Malawi and Egypt Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Egypt
Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Mohammed Mursi
Population
16,323,044	83,688,164
Life Expectancy
52.310 years	72.930 years
Capital City
	Cairo
Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Cairo (population: 7,734,610)
Human Development Index
0.457	0.716
GDP per capita
	$6,600 US
Literacy Rate
62.7%	71.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	3.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Nassef Sawiris ($3.1bn US)
Unemployment Rate
	12.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Legal

Political System
multiparty democracy	republic
Independence date
	28 February 1922 (from UK)
Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
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), English and French widely understood by educated classes
Exports
	crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
External Debt
	$33,740,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.4 (2008 est.), 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	3.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	1
Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
Area
118,484 km sq	1,001,450 km sq
Coastline
0 km	2,450 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

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