Guinea and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Burma
Leader
President: Alpha Conde	President : Thein Sein
Population
10,884,958	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
58.610 years	65.240 years
Capital City
	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Camayenne (population: 1,871,240)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.423	NA
GDP per capita
	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
29.5%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
1.6	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.3%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	5.500%
Death Penalty
Legal	NA

Political System
republic	military junta
Independence date
	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
245,857 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
320 km	1,930 km
Climate
generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

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