|
Country
|
Tajikistan | 
Paraguay |
|
Leader
|
President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
|
President: Federico Franco
|
|
Population
|
7,768,385
| 6,541,591
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
66.380 years
| 76.400 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Dushanbe
| Asuncion
|
|
Largest city
|
| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Asuncion (population: 1,482,200) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.684
| 0.752
|
| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $5,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.5%
| 94%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 2.4
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.6%
| 13.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 6.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
republic
| constitutional republic
|
|
Independence date
|
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 14 May 1811 (from Spain)
|
| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
|
| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
|
| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
|
| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $5,330,000,000 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)
| guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.000%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 0
|
| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Central South America, northeast of Argentina
|
| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 406,752 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west
|
|
|
|
