East Timor and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Burma
Leader
	President : Thein Sein
Population
	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
	65.240 years
Capital City
	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
(population: )	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index

GDP per capita
	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index

Percentage of Women in Parliament

Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	5.500%
Death Penalty


Political System
	military junta
Independence date
	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
	676,578 km sq
Coastline
	1,930 km
Climate
	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

East Timor vs Burma