Country
Guyana Mongolia
Leader
Population
741,908 3,179,997
Life Expectancy
67.390 years 68.630 years
Capital City
Georgetown Ulaanbaatar
Largest city
Georgetown (population: 235,017) Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)
Human Development Index
0.725 0.72 GDP per capita $7,600 US $4,800 US
Literacy Rate
98.8% 97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6 3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
29% 4.2% Wealthiest Citizens Unemployment Rate 11.000% 9.900%
Death Penalty
Legal Legal
Political System
republic mixed parliamentary/presidential
Independence date
26 May 1966 (from UK) 11 July 1921 (from China) Religions Hindu 28.4%, Pentecostal 16.9%, Roman Catholic 8.1%, Anglican 6.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 5%, Methodist 1.7%, Jehovah Witness 1.1%, other Christian 17.7%, Muslim 7.2%, other 4.3%, none 4.3% (2002 census) Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004) Languages English, Amerindian dialects, Creole, Caribbean Hindustani (a dialect of Hindi), Urdu Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999) Exports sugar, gold, bauxite, alumina, rice, shrimp, molasses, rum, timber copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals External Debt $1,234,000,000 $ $1,900,000,000 US Exchange Rate Guyanese dollars (GYD) per US dollar - 203.86 (2008 est.), 201.89 (2007), 200.28 (2006), 200.79 (2005), 198.31 (2004) togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 1.800% 1.400% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 0 4 Location Northern South America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Suriname and Venezuela Northern Asia, between China and Russia Area 214,969 km sq 1,564,116 km sq Coastline 459 km 0 km Climate tropical; hot, humid, moderated by northeast trade winds; two rainy seasons (May to August, November to January) desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)
