Belgium and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Belgium	Burma
Leader
King: Albert II Prime Minister-designate: Elio di Rupo	President : Thein Sein
Population
10,438,353	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
79.650 years	65.240 years
Capital City
Brussels	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Brussels (population: 1,019,020)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.948	NA
GDP per capita
$38,200 US	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
99%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
7.3	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
36.2%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens
Albert Frere ($2.4bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
7.700%	5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	NA

Political System
federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy	military junta
Independence date
4 October 1830 (a provisional government declared independence from the Netherlands); 21 July 1831 (King LEOPOLD I ascended to the throne)	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 75%, other (includes Protestant) 25%	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally bilingual (Dutch and French)	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
machinery and equipment, chemicals, diamonds, metals and metal products, foodstuffs	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$1,399,000,000,000 $	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6802 (2008), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	0
Location
Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
30,528 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
67 km	1,930 km
Climate
temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

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