Ireland and Zimbabwe Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Ireland	Zimbabwe
Leader
President: Michael D Higgins	President: Robert Mugabe
Population
4,722,028	12,619,600
Life Expectancy
80.320 years	51.820 years
Capital City
Dublin	Harare
Largest city
Dublin (population: 1,024,030)	Harare (population: 1,542,810)
Human Development Index
0.96	NA
GDP per capita
$40,100 US	$500 US
Literacy Rate
99%	90.7%
Corruption Perception Index
7.7	1.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
15.5%	18.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Pallonji Mistry ($2.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
14.400%	95.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republic, parliamentary democracy	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
6 December 1921 (from UK by treaty)	18 April 1980 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 87.4%, Church of Ireland 2.9%, other Christian 1.9%, other 2.1%, unspecified 1.5%, none 4.2% (2006 census)	syncretic (part Christian, part indigenous beliefs) 50%, Christian 25%, indigenous beliefs 24%, Muslim and other 1%
Languages
English (official) is the language generally used, Irish (Gaelic or Gaeilge) (official) spoken mainly in areas located along the western seaboard	English (official), Shona, Sindebele (the language of the Ndebele, sometimes called Ndebele), numerous but minor tribal dialects
Exports
machinery and equipment, computers, chemicals, pharmaceuticals; live animals, animal products	platinum, cotton, tobacco, gold, ferroalloys, textiles/clothing
External Debt
$2,352,000,000,000 $	$6,440,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6689 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)	Zimbabwean dollars (ZWD) per US dollar - NA (2008 est.), 30,000 (2007), 162.07 (2006), 77.965 (2005), 5.729 (2004) note: these are official exchange rates; non-official rates vary significantly
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.900%	3.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
3	4
Location
Western Europe, occupying five-sixths of the island of Ireland in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Great Britain	Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia
Area
70,273 km sq	390,757 km sq
Coastline
1,448 km	0 km
Climate
temperate maritime; modified by North Atlantic Current; mild winters, cool summers; consistently humid; overcast about half the time	tropical; moderated by altitude; rainy season (November to March)

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