Malawi and Comoros Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Comoros
Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Ikililou Dhoinine
Population
16,323,044	737,284
Life Expectancy
52.310 years	62.740 years
Capital City
	Moroni
Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Moroni (population: 42,872)
Human Development Index
0.457	0.572
GDP per capita
	$1,200 US
Literacy Rate
62.7%	56.5%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	2.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	0%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	20.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
multiparty democracy	republic
Independence date
	6 July 1975 (from France)
Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Sunni Muslim 98%, Roman Catholic 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)	Arabic (official), French (official), Shikomoro (a blend of Swahili and Arabic)
Exports
	vanilla, ylang-ylang (perfume essence), cloves, copra
External Debt
	$279,300,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Comoran francs (KMF) per US dollar - 361.4 (2007), 391.8 (2006), 395.6 (2005), 396.21 (2004), 435.9 (2003) note: the Comoran franc is pegged to the euro at a rate of 491.9677 Comoran francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	2.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Southern Africa, group of islands at the northern mouth of the Mozambique Channel, about two-thirds of the way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
Area
118,484 km sq	2,235 km sq
Coastline
0 km	340 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	tropical marine; rainy season (November to May)

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