France and Cambodia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
France	Cambodia
Leader
President: Francois Hollande Prime minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault	Head of state: King Norodom Sihamoni
Population
65,630,692	14,952,665
Life Expectancy
81.460 years	63.040 years
Capital City
Paris	Phnom Penh
Largest city
Paris (population: 2,138,550)	Phnom Penh (population: 1,573,540)
Human Development Index
0.955	0.575
GDP per capita
$35,600 US	$2,200 US
Literacy Rate
99%	73.6%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	15.8%
Wealthiest Citizens
Bernard Arnault ($16.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
9.300%	3.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic	multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Independence date
486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)	9 November 1953 (from France)
Religions
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan	Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois	Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Exports
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages	clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
External Debt
$5,633,000,000,000 $	$5,028,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)	riels (KHR) per US dollar - 4,070.94 (2008 est.), 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.600%	3.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
40	0
Location
Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Area
643,801 km sq	181,035 km sq
Coastline
0 km	443 km
Climate
	tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

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