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Country
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Tunisia | 
Belgium |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
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King: Albert II Prime Minister-designate: Elio di Rupo
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Population
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10,732,900
| 10,438,353
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Life Expectancy
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75.240 years
| 79.650 years
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Capital City
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Tunis
| Brussels
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Largest city
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| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Brussels (population: 1,019,020) |
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Human Development Index
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0.762
| 0.948
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| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
| $38,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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74.3%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 7.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.9%
| 36.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Albert Frere ($2.4bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
| 7.700%
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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
| federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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20 March 1956 (from France)
| 4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%
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| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
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| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
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| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
| $1,399,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6802 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 1.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 2
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| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands
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| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 30,528 km sq
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| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 67 km
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| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
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