Honduras and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Senegal
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	President: Macky Sall
Population
8,296,693	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
70.710 years	60.180 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Dakar
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.502
GDP per capita
$4,400 US	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
80%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.800%	48.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
$4,564,000,000 $	$4,429,000,000 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.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (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
0.600%	1.400%
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, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
112,090 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
820 km	531 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

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