Guinea and Turkmenistan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Turkmenistan
Leader
President: Alpha Conde	President: Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov
Population
10,884,958	5,054,828
Life Expectancy
58.610 years	68.840 years
Capital City
	Ashgabat (Ashkhabad)
Largest city
Camayenne (population: 1,871,240)	Ashgabat (population: 727,700)
Human Development Index
0.423	0.728
GDP per capita
	$7,900 US
Literacy Rate
29.5%	98.8%
Corruption Perception Index
1.6	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.3%	16%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	60.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
republic	republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Independence date
	27 October 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Muslim 85%, Christian 8%, indigenous beliefs 7%	Muslim 89%, Eastern Orthodox 9%, unknown 2%
Languages
French (official); note - each ethnic group has its own language	Turkmen 72%, Russian 12%, Uzbek 9%, other 7%
Exports
	gas, crude oil, petrochemicals, textiles, cotton fiber
External Debt
	$524,700,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Turkmen manat (TMM) per US dollar - 14,250 (as of 1 May 2008 est.)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	3.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone	Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan
Area
245,857 km sq	488,100 km sq
Coastline
320 km	0 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	subtropical desert

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