Honduras and Tajikistan Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Honduras	Tajikistan
Leader
President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa	President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)
Population
8,448,465	7,910,041
Life Expectancy
70.810 years	66.720 years
Capital City
Tegucigalpa	Dushanbe
Largest city
Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)	Dushanbe (population: 543,107)
Human Development Index
0.714	0.684
GDP per capita
$4,600 US	$2,200 US
Literacy Rate
80%	99.5%
Corruption Perception Index
2.6	2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
23.4%	19.6%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
4.500%	2.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished in practice

Political System
democratic constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
15 September 1821 (from Spain)	9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%	Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)
Languages
Spanish, Amerindian dialects	Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business
Exports
coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber	aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles
External Debt
$4,884,000,000 $	$2,200,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)	Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	2
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	Central Asia, west of China
Area
112,090 km sq	143,100 km sq
Coastline
820 km	0 km
Climate
subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains	midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains

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