Paraguay and France Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Paraguay	France
Leader
President-elect: Horacio Cartes	President: Francois Hollande
Population
6,623,252	65,951,611
Life Expectancy
76.600 years	81.560 years
Capital City
Asuncion	Paris
Largest city
Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)	Paris (population: 2,138,550)
Human Development Index
0.752	0.955
GDP per capita
$6,100 US	$35,500 US
Literacy Rate
94%	99%
Corruption Perception Index
2.4	6.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
13.6%	19.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Bernard Arnault ($16.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.900%	10.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
14 May 1811 (from Spain)	486 (Frankish tribes unified); 843 (Western Francia established from the division of the Carolingian Empire)
Religions
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)	Roman Catholic 83%-88%, Protestant 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 5%-10%, unaffiliated 4% overseas departments: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, pagan
Languages
Spanish (official), Guarani (official)	French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish) overseas departments: French, Creole patois
Exports
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather	machinery and transportation equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals, pharmaceutical products, iron and steel, beverages
External Debt
$2,245,000,000 $	$5,633,000,000,000 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)	euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6799 (2008 est.), 0.7345 (2007), 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	2.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	40
Location
Central South America, northeast of Argentina	Western Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay and English Channel, between Belgium and Spain, southeast of the UK; bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy and Spain
Area
406,752 km sq	643,801 km sq
Coastline
0 km	0 km
Climate
subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

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