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Country
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Uruguay | 
Latvia |
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Leader
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President: Jose Mujica
|
President : Andris Berzins
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Population
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3,316,328
| 2,191,580
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.410 years
| 72.930 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Montevideo
| Riga
|
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Largest city
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| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Riga (population: 742,572) |
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Human Development Index
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0.859
| 0.863
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| GDP per capita |
$15,300 US
| $15,900 US
|
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Literacy Rate
|
98%
| 99.7%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
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6.9
| 5
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.3%
| 20%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.000%
| 15.400%
|
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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
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia)
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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)
| Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
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| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
|
| External Debt |
$15,400,000,000 $
| $38,370,000,000 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)
| lati (LVL) per US dollar - 0.4701 (2008 est.), 0.5162 (2007), 0.5597 (2006), 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.600%
| 1.100%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 3
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
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| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 64,589 km sq
|
| Coastline |
660 km
| 498 km
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| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| maritime; wet, moderate winters
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