Burma and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Burma
Leader
President : Thein Sein	Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Ralph Gonsalves
Population
54,584,650	103,537
Life Expectancy
65.240 years	74.390 years
Capital City
Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)	Kingstown (population: 24,518)
Human Development Index
NA	0.766
GDP per capita
$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
89.9%	96%
Corruption Perception Index
NA	6.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA	18.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
5.500%
Death Penalty
NA	Legal

Political System
military junta	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%	Anglican 47%, Methodist 28%, Roman Catholic 13%, other (includes Hindu, Seventh-Day Adventist, other Protestant) 12%
Languages
Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages	English, French patois
Exports
natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$5,811,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
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
2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand	Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Area
676,578 km sq	389 km sq
Coastline
1,930 km	84 km
Climate
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)	tropical; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)

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Burma vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines