Tajikistan and Indonesia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Tajikistan	Indonesia
Leader
President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)	President: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Population
7,768,385	248,645,008
Life Expectancy
66.380 years	71.620 years
Capital City
Dushanbe	Jakarta
Largest city
Dushanbe (population: 543,107)	Jakarta (population: 8,540,120)
Human Development Index
0.684	0.726
GDP per capita
$2,100 US	$4,700 US
Literacy Rate
99.5%	90.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2	2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	11.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Michael Hartono ($1.7bn US)
Unemployment Rate
2.200%	6.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)	17 August 1945 (declared) note: recognized by the Netherlands on 27 December 1949; in August 2005, the Netherlands announced it recognized de facto Indonesian independence on 17 August 1945
Religions
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)	Muslim 86.1%, Protestant 5.7%, Roman Catholic 3%, Hindu 1.8%, other or unspecified 3.4% (2000 census)
Languages
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business	Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (the most widely spoken of which is Javanese)
Exports
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles	oil and gas, electrical appliances, plywood, textiles, rubber
External Debt
$2,593,000,000 $	$186,900,000,000 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)	Indonesian rupiah (IDR) per US dollar - 9,558.1 (2008 est.), 9,056 (2007 est.), 9,159.3 (2006), 9,704.7 (2005), 8,938.9 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	3.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	5
Location
Central Asia, west of China	Southeastern Asia, archipelago between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
Area
143,100 km sq	1,904,569 km sq
Coastline
0 km	54,716 km
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains	tropical; hot, humid; more moderate in highlands

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