Egypt and Mongolia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Egypt	Mongolia
Leader
President: Mohammed Mursi	President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Population
83,688,164	3,179,997
Life Expectancy
72.930 years	68.630 years
Capital City
Cairo	Ulaanbaatar
Largest city
Cairo (population: 7,734,610)	Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)
Human Development Index
0.716	0.72
GDP per capita
$6,600 US	$4,800 US
Literacy Rate
71.4%	97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
3.7%	4.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Nassef Sawiris ($3.1bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
12.200%	9.900%
Death Penalty
Legal	Legal

Political System
republic	mixed parliamentary/presidential
Independence date
28 February 1922 (from UK)	11 July 1921 (from China)
Religions
Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%	Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
Languages
Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes	Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
Exports
crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals	copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
External Debt
$33,740,000,000 $	$1,900,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.4 (2008 est.), 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004)	togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
3.400%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	4
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	Northern Asia, between China and Russia
Area
1,001,450 km sq	1,564,116 km sq
Coastline
2,450 km	0 km
Climate
desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters	desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)

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