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Country
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Zambia | 
Peru |
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Leader
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President: Michael Sata
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President : Ollanta Humala
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Population
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13,817,479
| 29,549,517
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Life Expectancy
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52.570 years
| 72.730 years
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Capital City
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Lusaka
| Lima
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Largest city
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| Lusaka (population: 1,267,440) | Lima (population: 7,737,000) |
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Human Development Index
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0.453
| 0.788
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| GDP per capita |
$1,600 US
| $10,200 US
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Literacy Rate
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80.6%
| 87.7%
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Corruption Perception Index
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2.8
| 3.6
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
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15.2%
| 29.2%
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| Wealthiest Citizens |
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| Unemployment Rate |
14.000%
| 7.900%
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Death Penalty
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Abolished in practice
| Abolished except for special circumstances
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Political System
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republic
| constitutional republic
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Independence date
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24 October 1964 (from UK)
| 28 July 1821 (from Spain)
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| Religions |
Christian 50%-75%, Muslim and Hindu 24%-49%, indigenous beliefs 1%
| Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
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| Languages |
English (official), major vernaculars - Bemba, Kaonda, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, Tonga, and about 70 other indigenous languages
| Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
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| Exports |
copper/cobalt 64%, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton
| copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
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| External Debt |
$3,962,000,000 $
| $36,980,000,000 US
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| 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)
| nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
1.800%
| 1.500%
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| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
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| Location |
Southern Africa, east of Angola
| Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
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| Area |
752,618 km sq
| 1,285,216 km sq
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| Coastline |
0 km
| 2,414 km
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| Climate |
tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April)
| varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes
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