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Country
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Tunisia | 
Lesotho |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
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Head of state: King Letsie III
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Population
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10,732,900
| 1,930,493
|
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Life Expectancy
|
75.240 years
| 51.860 years
|
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Capital City
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Tunis
| Maseru
|
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Largest city
|
| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Maseru (population: 118,355) |
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Human Development Index
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0.762
| 0.496
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
| $2,000 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 84.8%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 3.2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 25.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
| 45.000%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Legal
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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20 March 1956 (from France)
| 4 October 1966 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Christian 80%, indigenous beliefs 20%
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Sesotho (southern Sotho), English (official), Zulu, Xhosa
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| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| manufactures 75% (clothing, footwear, road vehicles), wool and mohair, food and live animals (2000)
|
| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
| $729,900,000 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)
| maloti (LSL) per US dollar - 7.75 (2008 est.), 7.25 (2007), 6.85 (2006), 6.3593 (2005), 6.4597 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 2.600%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
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| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Southern Africa, an enclave of South Africa
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| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 30,355 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| temperate; cool to cold, dry winters; hot, wet summers
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