Mongolia and Congo, Democratic Republic of the Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Mongolia
Leader
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj	President: Joseph Kabila
Population
3,179,997	73,599,190
Life Expectancy
68.630 years	55.740 years
Capital City
Ulaanbaatar
Largest city
Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)	Kinshasa (population: 7,785,960)
Human Development Index
0.72	0.361
GDP per capita
$4,800 US
Literacy Rate
97.8%	67.2%
Corruption Perception Index
3	1.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
4.2%	7.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
9.900%
Death Penalty
Legal	NA

Political System
mixed parliamentary/presidential	republic
Independence date
11 July 1921 (from China)
Religions
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)	Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Muslim 10%, other (includes syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs) 10%
Languages
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)	French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
Exports
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals
External Debt
$1,900,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
togrog/tugriks (MNT) per US dollar - 1,170 (2007), 1,165 (2006), 1,205 (2005), 1,185.3 (2004), 1,146.5 (2003)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
4	0
Location
Northern Asia, between China and Russia	Central Africa, northeast of Angola
Area
1,564,116 km sq	2,344,858 km sq
Coastline
0 km	37 km
Climate
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)	tropical; hot and humid in equatorial river basin; cooler and drier in southern highlands; cooler and wetter in eastern highlands; north of Equator - wet season (April to October), dry season (December to February); south of Equator - wet season (November to March), dry season (April to October)

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