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Country
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Tajikistan | 
New Zealand |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Prime minister: John Key
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Population
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7,910,041
| 4,365,113
|
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Life Expectancy
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66.720 years
| 80.820 years
|
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Wellington
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.944
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| GDP per capita |
$2,200 US
| $28,800 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 9.3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.6%
| 33.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.500%
| 6.500%
|
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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
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
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| External Debt |
$2,200,000,000 $
| $90,230,000,000 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)
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 9
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 15,134 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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