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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Armenia |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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President: Serge Sarkisian
|
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Population
|
7,768,385
| 2,970,495
|
|
Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 73.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Dushanbe
| Yerevan
|
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Largest city
|
| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Yerevan (population: 1,093,480) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.684
| 0.777
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.5%
| 99.4%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 2.9
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.6%
| 8.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 5.900%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
|
| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $7,336,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
| drams (AMD) per US dollar - 303.93 (2008 est.), 344.06 (2007), 414.69 (2006), 457.69 (2005), 533.45 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 2.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 6
|
| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
|
| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 29,743 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
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