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Country
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Peru | 
Turkmenistan |
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Leader
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President : Ollanta Humala
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President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
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Population
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29,549,517
| 5,054,828
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Life Expectancy
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72.730 years
| 68.840 years
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Capital City
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Lima
| Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
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Largest city
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| Lima (population: 7,737,000) | Ashgabat (population: 727,700) |
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Human Development Index
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0.788
| 0.728
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| GDP per capita |
$10,200 US
| $7,900 US
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Literacy Rate
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87.7%
| 98.8%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.6
| 1.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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29.2%
| 16%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
7.900%
| 60.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished except for special circumstances
| Abolished
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
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Independence date
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28 July 1821 (from Spain)
| 27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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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.)
| Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
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| Languages |
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
| Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
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| Exports |
copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
| gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
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| External Debt |
$36,980,000,000 $
| $524,700,000 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)
| Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 3.400%
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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
| Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
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| Area |
1,285,216 km sq
| 488,100 km sq
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| Coastline |
2,414 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
| subtropical desert
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