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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Ireland |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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President: Michael D Higgins
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Population
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7,768,385
| 4,722,028
|
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 80.320 years
|
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Dublin
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Dublin (population: 1,024,030) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.96
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $40,100 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 7.7
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.6%
| 15.5%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Pallonji Mistry ($2.5bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 14.400%
|
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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
| republic, parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products
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| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $2,352,000,000,000 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)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 0.900%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 3
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 70,273 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,448 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time
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