Senegal and Belize Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Senegal	Belize
Leader
President: Macky Sall	Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a governor Prime minister: Dean Barrow
Population
12,969,606	327,719
Life Expectancy
60.180 years	68.280 years
Capital City
Dakar	Belmopan
Largest city
Dakar (population: 2,476,400)	Belize City (population: 61,461)
Human Development Index
0.502	0.771
GDP per capita
$1,900 US	$8,400 US
Literacy Rate
39.3%	76.9%
Corruption Perception Index
3.4	2.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
29.2%	11.1%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
48.000%	13.100%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Legal

Political System
republic	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960	21 September 1981 (from UK)
Religions
Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%	Roman Catholic 49.6%, Protestant 27% (Pentecostal 7.4%, Anglican 5.3%, Seventh-Day Adventist 5.2%, Mennonite 4.1%, Methodist 3.5%, Jehovah's Witnesses 1.5%), other 14%, none 9.4% (2000)
Languages
French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka	Spanish 46%, Creole 32.9%, Mayan dialects 8.9%, English 3.9% (official), Garifuna 3.4% (Carib), German 3.3%, other 1.4%, unknown 0.2% (2000 census)
Exports
fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton	sugar, bananas, citrus, clothing, fish products, molasses, wood
External Debt
$4,429,000,000 $	$1,079,000,000 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	Belizean dollars (BZD) per US dollar - 2 (2008 est.), 2 (2007), 2 (2006), 2 (2005), 2 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.400%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Mexico
Area
196,722 km sq	22,966 km sq
Coastline
531 km	386 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid; rainy season (May to November) has strong southeast winds; dry season (December to April) dominated by hot, dry, harmattan wind	tropical; very hot and humid; rainy season (May to November); dry season (February to May)

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