Guinea and Dominican Republic Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Dominican Republic
Leader
President: Alpha Conde	President: Danilo Medina
Population
10,884,958	10,088,598
Life Expectancy
58.610 years	77.440 years
Capital City
	Santo Domingo
Largest city
Camayenne (population: 1,871,240)	Juan Dolio (population: 8,581,480)
Human Development Index
0.423	0.768
GDP per capita
	$9,400 US
Literacy Rate
29.5%	87%
Corruption Perception Index
1.6	3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.3%	17.1%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	13.100%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
republic	democratic republic
Independence date
	27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
Religions
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%	Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
Languages
French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language	Spanish
Exports
	ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods
External Debt
	$14,420,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	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
	0.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	2
Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone	Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Area
245,857 km sq	48,670 km sq
Coastline
320 km	1,288 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 maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

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Guinea vs Dominican Republic