Country
Nigeria Haiti
Leader
Population
170,123,740 9,801,664
Life Expectancy
52.050 years 62.510 years
Capital City
Abuja Port-au-Prince
Largest city
Lagos (population: 9,000,000) Port-au-Prince (population: 1,234,740)
Human Development Index
0.499 0.521 GDP per capita $2,600 US $1,300 US
Literacy Rate
68% 52.9%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7 1.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.3% 5.2% Wealthiest Citizens Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 21.000% 40.600%
Death Penalty
Legal Abolished
Political System
federal republic republic
Independence date
1 October 1960 (from UK) 1 January 1804 (from France) Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% Roman Catholic 80%, Protestant 16% (Baptist 10%, Pentecostal 4%, Adventist 1%, other 1%), none 1%, other 3% note: roughly half of the population practices voodoo Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani French (official), Creole (official) Exports petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber apparel, manufactures, oils, cocoa, mangoes, coffee External Debt $10,430,000,000 $ $665,100,000 US Exchange Rate nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004) gourdes (HTG) per US dollar - 39.216 (2008 est.), 37.138 (2007), 40.232 (2006), 40.449 (2005), 38.352 (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 1.500% 0.400% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 4 0 Location Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Caribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic Area 923,768 km sq 27,750 km sq Coastline 853 km 1,771 km Climate varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north tropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
