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Country
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New Zealand |
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Leader
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Prime minister: Denzil Douglas
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Prime minister: John Key
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Population
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51,134
| 4,365,113
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Life Expectancy
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75.070 years
| 80.820 years
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Capital City
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| Wellington
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Largest city
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| Basseterre (population: 12,920) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
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Human Development Index
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0.83
| 0.944
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| GDP per capita |
| $28,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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97.8%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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NA
| 9.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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6.7%
| 33.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
| 6.500%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Abolished
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Political System
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parliamentary democracy
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
English
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
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| Exports |
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
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| External Debt |
| $90,230,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 9
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| Location |
Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
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| Area |
261 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
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| Coastline |
135 km
| 15,134 km
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| Climate |
tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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