Honduras and Kenya Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Kenya
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	President: Mwai Kibaki
Population
8,296,693	43,013,341
Life Expectancy
70.710 years	63.070 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Nairobi
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Nairobi (population: 2,750,550)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.532
GDP per capita
$4,400 US	$1,800 US
Literacy Rate
80%	85.1%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	2.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	9.8%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.800%	40.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished in practice

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	12 December 1963 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Protestant 45%, Roman Catholic 33%, Muslim 10%, indigenous beliefs 10%, other 2% note: a large majority of Kenyans are Christian, but estimates for the percentage of the population that adheres to Islam or indigenous beliefs vary widely
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	English (official), Kiswahili (official), numerous indigenous languages
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	tea, horticultural products, coffee, petroleum products, fish, cement
External Debt
$4,564,000,000 $	$8,947,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)	Kenyan shillings (KES) per US dollar - 68.358 (2008 est.), 68.309 (2007), 72.101 (2006), 75.554 (2005), 79.174 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%	2.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	14
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	Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania
Area
112,090 km sq	580,367 km sq
Coastline
820 km	536 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	varies from tropical along coast to arid in interior

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