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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Korea, South |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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President: Lee Myung-bak
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Population
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7,768,385
| 48,860,500
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 79.300 years
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Seoul
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Seoul (population: 10,349,300) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.928
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $32,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 97.9%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2
| NA
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.6%
| 13.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 3.400%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| NA
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 15 August 1945 (from Japan)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Christian 26.3% (Protestant 19.7%, Roman Catholic 6.6%), Buddhist 23.2%, other or unknown 1.3%, none 49.3% (1995 census)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals
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| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $397,300,000,000 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)
| South Korean won (KRW) per US dollar - 1,101.7 (2008 est.), 929.2 (2007), 954.8 (2006), 1,024.1 (2005), 1,145.3 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 2.700%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 31
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 99,720 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 2,413 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
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