Kyrgyzstan and Burundi Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Kyrgyzstan
Leader
Caretaker president : Roza Otunbayeva	President: Pierre Nkurunziza
Population
5,496,737	10,557,259
Life Expectancy
69.450 years	59.240 years
Capital City
Bishkek
Largest city
Bishkek (population: 900,000)	Bujumbura (population: 331,700)
Human Development Index
0.694	0.382
GDP per capita
$2,400 US
Literacy Rate
98.7%	59.3%
Corruption Perception Index
1.8	1.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.6%	31.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
8.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances	Abolished

Political System
republic	republic
Independence date
31 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Religions
Muslim 75%, Russian Orthodox 20%, other 5%	Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Kyrgyz 64.7% (official), Uzbek 13.6%, Russian 12.5% (official), Dungun 1%, other 8.2% (1999 census)	Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Exports
cotton, wool, meat, tobacco; gold, mercury, uranium, natural gas, hydropower; machinery; shoes
External Debt
$3,601,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
soms (KGS) per US dollar - 36.108 (2008 est.), 37.746 (2007), 40.149 (2006), 41.012 (2005), 42.65 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
0.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	0
Location
Central Asia, west of China	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
199,951 km sq	27,830 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone	equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)

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