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Country
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Uruguay | 
Bolivia |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
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President: Evo Morales
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Population
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3,316,328
| 10,290,003
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Life Expectancy
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76.410 years
| 67.900 years
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Capital City
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Montevideo
| La Paz (administrative capital)
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Largest city
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| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Santa Cruz de la Sierra (population: 1,364,390) |
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Human Development Index
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0.859
| 0.723
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| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $4,900 US
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Literacy Rate
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98%
| 86.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6.9
| 3
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 14.6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 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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constitutional republic
| republic
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Independence date
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25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 6 August 1825 (from Spain)
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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 95%, Protestant (Evangelical Methodist) 5%
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| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| 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 |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| natural gas, soybeans and soy products, crude petroleum, zinc ore, tin
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| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $5,491,000,000 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)
| 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 |
1.600%
| 1.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Central South America, southwest of Brazil
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| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 1,098,581 km sq
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| Coastline |
660 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| varies with altitude; humid and tropical to cold and semiarid
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