Honduras and Saint Lucia Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Pearlette Louisy Prime minister: Kenny Anthony
Population
8,296,693	162,178
Life Expectancy
70.710 years	77.040 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Bisee (population: 12,980)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.821
GDP per capita
$4,400 US
Literacy Rate
80%	90.1%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	7.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	17.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Roman Catholic 67.5%, Seventh Day Adventist 8.5%, Pentecostal 5.7%, Rastafarian 2.1%, Anglican 2%, Evangelical 2%, other Christian 5.1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.5% (2001 census)
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	English (official), French patois
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
$4,564,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.600%
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	Caribbean, island between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago
Area
112,090 km sq	616 km sq
Coastline
820 km	158 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	tropical, moderated by northeast trade winds; dry season January to April, rainy season May to August

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