Honduras and Cape Verde Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Cape Verde
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	President: Jorge Carlos Fonseca
Population
8,448,465	531,046
Life Expectancy
70.810 years	71.280 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Praia
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Praia (population: 113,364)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.705
GDP per capita
$4,600 US	$4,100 US
Literacy Rate
80%	76.6%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	5.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	18.1%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.500%	21.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	5 July 1975 (from Portugal)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Roman Catholic (infused with indigenous beliefs), Protestant (mostly Church of the Nazarene)
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	Portuguese, Crioulo (a blend of Portuguese and West African words)
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	fuel, shoes, garments, fish, hides
External Debt
$4,884,000,000 $	$741,300,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)	Cape Verdean escudos (CVE) per US dollar - 73.84 (2008 est.), 81.235 (2007), 87.946 (2006), 88.67 (2005), 88.808 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	0.400%
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	Western Africa, group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Senegal
Area
112,090 km sq	4,033 km sq
Coastline
820 km	965 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	temperate; warm, dry summer; precipitation meager and very erratic

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