Malawi and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Burma
Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President : Thein Sein
Population
16,323,044	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
52.310 years	65.240 years
Capital City
	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.457	NA
GDP per capita
	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
62.7%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	NA

Political System
multiparty democracy	military junta
Independence date
	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
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)	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
118,484 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
0 km	1,930 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

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Malawi vs Burma