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Country
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Tunisia | 
Nicaragua |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
|
President: Daniel Ortega
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Population
|
10,732,900
| 5,727,707
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.240 years
| 72.180 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tunis
| Managua
|
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Largest city
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| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Managua (population: 973,087) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.762
| 0.699
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
| $3,200 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 67.5%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 2.5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 18.5%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
| 7.300%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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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)
| 15 September 1821 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)
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| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)
note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast
|
| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| coffee, beef, shrimp and lobster, tobacco, sugar, gold, peanuts
|
| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
| $4,073,000,000 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)
| gold cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 0.600%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 0
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| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras
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| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 130,370 km sq
|
| Coastline |
1,148 km
| 910 km
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| Climate |
temperate in north with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers; desert in south
| tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands
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