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

Country
	Mongolia
Leader
	President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Population
75,507,308	3,226,516
Life Expectancy
56.140 years	68.950 years
Capital City
	Ulaanbaatar
Largest city
Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)	Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)
Human Development Index
0.361	0.72
GDP per capita
	$5,400 US
Literacy Rate
67.2%	97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
1.7	3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%	4.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	9.000%
Death Penalty
NA	Legal

Political System
republic	mixed parliamentary/presidential
Independence date
	11 July 1921 (from China)
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%	Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
Languages
French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba	Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
Exports
	copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
External Debt
	$2,564,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	4
Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola	Northern Asia, between China and Russia
Area
2,344,858 km sq	1,564,116 km sq
Coastline
37 km	0 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)	desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)

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