Comoros and Maldives Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Comoros	Maldives
Leader
President: Ikililou Dhoinine
Population
752,288	393,988
Life Expectancy
63.120 years	74.920 years
Capital City
Moroni	Male
Largest city
Moroni (population: 42,872)	Male (population: 84,972)
Human Development Index
0.572	0.749
GDP per capita
$1,300 US	$8,700 US
Literacy Rate
56.5%	96.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.5	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
0%	12%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
20.000%	28.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
6 July 1975 (from France)	26 July 1965 (from UK)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 2%	Sunni Muslim
Languages
Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)	Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
Exports
vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra	fish
External Debt
$279,300,000 $	$890,800,000 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	rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.800%	5.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
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	Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
Area
2,235 km sq	298 km sq
Coastline
340 km	644 km
Climate
tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)	tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)

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