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Country
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Peru | 
Tonga |
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Leader
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President : Ollanta Humala
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Head of state: King George Tupou V
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Population
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29,549,517
| 106,146
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Life Expectancy
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72.730 years
| 75.380 years
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Capital City
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Lima
| Nuku'alofa
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Largest city
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| Lima (population: 7,737,000) | Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) |
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Human Development Index
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0.788
| 0.774
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| GDP per capita |
$10,200 US
| $7,400 US
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Literacy Rate
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87.7%
| 98.9%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.6
| 2.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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29.2%
| 3.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.900%
| 13.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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28 July 1821 (from Spain)
| 4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
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| Religions |
Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
| Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
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| Languages |
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
| Tongan, English
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| Exports |
copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
| squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
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| External Debt |
$36,980,000,000 $
| $104,600,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
| pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 0.900%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
| Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
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| Area |
1,285,216 km sq
| 747 km sq
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| Coastline |
2,414 km
| 419 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
| tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
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