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Country
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Tajikistan | 
Uzbekistan |
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Leader
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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President: Islam Karimov
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Population
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7,768,385
| 28,394,180
|
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Life Expectancy
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66.380 years
| 72.770 years
|
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Capital City
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Dushanbe
| Tashkent (Toshkent)
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Largest city
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| Dushanbe (population: 543,107) | Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.684
| 0.701
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| GDP per capita |
$2,100 US
| $3,300 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.5%
| 99.3%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2
| 1.8
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.6%
| 16.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
2.200%
| 1.000%
|
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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
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
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Independence date
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9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
| Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
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| Languages |
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
| Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
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| Exports |
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
| cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
|
| External Debt |
$2,593,000,000 $
| $8,570,000,000 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)
| Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,317 (2008 est.), 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8 (2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 3.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
2
| 6
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| Location |
Central Asia, west of China
| Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
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| Area |
143,100 km sq
| 447,400 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
| mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
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