Malawi and Honduras Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Honduras
Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Population
16,323,044	8,296,693
Life Expectancy
52.310 years	70.710 years
Capital City
	Tegucigalpa
Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)
Human Development Index
0.457	0.714
GDP per capita
	$4,400 US
Literacy Rate
62.7%	80%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	23.4%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	4.800%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished

Political System
multiparty democracy	democratic constitutional republic
Independence date
	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
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)	Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Exports
	coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
	$4,564,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	0.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Area
118,484 km sq	112,090 km sq
Coastline
0 km	820 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

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Malawi vs Honduras