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Country
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Tunisia | 
New Zealand |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
|
Prime minister: John Key
|
|
Population
|
10,835,873
| 4,365,113
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.460 years
| 80.820 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tunis
| Wellington
|
|
Largest city
|
| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Auckland (population: 417,910) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.762
| 0.944
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,700 US
| $28,800 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 99%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 9.3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 33.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
18.800%
| 6.500%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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Political System
|
republic
| parliamentary democracy
|
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Independence date
|
20 March 1956 (from France)
| 26 September 1907 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)
|
| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$24,490,000,000 $
| $90,230,000,000 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)
| New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.500%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 9
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia
|
| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 267,710 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 15,134 km
|
| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| temperate with sharp regional contrasts
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