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Country
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Leader
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President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
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President: Mahamadou Issoufou
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Population
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183,176
| 16,344,687
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Life Expectancy
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63.490 years
| 53.800 years
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Capital City
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Largest city
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| Sao Tome (population: 53,300) | Niamey (population: 774,235) |
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Human Development Index
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0.643
| 0.37
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| GDP per capita |
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Literacy Rate
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84.9%
| 28.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.7
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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1.8%
| 12.4%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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| Religions |
Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
| Muslim 80%, other (includes indigenous beliefs and Christian) 20%
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| Languages |
Portuguese (official)
| French (official), Hausa, Djerma
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| Location |
Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
| Western Africa, southeast of Algeria
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| Area |
964 km sq
| 1,267,000 km sq
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| Coastline |
209 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
| desert; mostly hot, dry, dusty; tropical in extreme south
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