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Country
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Uruguay | 
Uzbekistan |
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Leader
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President: Islam Karimov
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Population
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3,324,460
| 28,661,637
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Life Expectancy
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76.610 years
| 73.030 years
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Capital City
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Montevideo
| Tashkent (Toshkent)
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Largest city
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| Montevideo (population: 1,270,740) | Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) |
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Human Development Index
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0.859
| 0.701
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| GDP per capita |
$15,800 US
| $3,500 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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98%
| 99.3%
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Corruption Perception Index
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6.9
| 1.8
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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12.3%
| 16.4%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
6.100%
| 4.800%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Abolished
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Political System
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constitutional republic
| republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
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Independence date
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25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
| 1 September 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)
| Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
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| Languages |
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
| Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
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| Exports |
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
| cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
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| External Debt |
$15,900,000,000 $
| $10,460,000,000 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)
| Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,317 (2008 est.), 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8 (2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
0.900%
| 3.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 6
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| Location |
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
| Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
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| Area |
176,215 km sq
| 447,400 km sq
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| Coastline |
660 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
| mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
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