Jordan and Gabon Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Jordan	Gabon
Leader
Head of state: King Abdullah II	President: Ali Ben Bongo
Population
6,508,887	1,608,321
Life Expectancy
80.180 years	52.290 years
Capital City
Amman	Libreville
Largest city
Amman (population: 1,275,860)	Libreville (population: 578,156)
Human Development Index
0.769	0.729
GDP per capita
$6,000 US	$16,400 US
Literacy Rate
89.9%	63.2%
Corruption Perception Index
5.1	3.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.5%	16.1%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
12.300%	21.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
constitutional monarchy	republic; multiparty presidential regime
Independence date
25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)	17 August 1960 (from France)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 92%, Christian 6% (majority Greek Orthodox, but some Greek and Roman Catholics, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox, and Protestant denominations), other 2% (several small Shia Muslim and Druze populations) (2001 est.)	Christian 55%-75%, animist, Muslim less than 1%
Languages
Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes	French (official), Fang, Myene, Nzebi, Bapounou/Eschira, Bandjabi
Exports
clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals	crude oil 77%, timber, manganese, uranium (2001)
External Debt
$7,644,000,000 $	$2,726,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Jordanian dinars (JOD) per US dollar - 0.709 (2008 est.), 0.709 (2007), 0.709 (2006), 0.709 (2005), 0.709 (2004)	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XAF) per US dollar 441.72 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
8.600%	0.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia	Western Africa, bordering the Atlantic Ocean at the Equator, between Republic of the Congo and Equatorial Guinea
Area
89,342 km sq	267,667 km sq
Coastline
26 km	885 km
Climate
mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)	tropical; always hot, humid

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