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Country
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Qatar |
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Leader
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Emir: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani
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President: Girma Woldegiorgis
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Population
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2,042,444
| 93,877,025
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Life Expectancy
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78.240 years
| 60.000 years
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Capital City
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Doha
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Largest city
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| Doha (population: 344,939) | Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730) |
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Human Development Index
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0.899
| 0.389
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| GDP per capita |
$102,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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89%
| 42.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6.5
| 2.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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0%
| 21.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
0.500%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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emirate
| federal republic
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Independence date
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3 September 1971 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other 14% (2004 census)
| Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
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| Languages |
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
| Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel
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| External Debt |
$137,000,000,000 $
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| Exchange Rate |
Qatari rials (QAR) per US dollar - 3.64 (2008 est.), 3.64 (2007), 3.64 (2006), 3.64 (2005), 3.64 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
10.000%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 7
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| Location |
Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
| Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
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| Area |
11,586 km sq
| 1,104,300 km sq
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| Coastline |
563 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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