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Country
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Uzbekistan | 
Equatorial Guinea |
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Leader
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President: Islam Karimov
|
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
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Population
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28,394,180
| 685,991
|
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Life Expectancy
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72.770 years
| 62.750 years
|
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Capital City
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Tashkent (Toshkent)
| Malabo
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Largest city
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| Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) | Bata (population: 173,046) |
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Human Development Index
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0.701
| 0.717
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| GDP per capita |
$3,300 US
| $19,600 US
|
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Literacy Rate
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99.3%
| 87%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.8
| 1.7
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.4%
| 6%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
1.000%
| 22.300%
|
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Death Penalty
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Abolished
| Legal
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Political System
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republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
| republic
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Independence date
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1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 12 October 1968 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
| nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices
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| Languages |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
| Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
| petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa
|
| External Debt |
$8,570,000,000 $
| $1,051,000,000 US
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| 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)
| Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.500%
| 0.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 0
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| Location |
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
| Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon
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| Area |
447,400 km sq
| 28,051 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 296 km
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| Climate |
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
| tropical; always hot, humid
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