Angola and Comoros Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Comoros
Leader
President: Jose Eduardo dos Santos	President: Ikililou Dhoinine
Population
18,056,072	737,284
Life Expectancy
54.590 years	62.740 years
Capital City
	Moroni
Largest city
Luanda (population: 2,776,170)	Moroni (population: 42,872)
Human Development Index
0.484	0.572
GDP per capita
	$1,200 US
Literacy Rate
67.4%	56.5%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	2.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
37.3%	0%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	20.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republic; multiparty presidential regime	republic
Independence date
	6 July 1975 (from France)
Religions
indigenous beliefs 47%, Roman Catholic 38%, Protestant 15% (1998 est.)	Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%
Languages
Portuguese (official), Bantu and other African languages	Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
Exports
	vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra
External Debt
	$279,300,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 361.4 (2007), 391.8 (2006), 395.6 (2005), 396.21 (2004), 435.9 (2003) note: the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	2.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and Democratic Republic of the Congo	Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
Area
1,246,700 km sq	2,235 km sq
Coastline
1,600 km	340 km
Climate
semiarid in south and along coast to Luanda; north has cool, dry season (May to October) and hot, rainy season (November to April)	tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)

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