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

Country
	Peru
Leader
President: Denis Sassou Nguesso	President : Ollanta Humala
Population
4,366,266	29,549,517
Life Expectancy
55.270 years	72.730 years
Capital City
	Lima
Largest city
Brazzaville (population: 1,284,610)	Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
NA	0.788
GDP per capita
	$10,200 US
Literacy Rate
83.8%	87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	7.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
	28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%	Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
Languages
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Exports
	copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
External Debt
	$36,980,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon	Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
342,000 km sq	1,285,216 km sq
Coastline
169 km	2,414 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 east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes

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Congo, Republic of the vs Peru