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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Australia |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Quentin Bryce Prime minister: Julia Gillard
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Population
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7,768,385
| 22,015,576
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 81.900 years
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Canberra
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Sydney (population: 4,394,580) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.965
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $40,800 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 8.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.6%
| 29.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Frank Lowy & family ($2.7bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 5.100%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| federal parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 1 January 1901 (federation of UK colonies)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 20.5%, other Christian 20.5%, Buddhist 1.9%, Muslim 1.5%, other 1.2%, unspecified 12.7%, none 15.3% (2001 Census)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| English 79.1%, Chinese 2.1%, Italian 1.9%, other 11.1%, unspecified 5.8% (2001 Census)
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| coal, iron ore, gold, meat, wool, alumina, wheat, machinery and transport equipment
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| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $1,376,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
| Australian dollars (AUD) per US dollar - 1.2059 (2008 est.), 1.2137 (2007), 1.3285 (2006), 1.3095 (2005), 1.3598 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 3.000%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 46
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Oceania, continent between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific Ocean
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 7,741,220 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 25,760 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| generally arid to semiarid; temperate in south and east; tropical in north
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