Denmark and Cambodia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Denmark	Cambodia
Leader
Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt	Head of state: King Norodom Sihamoni
Population
5,543,453	14,952,665
Life Expectancy
78.780 years	63.040 years
Capital City
Copenhagen	Phnom Penh
Largest city
Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)	Phnom Penh (population: 1,573,540)
Human Development Index
0.952	0.575
GDP per capita
$37,600 US	$2,200 US
Literacy Rate
99%	73.6%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
38%	15.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
6.000%	3.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional monarchy	multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Independence date
first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy	9 November 1953 (from France)
Religions
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%	Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Languages
Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language	Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Exports
machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills	clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
External Debt
$626,900,000,000 $	$5,028,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.0236 (2008 est.), 5.4797 (2007), 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004)	riels (KHR) per US dollar - 4,070.94 (2008 est.), 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.300%	3.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
7	0
Location
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Area
43,094 km sq	181,035 km sq
Coastline
7,314 km	443 km
Climate
temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers	tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

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