France and Dominican Republic Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
France	Dominican Republic
Leader
President: Francois Hollande Prime minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault	President: Danilo Medina
Population
65,630,692	10,088,598
Life Expectancy
81.460 years	77.440 years
Capital City
Paris	Santo Domingo
Largest city
Paris (population: 2,138,550)	Juan Dolio (population: 8,581,480)
Human Development Index
0.955	0.768
GDP per capita
$35,600 US	$9,400 US
Literacy Rate
99%	87%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	17.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
Bernard Arnault ($16.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
9.300%	13.100%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic	democratic republic
Independence date
486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)	27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
Religions
Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan	Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois	Spanish
Exports
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages	ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
External Debt
$5,633,000,000,000 $	$14,420,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)	Dominican pesos (DOP) per US dollar - 34.775 (2008 est.), 33.113 (2007), 33.406 (2006), 30.409 (2005), 42.12 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.600%	0.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
40	2
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	Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Area
643,801 km sq	48,670 km sq
Coastline
0 km	1,288 km
Climate
	tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

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