Malawi and Burkina Faso Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Burkina Faso
Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Blaise Compaore
Population
16,323,044	17,275,115
Life Expectancy
52.310 years	54.070 years
Capital City
	Ouagadougou
Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Ouagadougou (population: 1,086,500)
Human Development Index
0.457	0.372
GDP per capita
	$1,500 US
Literacy Rate
62.7%	21.8%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	3.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	15.3%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	77.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished in practice

Political System
multiparty democracy	parliamentary republic
Independence date
	5 August 1960 (from France)
Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Muslim 50%, indigenous beliefs 40%, Christian (mainly Roman Catholic) 10%
Languages
Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)	French (official), native African languages belonging to Sudanic family spoken by 90% of the population
Exports
	cotton, livestock, gold
External Debt
	$2,335,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 493.51 (2007), 522.59 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.200%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Western Africa, north of Ghana
Area
118,484 km sq	274,200 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	tropical; warm, dry winters; hot, wet summers

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Malawi vs Burkina Faso