Country
Nigeria Vietnam
Leader
Population
174,507,539 92,477,857
Life Expectancy
52.460 years 72.650 years
Capital City
Abuja Hanoi
Largest city
Lagos (population: 9,000,000) Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
Human Development Index
0.499 0.718 GDP per capita $2,700 US $3,500 US
Literacy Rate
68% 90.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7 2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
7.3% 25.8% Wealthiest Citizens Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US) NA Unemployment Rate 23.900% 4.500%
Death Penalty
Legal Legal
Political System
federal republic Communist state
Independence date
1 October 1960 (from UK) 2 September 1945 (from France) Religions Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census) Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) Exports petroleum and petroleum products 95%, cocoa, rubber crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes External Debt $10,100,000,000 $ $41,850,000,000 US Exchange Rate nairas (NGN) per US dollar - 117.8 (2008 est.), 127.46 (2007), 127.38 (2006), 132.59 (2005), 132.89 (2004) dong (VND) per US dollar - 16,548.3 (2008 est.), 16,119 (2007), 15,983 (2006), 15,746 (2005), NA (2004) Military Budget as percentage of GDP 0.900% 2.500% Beijing Olympics Medal Count 4 1 Location Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia Area 923,768 km sq 331,210 km sq Coastline 853 km 3,444 km Climate varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
