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Country
|
Uruguay | 
Kyrgyzstan |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
|
Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
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Population
|
3,316,328
| 5,496,737
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.410 years
| 69.450 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Montevideo
| Bishkek
|
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Largest city
|
| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Bishkek (population: 900,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.859
| 0.694
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $2,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98%
| 98.7%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.9
| 1.8
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.3%
| 25.6%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 8.600%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
|
constitutional republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 31 August 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)
| Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
|
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
|
| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
|
| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $3,601,000,000 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)
| soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.600%
| 0.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 2
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Central Asia, west of China
|
| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 199,951 km sq
|
| Coastline |
660 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
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