Tajikistan and Singapore Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Tajikistan	Singapore
Leader
President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)	President: Tony Tan Prime minister: Lee Hsien Loong
Population
7,768,385	5,353,494
Life Expectancy
66.380 years	83.750 years
Capital City
Dushanbe	Singapore
Largest city
Dushanbe (population: 543,107)	Singapore (population: 3,547,810)
Human Development Index
0.684	0.918
GDP per capita
$2,100 US	$60,500 US
Literacy Rate
99.5%	92.5%
Corruption Perception Index
2	9.2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	24.5%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Ng Teng Fong & family ($5.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
2.200%	2.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
republic	parliamentary republic
Independence date
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)	9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)	Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)
Languages
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business	Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)
Exports
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles	machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels
External Debt
$2,593,000,000 $	$23,580,000,000 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)	Singapore dollars (SGD) per US dollar - 1.415 (2008 est.), 1.507 (2007), 1.5889 (2006), 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	4.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	1
Location
Central Asia, west of China	Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
Area
143,100 km sq	697 km sq
Coastline
0 km	193 km
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains	tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms

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