France and Paraguay Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
France	Paraguay
Leader
President: Francois Hollande Prime minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault	President: Federico Franco
Population
65,630,692	6,541,591
Life Expectancy
81.460 years	76.400 years
Capital City
Paris	Asuncion
Largest city
Paris (population: 2,138,550)	Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)
Human Development Index
0.955	0.752
GDP per capita
$35,600 US	$5,500 US
Literacy Rate
99%	94%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	2.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	13.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Bernard Arnault ($16.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
9.300%	6.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)	14 May 1811 (from Spain)
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 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois	Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Exports
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages	soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
External Debt
$5,633,000,000,000 $	$5,330,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)	guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.600%	1.000%
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	Central South America, northeast of Argentina
Area
643,801 km sq	406,752 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
	subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

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