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

Country
	Senegal
Leader
	President: Macky Sall
Population
75,507,308	13,300,410
Life Expectancy
56.140 years	60.570 years
Capital City
	Dakar
Largest city
Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.361	0.502
GDP per capita
	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
67.2%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
1.7	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.7%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	48.000%
Death Penalty
NA	Abolished

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
	$4,117,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central Africa, northeast of Angola	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
2,344,858 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
37 km	531 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)	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

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Congo, Democratic Republic of the vs Senegal