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Country
|
Uruguay | 
Moldova |
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Leader
|
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President: Nicolae Timofti
|
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Population
|
3,324,460
| 3,619,925
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
76.610 years
| 69.820 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Montevideo
| Chisinau (Kishinev)
|
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Largest city
|
| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Chisinau (population: 635,994) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.859
| 0.719
|
| GDP per capita |
$15,800 US
| $3,500 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98%
| 99.1%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
6.9
| 2.9
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12.3%
| 21.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
6.100%
| 5.800%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
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Political System
|
constitutional republic
| republic
|
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Independence date
|
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 27 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
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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)
| Eastern Orthodox 98%, Jewish 1.5%, Baptist and other 0.5% (2000)
|
| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Moldovan (official, virtually the same as the Romanian language), Russian, Gagauz (a Turkish dialect)
|
| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| foodstuffs, textiles, machinery
|
| External Debt |
$15,900,000,000 $
| $5,776,000,000 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)
| Moldovan lei (MDL) per US dollar - 10.326 (2008 est.), 12.177 (2007), 13.131 (2006), 12.6 (2005), 12.33 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 0.400%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
|
| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
|
| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 33,851 km sq
|
| Coastline |
660 km
| 0 km
|
| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| moderate winters, warm summers
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