Peru and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Peru	Burma
Leader
President : Ollanta Humala	President : Thein Sein
Population
29,549,517	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
72.730 years	65.240 years
Capital City
Lima	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Lima (population: 7,737,000)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.788	NA
GDP per capita
$10,200 US	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
87.7%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
3.6	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
29.2%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
7.900%	5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished except for special circumstances	NA

Political System
constitutional republic	military junta
Independence date
28 July 1821 (from Spain)	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
Spanish (official), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$36,980,000,000 $	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
1,285,216 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
2,414 km	1,930 km
Climate
varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

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Peru vs Burma