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Country
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Tunisia | 
Cameroon |
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Leader
|
President: Moncef Marzouki
|
President: Paul Biya
|
|
Population
|
10,835,873
| 20,549,221
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.460 years
| 55.020 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tunis
| Yaounde
|
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Largest city
|
| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Douala (population: 1,338,080) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.762
| 0.514
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,700 US
| $2,300 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 67.9%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 2.3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 13.9%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
18.800%
| 30.000%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
|
republic
| republic; multiparty presidential regime
|
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Independence date
|
20 March 1956 (from France)
| 1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| 24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
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| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
|
| External Debt |
$24,490,000,000 $
| $3,343,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Tunisian dinars (TND) per US dollar - 1.211 (2008 est.), 1.2776 (2007), 1.331 (2006), 1.2974 (2005), 1.2455 (2004)
| Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.300%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 1
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
|
| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 475,440 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 402 km
|
| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north
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