Mauritius and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Mauritius	Burma
Leader
President: Rajkeswur Purryag	President : Thein Sein
Population
1,313,095	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
74.710 years	65.240 years
Capital City
Port Louis	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Port Louis (population: 155,226)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.802	NA
GDP per capita
$15,100 US	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
84.4%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
5.5	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
17.1%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
7.800%	5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	NA

Political System
parliamentary democracy	military junta
Independence date
12 March 1968 (from UK)	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Hindu 48%, Roman Catholic 23.6%, Muslim 16.6%, other Christian 8.6%, other 2.5%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.4% (2000 census)	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
Creole 80.5%, Bhojpuri 12.1%, French 3.4%, English (official; spoken by less than 1% of the population), other 3.7%, unspecified 0.3% (2000 census)	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
clothing and textiles, sugar, cut flowers, molasses, fish	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$5,205,000,000 $	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Mauritian rupees (MUR) per US dollar - 27.973 (2008 est.), 31.798 (2007), 31.656 (2006), 29.496 (2005), 27.499 (2004)	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
0.300%	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	0
Location
Southern Africa, island in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
2,040 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
177 km	1,930 km
Climate
tropical, modified by southeast trade winds; warm, dry winter (May to November); hot, wet, humid summer (November to May)	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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Mauritius vs Burma