Egypt and Malawi Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Egypt
Leader
President: Mohammed Mursi	President: Joyce Banda
Population
83,688,164	16,323,044
Life Expectancy
72.930 years	52.310 years
Capital City
Cairo
Largest city
Cairo (population: 7,734,610)	Lilongwe (population: 646,750)
Human Development Index
0.716	0.457
GDP per capita
$6,600 US
Literacy Rate
71.4%	62.7%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
3.7%	13%
Wealthiest Citizens
Nassef Sawiris ($3.1bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
12.200%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	multiparty democracy
Independence date
28 February 1922 (from UK)
Religions
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%	Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
Languages
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes	Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
Exports
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
External Debt
$33,740,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.4 (2008 est.), 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	0
Location
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula	Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Area
1,001,450 km sq	118,484 km sq
Coastline
2,450 km	0 km
Climate
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters	sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)

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