Honduras and Mali Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Mali
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	Interim president: Dioncounda Traore
Population
8,448,465	15,968,882
Life Expectancy
70.810 years	54.550 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Bamako
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Bamako (population: 1,297,280)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.391
GDP per capita
$4,600 US	$1,100 US
Literacy Rate
80%	46.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	3.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	10.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.500%	30.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished in practice

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	22 September 1960 (from France)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Muslim 90%, Christian 1%, indigenous beliefs 9%
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	French (official), Bambara 80%, numerous African languages
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	cotton, gold, livestock
External Debt
$4,884,000,000 $	$2,725,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	1.300%
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, southwest of Algeria
Area
112,090 km sq	1,240,192 km sq
Coastline
820 km	0 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	subtropical to arid; hot and dry (February to June); rainy, humid, and mild (June to November); cool and dry (November to February)

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