Equatorial Guinea and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Equatorial Guinea	Burma
Leader
President: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo	President : Thein Sein
Population
685,991	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
62.750 years	65.240 years
Capital City
Malabo	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Bata (population: 173,046)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.717	NA
GDP per capita
$19,600 US	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
87%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
1.7	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
6%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
22.300%	5.500%
Death Penalty
Legal	NA

Political System
republic	military junta
Independence date
12 October 1968 (from Spain)	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
nominally Christian and predominantly Roman Catholic, pagan practices	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
Spanish 67.6% (official), other 32.4% (includes French (official), Fang, Bubi) (1994 census)	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
petroleum, methanol, timber, cocoa	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$1,051,000,000 $	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.4 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)	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
0.100%	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
28,051 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
296 km	1,930 km
Climate
tropical; always hot, humid	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)

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Equatorial Guinea vs Burma