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Country
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Thailand | 
Mongolia |
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Leader
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Head of state: Prime minister - elect : Yingluck Shinawatra
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President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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Population
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67,091,089
| 3,179,997
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Life Expectancy
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73.830 years
| 68.630 years
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Capital City
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Bangkok
| Ulaanbaatar
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Largest city
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| Bangkok (population: 5,104,480) | Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818) |
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Human Development Index
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0.786
| 0.72
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| GDP per capita |
$9,500 US
| $4,800 US
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Literacy Rate
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92.6%
| 97.8%
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Corruption Perception Index
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3.5
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.7%
| 4.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
Chaleo Yoovidhya ($3.7bn US)
| NA
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| Unemployment Rate |
0.700%
| 9.900%
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Death Penalty
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Legal
| Legal
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy
| mixed parliamentary/presidential
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Independence date
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1238 (traditional founding date; never colonized)
| 11 July 1921 (from China)
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| Religions |
Buddhist 94.6%, Muslim 4.6%, Christian 0.7%, other 0.1% (2000 census)
| Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
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| Languages |
Thai, English (secondary language of the elite), ethnic and regional dialects
| Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
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| Exports |
textiles and footwear, fishery products, rice, rubber, jewelry, automobiles, computers and electrical appliances
| copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
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| External Debt |
$115,600,000,000 $
| $1,900,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
baht per US dollar - 33.37 (2008 est.), 34.52 (2007), 37.882 (2006), 40.22 (2005), 40.222 (2004)
| togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.800%
| 1.400%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
4
| 4
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| Location |
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand, southeast of Burma
| Northern Asia, between China and Russia
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| Area |
513,120 km sq
| 1,564,116 km sq
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| Coastline |
3,219 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid
| desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
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