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Country
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Tunisia | 
Maldives |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
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Population
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10,835,873
| 393,988
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Life Expectancy
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75.460 years
| 74.920 years
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Capital City
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Tunis
| Male
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Largest city
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| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Male (population: 84,972) |
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Human Development Index
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0.762
| 0.749
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| GDP per capita |
$9,700 US
| $8,700 US
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Literacy Rate
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74.3%
| 96.3%
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Corruption Perception Index
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4.4
| 2.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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19.9%
| 12%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
18.800%
| 28.000%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
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republic
| republic
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Independence date
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20 March 1956 (from France)
| 26 July 1965 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Sunni Muslim
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| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
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| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| fish
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| External Debt |
$24,490,000,000 $
| $890,800,000 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)
| rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 5.000%
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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 Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
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| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 298 km sq
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| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 644 km
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| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
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