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Country
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Uzbekistan | 
Nigeria |
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Leader
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President: Islam Karimov
|
President: Goodluck Jonathan
|
|
Population
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28,394,180
| 170,123,740
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
72.770 years
| 52.050 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Tashkent (Toshkent)
| Abuja
|
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Largest city
|
| Tashkent (population: 1,978,030) | Lagos (population: 9,000,000) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.701
| 0.499
|
| GDP per capita |
$3,300 US
| $2,600 US
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
99.3%
| 68%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
1.8
| 2.7
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
16.4%
| 7.3%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
NA
| Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
|
| Unemployment Rate |
1.000%
| 21.000%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Legal
|
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Political System
|
republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
| federal republic
|
|
Independence date
|
1 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
| 1 October 1960 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Muslim 88% (mostly Sunnis), Eastern Orthodox 9%, other 3%
| Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
|
| Languages |
Uzbek 74.3%, Russian 14.2%, Tajik 4.4%, other 7.1%
| English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
|
| Exports |
cotton, gold, energy products, mineral fertilizers, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, textiles, food products, machinery, automobiles
| petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber
|
| External Debt |
$8,570,000,000 $
| $10,430,000,000 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)
| nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004)
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
3.500%
| 1.500%
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
6
| 4
|
| Location |
Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
| Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon
|
| Area |
447,400 km sq
| 923,768 km sq
|
| Coastline |
0 km
| 853 km
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| Climate |
mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
| varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
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