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Country
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Uzbekistan | 
Libya |
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Leader
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President: Islam Karimov
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Chairman of the General National Congress: Mohamed al-Magarief (resigned)
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Population
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28,661,637
| 6,002,347
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Life Expectancy
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73.030 years
| 75.830 years
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Capital City
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Tashkent (Toshkent)
| Tripoli (Tarabulus)
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Largest city
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| Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) | Tripoli (population: 1,150,990) |
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Human Development Index
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0.701
| 0.84
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| GDP per capita |
$3,500 US
| $13,300 US
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Literacy Rate
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99.3%
| 82.6%
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Corruption Perception Index
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1.8
| 2.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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16.4%
| 7.7%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
4.800%
| 30.000%
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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
| Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state
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Independence date
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1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
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| Religions |
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
| Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3%
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| Languages |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
| Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
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| Exports |
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
| crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals
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| External Debt |
$10,460,000,000 $
| $5,054,000,000 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)
| Libyan dinars (LYD) per US dollar - 1.2112 (2008 est.), 1.2604 (2007), 1.3108 (2006), 1.3084 (2005), 1.305 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.500%
| 3.100%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 0
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| Location |
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
| Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia
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| Area |
447,400 km sq
| 1,759,540 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 1,770 km
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| Climate |
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
| Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
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