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Country
|
Qatar | 
Greece |
|
Leader
|
Emir: Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifah Al Thani
|
President: Karolos Papoulias
|
|
Population
|
2,042,444
| 10,772,967
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
78.240 years
| 80.180 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Doha
| Athens
|
|
Largest city
|
| Doha (population: 344,939) | Athens (population: 729,137) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.899
| 0.947
|
| GDP per capita |
$102,800 US
| $25,100 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
89%
| 96%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.5
| 4.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
0%
| 14.7%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Spiro Latsis & family ($3.8bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
0.500%
| 24.400%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Legal
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
emirate
| parliamentary republic
|
|
Independence date
|
3 September 1971 (from UK)
| 1829 (from the Ottoman Empire)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 77.5%, Christian 8.5%, other 14% (2004 census)
| Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official), English commonly used as a second language
| Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
|
| Exports |
liquefied natural gas (LNG), petroleum products, fertilizers, steel
| food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$137,000,000,000 $
| $583,300,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Qatari rials (QAR) per US dollar - 3.64 (2008 est.), 3.64 (2007), 3.64 (2006), 3.64 (2005), 3.64 (2004)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6734 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
10.000%
| 4.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 4
|
| Location |
Middle East, peninsula bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia
| Southern Europe, bordering the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, between Albania and Turkey
|
| Area |
11,586 km sq
| 131,957 km sq
|
| Coastline |
563 km
| 13,676 km
|
| Climate |
arid; mild, pleasant winters; very hot, humid summers
| temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
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