Malawi and Palau Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country

Leader
President: Joyce Banda	President: Tommy Remengesau
Population
16,777,547	21,108
Life Expectancy
52.780 years	72.330 years
Capital City

Largest city
Lilongwe (population: 646,750)	Meyungs (population: 1,275)
Human Development Index
0.457	0
GDP per capita

Literacy Rate
62.7%	92%
Corruption Perception Index
2.8	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13%	0%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate

Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished

Political System
multiparty democracy	constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 1 October 1994
Independence date

Religions
Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)	Roman Catholic 41.6%, Protestant 23.3%, Modekngei 8.8% (indigenous to Palau), Seventh-Day Adventist 5.3%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, Latter-Day Saints 0.6%, other 3.1%, unspecified or none 16.4% (2000 census)
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)	Palauan 64.7% official in all islands except Sonsoral (Sonsoralese and English are official), Tobi (Tobi and English are official), and Angaur (Angaur, Japanese, and English are official), Filipino 13.5%, English 9.4%, Chinese 5.7%, Carolinian 1.5%, Japanese 1.5%, other Asian 2.3%, other languages 1.5% (2000 census)
Exports

External Debt

Exchange Rate

Military Budget as percentage of GDP

Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern Africa, east of Zambia	Oceania, group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean, southeast of the Philippines
Area
118,484 km sq	459 km sq
Coastline
0 km	1,519 km
Climate
sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)	tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November

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Malawi vs Palau