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Country
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Tonga | 
New Zealand |
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Leader
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Head of state: King George Tupou V
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Prime minister: John Key
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Population
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106,146
| 4,327,944
|
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Life Expectancy
|
75.380 years
| 80.710 years
|
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Capital City
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Nuku'alofa
| Wellington
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Largest city
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| Nuku`alofa (population: 22,400) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
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Human Development Index
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0.774
| 0.944
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| GDP per capita |
$7,400 US
| $28,000 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
98.9%
| 99%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.4
| 9.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
3.1%
| 33.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
13.000%
| 6.500%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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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)
| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Christian (Free Wesleyan Church claims over 30,000 adherents)
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
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| Languages |
Tongan, English
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
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| Exports |
squash, fish, vanilla beans, root crops
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
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| External Debt |
$104,600,000 $
| $85,650,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
pa'anga (TOP) per US dollar - NA (2007), 2.0277 (2006), 1.96 (2005), 1.9716 (2004), 2.142 (2003)
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 1.000%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 9
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| Location |
Oceania, archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
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| Area |
747 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
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| Coastline |
419 km
| 15,134 km
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| Climate |
tropical; modified by trade winds; warm season (December to May), cool season (May to December)
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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