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Country
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Zambia | 
Mauritius |
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Leader
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President: Michael Sata
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President: Rajkeswur Purryag
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Population
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13,817,479
| 1,313,095
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Life Expectancy
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52.570 years
| 74.710 years
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Capital City
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Lusaka
| Port Louis
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Largest city
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| Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) | Port Louis (population: 155,226) |
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Human Development Index
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0.453
| 0.802
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| GDP per capita |
$1,600 US
| $15,100 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.6%
| 84.4%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.8
| 5.5
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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15.2%
| 17.1%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
14.000%
| 7.800%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished
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Political System
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republic
| parliamentary democracy
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Independence date
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24 October 1964 (from UK)
| 12 March 1968 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
| Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)
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| Languages |
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
| Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)
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| Exports |
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
| clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish
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| External Debt |
$3,962,000,000 $
| $5,205,000,000 US
|
| Exchange Rate |
Zambian kwacha (ZMK) per US dollar - 3,512.9 (2008 est.), 3,990.2 (2007), 3,601.5 (2006), 4,463.5 (2005), 4,778.9 (2004)
| Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.800%
| 0.300%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 1
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| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Angola
| Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar
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| Area |
752,618 km sq
| 2,040 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 177 km
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| Climate |
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
| tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)
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