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Country
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Uruguay | 
Japan |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
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Head of state: Emperor Akihito Prime minister: Yoshihiko Noda
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Population
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3,316,328
| 127,368,088
|
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Life Expectancy
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76.410 years
| 83.910 years
|
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Capital City
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Montevideo
| Tokyo
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Largest city
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| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Tokyo (population: 8,336,600) |
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Human Development Index
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0.859
| 0.956
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| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $35,200 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
|
12.3%
| 12.3%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 4.600%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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| |
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
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Independence date
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25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
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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)
| observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
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| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Japanese
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| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
|
| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $2,719,000,000,000 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)
| yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.600%
| 0.800%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 25
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
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| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 377,915 km sq
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| Coastline |
660 km
| 29,751 km
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| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north
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