Honduras and Cambodia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Cambodia
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	Head of state: King Norodom Sihamoni
Population
8,296,693	14,952,665
Life Expectancy
70.710 years	63.040 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Phnom Penh
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Phnom Penh (population: 1,573,540)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.575
GDP per capita
$4,400 US	$2,200 US
Literacy Rate
80%	73.6%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	15.8%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.800%	3.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	multiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	9 November 1953 (from France)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Theravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	Khmer (official) 95%, French, English
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
External Debt
$4,564,000,000 $	$5,028,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)	riels (KHR) per US dollar - 4,070.94 (2008 est.), 4,006 (2007), 4,103 (2006), 4,092.5 (2005), 4,016.25 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%	3.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
Area
112,090 km sq	181,035 km sq
Coastline
820 km	443 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	tropical; rainy, monsoon season (May to November); dry season (December to April); little seasonal temperature variation

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