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Country
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Tunisia | 
Gabon |
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Leader
|
President: Moncef Marzouki
|
President: Ali Ben Bongo
|
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Population
|
10,732,900
| 1,608,321
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.240 years
| 52.290 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tunis
| Libreville
|
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Largest city
|
| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Libreville (population: 578,156) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.762
| 0.729
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
| $16,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 63.2%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 3.1
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 16.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
| 21.000%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
|
republic
| republic; multiparty presidential regime
|
|
Independence date
|
20 March 1956 (from France)
| 17 August 1960 (from France)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
|
| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
|
| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
| $2,726,000,000 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 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 0.900%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
|
| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 267,667 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 885 km
|
| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| tropical; always hot, humid
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