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Country
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Uzbekistan | 
Dominican Republic |
|
Leader
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President: Islam Karimov
|
President: Danilo Medina
|
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Population
|
28,394,180
| 10,088,598
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
72.770 years
| 77.440 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tashkent (Toshkent)
| Santo Domingo
|
|
Largest city
|
| Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) | Juan Dolio (population: 8,581,480) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.701
| 0.768
|
| GDP per capita |
$3,300 US
| $9,400 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.3%
| 87%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.8
| 3
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
16.4%
| 17.1%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
1.000%
| 13.100%
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
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Political System
|
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
| democratic republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
|
| Religions |
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
| Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
|
| Languages |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
| Spanish
|
| Exports |
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
| ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
|
| External Debt |
$8,570,000,000 $
| $14,420,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Uzbekistani soum (UZS) per US dollar - 1,317 (2008 est.), 1,263.8 (2007), 1,219.8 (2006), 1,020 (2005), 971.265 (2004)
| Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 34.775 (2008 est.), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006), 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.500%
| 0.700%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 2
|
| Location |
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
| Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
|
| Area |
447,400 km sq
| 48,670 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,288 km
|
| Climate |
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
| tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall
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