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

Country
	Honduras
Leader
President: Joseph Kabila	President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Population
73,599,190	8,296,693
Life Expectancy
55.740 years	70.710 years
Capital City
	Tegucigalpa
Largest city
Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)	Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)
Human Development Index
0.361	0.714
GDP per capita
	$4,400 US
Literacy Rate
67.2%	80%
Corruption Perception Index
1.7	2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%	23.4%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	4.800%
Death Penalty
NA	Abolished

Political System
republic	democratic constitutional republic
Independence date
	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%	Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages
French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba	Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Exports
	coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
	$4,564,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Area
2,344,858 km sq	112,090 km sq
Coastline
37 km	820 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)	subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

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Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs Honduras