Guinea-Bissau and Kyrgyzstan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Kyrgyzstan
Leader
Interim president: Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo	Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva
Population
1,628,603	5,496,737
Life Expectancy
49.110 years	69.450 years
Capital City
	Bishkek
Largest city
Bissau (population: 388,028)	Bishkek (population: 900,000)
Human Development Index
0.383	0.694
GDP per capita
	$2,400 US
Literacy Rate
42.4%	98.7%
Corruption Perception Index
1.9	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
14%	25.6%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	8.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
	31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian 10%	Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%
Languages
Portuguese (official), Crioulo, African languages	Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)
Exports
	cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
External Debt
	$3,601,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	2
Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea and Senegal	Central Asia, west of China
Area
36,125 km sq	199,951 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	dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone

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Guinea-Bissau vs Kyrgyzstan