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Country
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Turkmenistan | 
Bolivia |
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Leader
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President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
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President: Evo Morales
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Population
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5,054,828
| 10,290,003
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Life Expectancy
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68.840 years
| 67.900 years
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Capital City
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Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
| La Paz (administrative capital)
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Largest city
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| Ashgabat (population: 727,700) | Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) |
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Human Development Index
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0.728
| 0.723
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| GDP per capita |
$7,900 US
| $4,900 US
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Literacy Rate
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98.8%
| 86.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.8
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16%
| 14.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
60.000%
| 5.500%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
| republic
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Independence date
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27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
| Roman Catholic 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
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| Languages |
Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
| Spanish 60.7% (official), Quechua 21.2% (official), Aymara 14.6% (official), foreign languages 2.4%, other 1.2% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
| natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
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| External Debt |
$524,700,000 $
| $5,491,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
| bolivianos (BOB) per US dollar - 7.253 (2008 est.), 7.8616 (2007), 8.0159 (2006), 8.0661 (2005), 7.9363 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.400%
| 1.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
| Central South America, southwest of Brazil
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| Area |
488,100 km sq
| 1,098,581 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
subtropical desert
| varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
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