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Country
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Uruguay | 
Armenia |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
|
President: Serge Sarkisian
|
|
Population
|
3,316,328
| 2,970,495
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.410 years
| 73.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Montevideo
| Yerevan
|
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Largest city
|
| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Yerevan (population: 1,093,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.859
| 0.777
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $5,500 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
98%
| 99.4%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.9
| 2.9
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.3%
| 8.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 5.900%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
constitutional republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
|
| Religions |
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
| Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%
|
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)
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| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
|
| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $7,336,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
| drams (AMD) per US dollar - 303.93 (2008 est.), 344.06 (2007), 414.69 (2006), 457.69 (2005), 533.45 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.600%
| 2.800%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
|
| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 29,743 km sq
|
| Coastline |
660 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
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