temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
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