El Salvador and Congo, Democratic Republic of the Comparison

Country
El Salvador
Leader
President: Mauricio Funes	President: Joseph Kabila
Population
6,090,646	73,599,190
Life Expectancy
73.690 years	55.740 years
Capital City
San Salvador
Largest city
San Salvador (population: 525,990)	Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)
Human Development Index
0.747	0.361
GDP per capita
$7,600 US
Literacy Rate
80.2%	67.2%
Corruption Perception Index
3.9	1.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
16.7%	7.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
7.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances	NA

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 57.1%, Protestant 21.2%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.9%, Mormon 0.7%, other religions 2.3%, none 16.8% (2003 est.)	Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%
Languages
Spanish, Nahua (among some Amerindians)	French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
Exports
offshore assembly exports, coffee, sugar, shrimp, textiles and apparel, gold, ethanol, chemicals, electricity
External Debt
$12,950,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
the US dollar became El Salvador's currency in 2001
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and Honduras	Central Africa, northeast of Angola
Area
21,041 km sq	2,344,858 km sq
Coastline
307 km	37 km
Climate
tropical; rainy season (May to October); dry season (November to April); tropical on coast; temperate in uplands	tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)

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