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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Croatia |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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President: Ivo Josipovic Prime minister : Zoran Milanovic
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Population
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7,768,385
| 4,480,043
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 75.990 years
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Zagreb
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Zagreb - Centar (population: 800,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.862
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $18,400 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 98.1%
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 4.4
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.6%
| 20.9%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 17.700%
|
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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
| presidential/parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Roman Catholic 87.8%, Orthodox 4.4%, other Christian 0.4%, Muslim 1.3%, other and unspecified 0.9%, none 5.2% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Croatian 96.1%, Serbian 1%, other and undesignated 2.9% (including Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and German) (2001 census)
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| transport equipment, machinery, textiles, chemicals, foodstuffs, fuels
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| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $66,300,000,000 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)
| kuna (HRK) per US dollar - 4.98 (2008 est.), 5.3735 (2007), 5.8625 (2006), 5.9473 (2005), 6.0358 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 2.390%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 5
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 56,594 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 5,835 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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