New Zealand and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
New Zealand	Burma
Leader
Prime minister: John Key	President: Thein Sein
Population
4,365,113	55,167,330
Life Expectancy
80.820 years	65.600 years
Capital City
Wellington	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Auckland (population: 417,910)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.944	NA
GDP per capita
$28,800 US	$1,400 US
Literacy Rate
99%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
9.3	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
33.1%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens
Graeme Hart ($4.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
6.500%	5.400%
Death Penalty
Abolished	NA

Political System
parliamentary democracy	military junta
Independence date
26 September 1907 (from UK)	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Anglican 14.9%, Roman Catholic 12.4%, Presbyterian 10.9%, Methodist 2.9%, Pentecostal 1.7%, Baptist 1.3%, other Christian 9.4%, other 3.3%, unspecified 17.2%, none 26% (2001 census)	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
English (official), Maori (official), Sign Language (official)	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
dairy products, meat, wood and wood products, fish, machinery	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$90,230,000,000 $	$5,448,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
New Zealand dollars (NZD) per US dollar - 1.4151 (2008 est.), 1.3811 (2007), 1.5408 (2006), 1.4203 (2005), 1.5087 (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
1.500%	4.800%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
9	0
Location
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
267,710 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
15,134 km	1,930 km
Climate
temperate with sharp regional contrasts	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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