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

Country
	Latvia
Leader
President: Denis Sassou Nguesso	President : Andris Berzins
Population
4,366,266	2,191,580
Life Expectancy
55.270 years	72.930 years
Capital City
	Riga
Largest city
Brazzaville (population: 1,284,610)	Riga (population: 742,572)
Human Development Index
NA	0.863
GDP per capita
	$15,900 US
Literacy Rate
83.8%	99.7%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA	20%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	15.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
republic	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
	18 November 1918 (from Soviet Russia)
Religions
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%	Lutheran 19.6%, Orthodox 15.3%, other Christian 1%, other 0.4%, unspecified 63.7% (2006)
Languages
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)	Latvian (official) 58.2%, Russian 37.5%, Lithuanian and other 4.3% (2000 census)
Exports
	wood and wood products, machinery and equipment, metals, textiles, foodstuffs
External Debt
	$38,370,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	lati (LVL) per US dollar - 0.4701 (2008 est.), 0.5162 (2007), 0.5597 (2006), 0.5647 (2005), 0.5402 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	3
Location
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
Area
342,000 km sq	64,589 km sq
Coastline
169 km	498 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator	maritime; wet, moderate winters

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Congo, Republic of the vs Latvia