Rwanda and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
	Senegal
Leader
President: Paul Kagame	President: Macky Sall
Population
11,689,696	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
58.440 years	60.180 years
Capital City
	Dakar
Largest city
Kigali (population: 745,261)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.435	0.502
GDP per capita
	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
70.4%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
3	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
50.9%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
	48.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
republic; presidential, multiparty system	republic
Independence date
	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
Religions
Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous beliefs 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
Languages
Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in commercial centers	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
	$4,429,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
	Communaute Financiere Africaine francs (XOF) per US dollar 438.77 (2008 est.), 481.83 (2007), 522.89 (2006), 527.47 (2005), 528.29 (2004) note: since 1 January 1999, the XOF franc has been pegged to the euro at a rate of 655.957 XOF francs per euro
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
26,338 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
0 km	531 km
Climate
temperate; two rainy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with frost and snow possible	tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind

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Rwanda vs Senegal