Congo, Republic of the and Japan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Congo, Republic of the	Japan
Leader
President: Denis Sassou Nguesso	Prime minister: Shinzo Abe
Population
4,492,689	127,253,075
Life Expectancy
55.600 years	84.190 years
Capital City
Brazzaville	Tokyo
Largest city
Brazzaville (population: 1,284,610)	Tokyo (population: 8,336,600)
Human Development Index
NA	0.956
GDP per capita
$4,700 US	$36,200 US
Literacy Rate
83.8%	99%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	7.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA	12.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Tadashi Yanai & family ($6.0bn US)
Unemployment Rate
53.000%	4.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
republic	constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
Independence date
15 August 1960 (from France)	660 B.C. (traditional date of the founding of the nation by Emperor JIMMU)
Religions
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%	observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)
Languages
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)	Japanese
Exports
petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds	transport equipment, motor vehicles, semiconductors, electrical machinery, chemicals
External Debt
$4,225,000,000 $	$3,024,000,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 483.6 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)	yen (JPY) per US dollar - 103.58 (2008 est.), 117.99 (2007), 116.18 (2006), 110.22 (2005), 108.19 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.700%	1.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	25
Location
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon	Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula
Area
342,000 km sq	377,915 km sq
Coastline
169 km	29,751 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator	varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north

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Congo, Republic of the vs Japan