Ethiopia and Congo, Republic of the Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Congo, Republic of the
Leader
President: Girma Woldegiorgis	President: Denis Sassou Nguesso
Population
93,877,025	4,492,689
Life Expectancy
60.000 years	55.600 years
Capital City
	Brazzaville
Largest city
Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730)	Brazzaville (population: 1,284,610)
Human Development Index
0.389	NA
GDP per capita
	$4,700 US
Literacy Rate
42.7%	83.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	1.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
21.4%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	53.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
federal republic	republic
Independence date
	15 August 1960 (from France)
Religions
Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)	Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
Languages
Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)	French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
Exports
	petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds
External Debt
	$4,225,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 483.6 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
7	0
Location
Eastern Africa, west of Somalia	Western Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon
Area
1,104,300 km sq	342,000 km sq
Coastline
0 km	169 km
Climate
tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation	tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator

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