Paraguay and Egypt Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Paraguay	Egypt
Leader
President: Federico Franco	President: Mohammed Mursi
Population
6,541,591	83,688,164
Life Expectancy
76.400 years	72.930 years
Capital City
Asuncion	Cairo
Largest city
Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)	Cairo (population: 7,734,610)
Human Development Index
0.752	0.716
GDP per capita
$5,500 US	$6,600 US
Literacy Rate
94%	71.4%
Corruption Perception Index
2.4	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%	3.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Nassef Sawiris ($3.1bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.600%	12.200%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
14 May 1811 (from Spain)	28 February 1922 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)	Muslim (mostly Sunni) 90%, Coptic 9%, other Christian 1%
Languages
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)	Arabic (official), English and French widely understood by educated classes
Exports
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather	crude oil and petroleum products, cotton, textiles, metal products, chemicals
External Debt
$5,330,000,000 $	$33,740,000,000 US
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)	Egyptian pounds (EGP) per US dollar - 5.4 (2008 est.), 5.67 (2007), 5.725 (2006), 5.78 (2005), 6.1962 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.000%	3.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	1
Location
Central South America, northeast of Argentina	Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Libya and the Gaza Strip, and the Red Sea north of Sudan, and includes the Asian Sinai Peninsula
Area
406,752 km sq	1,001,450 km sq
Coastline
0 km	2,450 km
Climate
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west	desert; hot, dry summers with moderate winters

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