Congo, Democratic Republic of the and Cameroon Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Cameroon
Leader
	President: Paul Biya
Population
75,507,308	20,549,221
Life Expectancy
56.140 years	55.020 years
Capital City
	Yaounde
Largest city
Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)	Douala (population: 1,338,080)
Human Development Index
0.361	0.514
GDP per capita
	$2,300 US
Literacy Rate
67.2%	67.9%
Corruption Perception Index
1.7	2.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%	13.9%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	30.000%
Death Penalty
NA	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	republic; multiparty presidential regime
Independence date
	1 January 1960 (from French-administered UN trusteeship)
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%	indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 40%, Muslim 20%
Languages
French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba	24 major African language groups, English (official), French (official)
Exports
	crude oil and petroleum products, lumber, cocoa beans, aluminum, coffee, cotton
External Debt
	$3,343,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	1
Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola	Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria
Area
2,344,858 km sq	475,440 km sq
Coastline
37 km	402 km
Climate
tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)	varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north

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