Tajikistan and Slovenia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Tajikistan	Slovenia
Leader
President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)	President: Borut Pahor
Population
7,910,041	1,992,690
Life Expectancy
66.720 years	77.660 years
Capital City
Dushanbe	Ljubljana
Largest city
Dushanbe (population: 543,107)	Ljubljana (population: 255,115)
Human Development Index
0.684	0.923
GDP per capita
$2,200 US	$28,600 US
Literacy Rate
99.5%	99.7%
Corruption Perception Index
2	6.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	10%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
2.500%	11.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished

Political System
republic	parliamentary republic
Independence date
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)	25 June 1991 (from Yugoslavia)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)	Catholic 57.8%, Muslim 2.4%, Orthodox 2.3%, other Christian 0.9%, unaffiliated 3.5%, other or unspecified 23%, none 10.1% (2002 census)
Languages
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business	Slovenian 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4% (2002 census)
Exports
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles	manufactured goods, machinery and transport equipment, chemicals, food
External Debt
$2,200,000,000 $	$61,230,000,000 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)	euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.67 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), tolars per US dollar - 190.85 (2006), 192.71 (2005), 192.38 (2004) note: Slovenia adopted the euro as its currency on 1 January 2007
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	1.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	5
Location
Central Asia, west of China	Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia
Area
143,100 km sq	20,273 km sq
Coastline
0 km	47 km
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains	Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east

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