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Country
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Tunisia | 
Tajikistan |
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Leader
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President: Moncef Marzouki
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President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
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Population
|
10,732,900
| 7,768,385
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
75.240 years
| 66.380 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tunis
| Dushanbe
|
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Largest city
|
| Tunis (population: 693,210) | Dushanbe (population: 543,107) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.762
| 0.684
|
| GDP per capita |
$9,600 US
| $2,100 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
74.3%
| 99.5%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
4.4
| 2
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
19.9%
| 19.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
18.000%
| 2.200%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Abolished in practice
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Political System
|
republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
20 March 1956 (from France)
| 9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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| Religions |
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
| Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
|
| Languages |
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
| Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
|
| Exports |
clothing, semi-finished goods and textiles, agricultural products, mechanical goods, phosphates and chemicals, hydrocarbons, electrical equipment
| aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
|
| External Debt |
$23,210,000,000 $
| $2,593,000,000 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)
| Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.400%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
1
| 2
|
| Location |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Algeria and Libya
| Central Asia, west of China
|
| Area |
163,610 km sq
| 143,100 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
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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