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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Mongolia |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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Population
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7,768,385
| 3,179,997
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 68.630 years
|
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Ulaanbaatar
|
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.72
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $4,800 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 97.8%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.6%
| 4.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 9.900%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| mixed parliamentary/presidential
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 11 July 1921 (from China)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
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| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $1,900,000,000 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)
| togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.400%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 4
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Northern Asia, between China and Russia
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 1,564,116 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
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