Jordan and Mauritania Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Jordan	Mauritania
Leader
Head of state: King Abdullah II	President: Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz
Population
6,482,081	3,437,610
Life Expectancy
80.300 years	61.910 years
Capital City
Amman	Nouakchott
Largest city
Amman (population: 1,275,860)	Nouakchott (population: 661,400)
Human Development Index
0.769	0.557
GDP per capita
$6,000 US	$2,100 US
Literacy Rate
89.9%	51.2%
Corruption Perception Index
5.1	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.5%	19.9%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
12.300%	30.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished in practice

Political System
constitutional monarchy	military junta
Independence date
25 May 1946 (from League of Nations mandate under British administration)	28 November 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.)	Muslim 100%
Languages
Arabic (official), English widely understood among upper and middle classes	Arabic (official and national), Pulaar, Soninke, Wolof (all national languages), French, Hassaniya
Exports
clothing, fertilizers, potash, phosphates, vegetables, pharmaceuticals	iron ore, fish and fish products, gold, copper, petroleum
External Debt
$6,065,000,000 $	$2,942,000,000 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)	ouguiyas (MRO) per US dollar - NA (2007), 271.3 (2006), 267.04 (2005), 265.8 (2004), 263.03 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
9.500%	5.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Middle East, northwest of Saudi Arabia	Northern Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Senegal and Western Sahara
Area
89,342 km sq	1,030,700 km sq
Coastline
26 km	754 km
Climate
mostly arid desert; rainy season in west (November to April)	desert; constantly hot, dry, dusty

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