Mongolia and Honduras Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Mongolia	Honduras
Leader
President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj	President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Population
3,226,516	8,448,465
Life Expectancy
68.950 years	70.810 years
Capital City
Ulaanbaatar	Tegucigalpa
Largest city
Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)	Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)
Human Development Index
0.72	0.714
GDP per capita
$5,400 US	$4,600 US
Literacy Rate
97.8%	80%
Corruption Perception Index
3	2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
4.2%	23.4%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
9.000%	4.500%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
mixed parliamentary/presidential	democratic constitutional republic
Independence date
11 July 1921 (from China)	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)	Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)	Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Exports
copper, apparel, livestock, animal products, cashmere, wool, hides, fluorspar, other nonferrous metals	coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
$2,564,000,000 $	$4,884,000,000 US
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)	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
0.800%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
4	0
Location
Northern Asia, between China and Russia	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
1,564,116 km sq	112,090 km sq
Coastline
0 km	820 km
Climate
desert; continental (large daily and seasonal temperature ranges)	subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

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