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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Thailand |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Head of state: Prime minister - elect : Yingluck Shinawatra
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Population
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7,768,385
| 67,091,089
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 73.830 years
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Bangkok
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Bangkok (population: 5,104,480) |
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Human Development Index
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0.684
| 0.786
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $9,500 US
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 92.6%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2
| 3.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.6%
| 12.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Chaleo Yoovidhya ($3.7bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 0.700%
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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
| constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances
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| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $115,600,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
| baht per US dollar - 33.37 (2008 est.), 34.52 (2007), 37.882 (2006), 40.22 (2005), 40.222 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 4
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 513,120 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 3,219 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
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