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Country
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Uruguay | 
Belgium |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
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King: Albert II Prime Minister-designate: Elio di Rupo
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Population
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3,316,328
| 10,438,353
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Life Expectancy
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76.410 years
| 79.650 years
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Capital City
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Montevideo
| Brussels
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Largest city
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| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Brussels (population: 1,019,020) |
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Human Development Index
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0.859
| 0.948
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| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $38,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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98%
| 99%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6.9
| 7.3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 36.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Albert Frere ($2.4bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 7.700%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy
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Independence date
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25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)
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| 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)
| Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%
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| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)
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| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs
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| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $1,399,000,000,000 US
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| Exchange Rate |
Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
| euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6802 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.600%
| 1.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands
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| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 30,528 km sq
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| Coastline |
660 km
| 67 km
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| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
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