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

Country
	Uruguay
Leader
President: Denis Sassou Nguesso	President: Jose Mujica
Population
4,366,266	3,316,328
Life Expectancy
55.270 years	76.410 years
Capital City
	Montevideo
Largest city
Brazzaville (population: 1,284,610)	Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)
Human Development Index
NA	0.859
GDP per capita
	$15,300 US
Literacy Rate
83.8%	98%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	6.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
NA	12.3%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished

Political System
republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
	25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
Religions
Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%	Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
Languages
French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Exports
	meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
External Debt
	$15,400,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon	Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Area
342,000 km sq	176,215 km sq
Coastline
169 km	660 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator	warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

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