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Attribute
Senegal
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Syria
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Geography
Area (km²)196,722187,437
ContinentAfricaAsia
Land area (km²)192,530185,887
Water area (km²)4,1921,550
Land boundaries (km)2,6842,343
Border countries
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • The Gambia
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Jordan
  • Lebanon
  • Turkey
Coastline (km)531193
Mean elevation (m)69514
Lowest point (m)0-208
Highest point (m)6482,814
People
Population15,736,36819,398,448
Official languages
  • French
  • Arabic
ReligionMuslimMuslim
Government
Long country nameRepublic of SenegalSyrian Arab Republic
Short country nameSenegalSyria
Long local nameRepublique du SenegalAl Jumhuriyah al Arabiyah as Suriyah
Short local nameSenegalSuriyah
Former name
  • Mali Federation
  • Senegambia (along with The Gambia)
  • United Arab Republic (with Egypt)
Government typePresidential republicPresidential republic
CapitalDakarDamascus
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)54,800,000,00050,280,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)21,110,000,00024,600,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)7.2-36.5
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)3,5002,900
Gross national saving (% of GDP)21.217
Labor force6,966,0003,767,000
Unemployment rate (%)4850
Population below poverty line (%)46.782.5
Budget revenues (USD)4,139,000,0001,162,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)4,900,000,0003,211,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.38-
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)19.64.2
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.6-8.7
Public debt (% of GDP)48.394.8
Inflation rate (%)1.328.1
Central bank discount rate (%)0.250.75
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)5.414
Stock of narrow money (USD)5,944,000,0007,272,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)5,944,000,0007,272,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)6,695,000,0009,161,000,000
Current account balance (USD)-1,547,000,000-2,123,000,000
Exports (USD)2,362,000,0001,850,000,000
Imports (USD)5,217,000,0006,279,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)1,827,000,000407,300,000
External debt (USD)8,571,000,0004,989,000,000
National currencyCommunaute Financiere Africaine francsSyrian pounds
National currency (code)XOFSYP
National currency (symbol)-£
National currency rate to USD617.4514.6



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