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Country
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Tonga | 
Israel |
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Leader
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Head of state: King George Tupou V
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Prime minister: Benjamin Netanyahu
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Population
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106,146
| 7,590,758
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Life Expectancy
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75.380 years
| 81.070 years
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Capital City
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Nuku'alofa
| Jerusalem
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Largest city
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| Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) | Jerusalem (population: 714,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.774
| 0.93
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| GDP per capita |
$7,400 US
| $31,400 US
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Literacy Rate
|
98.9%
| 97.1%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.4
| 6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
3.1%
| 14.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Sammy Ofer & family ($4.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
13.000%
| 5.600%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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constitutional monarchy
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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4 June 1970 (from UK protectorate)
| 14 May 1948 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)
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| Religions |
Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
| Jewish 76.4%, Muslim 16%, Arab Christians 1.7%, other Christian 0.4%, Druze 1.6%, unspecified 3.9% (2004)
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| Languages |
Tongan, English
| Hebrew (official), Arabic used officially for Arab minority, English most commonly used foreign language
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| Exports |
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
| machinery and equipment, software, cut diamonds, agricultural products, chemicals, textiles and apparel
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| External Debt |
$104,600,000 $
| $102,300,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
| new Israeli shekels (ILS) per US dollar - 3.56 (2008 est.), 4.14 (2007), 4.4565 (2006), 4.4877 (2005), 4.482 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 7.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
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| Location |
Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
| Middle East, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Lebanon
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| Area |
747 km sq
| 20,770 km sq
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| Coastline |
419 km
| 273 km
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| Climate |
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
| temperate; hot and dry in southern and eastern desert areas
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