Paraguay and Burundi Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Paraguay
Leader
President: Federico Franco	President: Pierre Nkurunziza
Population
6,541,591	10,557,259
Life Expectancy
76.400 years	59.240 years
Capital City
Asuncion
Largest city
Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)	Bujumbura (population: 331,700)
Human Development Index
0.752	0.382
GDP per capita
$5,500 US
Literacy Rate
94%	59.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2.4	1.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%	31.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
6.600%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Religions
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)	Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)	Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Exports
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
External Debt
$5,330,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central South America, northeast of Argentina	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
406,752 km sq	27,830 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west	equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)

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Paraguay vs Burundi