Guinea-Bissau and Kazakhstan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Kazakhstan
Leader
Interim president: Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo	President: Nursultan Nazarbayev
Population
1,660,870	17,736,896
Life Expectancy
49.500 years	69.940 years
Capital City
	Astana
Largest city
Bissau (population: 388,028)	Almaty (population: 2,000,900)
Human Development Index
0.383	0.807
GDP per capita
	$13,900 US
Literacy Rate
42.4%	99.5%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	2.2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14%	12.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Alijan Ibragimov ($1.2bn US)
Unemployment Rate
	5.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished	NA

Political System
republic	republic; authoritarian presidential rule, with little power outside the executive branch
Independence date
	16 December 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%	Muslim 47%, Russian Orthodox 44%, Protestant 2%, other 7%
Languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	Kazakh (Qazaq, state language) 64.4%, Russian (official, used in everyday business, designated the "language of interethnic communication") 95% (2001 est.)
Exports
	oil and oil products 59%, ferrous metals 19%, chemicals 5%, machinery 3%, grain, wool, meat, coal (2001)
External Debt
	$105,500,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	tenge (KZT) per US dollar - 120.25 (2008 est.), 122.55 (2007), 126.09 (2006), 132.88 (2005), 136.04 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	13
Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal	Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural River in eastern-most Europe
Area
36,125 km sq	2,724,900 km sq
Coastline
350 km	0 km
Climate
tropical; generally hot and humid; monsoonal-type rainy season (June to November) with southwesterly winds; dry season (December to May) with northeasterly harmattan winds	continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid

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