Norway and Peru Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Norway	Peru
Leader
King: Harald V Prime minister: Jens Stoltenberg	President : Ollanta Humala
Population
4,707,270	29,549,517
Life Expectancy
80.320 years	72.730 years
Capital City
Oslo	Lima
Largest city
Oslo (population: 839,423)	Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
0.968	0.788
GDP per capita
$54,200 US	$10,200 US
Literacy Rate
100%	87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
7.9	3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
36.1%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Stein Erik Hagen & family ($3.1bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
3.300%	7.900%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
constitutional monarchy	constitutional republic
Independence date
7 June 1905 (Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union)	28 July 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)	Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
Languages
Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities	Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Exports
petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish	copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
External Debt
$644,500,000,000 $	$36,980,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Norwegian kroner (NOK) per US dollar - 5.6361 (2008), 5.86 (2007), 6.418 (2006), 6.445 (2005), 6.7327 (2004)	nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.900%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
10	0
Location
Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden	Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
323,802 km sq	1,285,216 km sq
Coastline
25,148 km	2,414 km
Climate
temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast	varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes

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