France and Uruguay Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
France	Uruguay
Leader
President: Francois Hollande Prime minister: Jean-Marc Ayrault	President: Jose Mujica
Population
65,630,692	3,316,328
Life Expectancy
81.460 years	76.410 years
Capital City
Paris	Montevideo
Largest city
Paris (population: 2,138,550)	Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)
Human Development Index
0.955	0.859
GDP per capita
$35,600 US	$15,300 US
Literacy Rate
99%	98%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	6.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	12.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
Bernard Arnault ($16.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
9.300%	6.000%
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)	25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
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 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
Languages
French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois	Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Exports
machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages	meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
External Debt
$5,633,000,000,000 $	$15,400,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)	Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.600%	1.600%
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	Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil
Area
643,801 km sq	176,215 km sq
Coastline
0 km	660 km
Climate
	warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown

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