Singapore and Paraguay Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Singapore	Paraguay
Leader
President: Tony Tan Prime minister: Lee Hsien Loong	President: Federico Franco
Population
5,353,494	6,541,591
Life Expectancy
83.750 years	76.400 years
Capital City
Singapore	Asuncion
Largest city
Singapore (population: 3,547,810)	Asuncion (population: 1,482,200)
Human Development Index
0.918	0.752
GDP per capita
$60,500 US	$5,500 US
Literacy Rate
92.5%	94%
Corruption Perception Index
9.2	2.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
24.5%	13.6%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ng Teng Fong & family ($5.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
2.000%	6.600%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
parliamentary republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)	14 May 1811 (from Spain)
Religions
Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)	Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
Languages
Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)	Spanish (official), Guarani (official)
Exports
machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels	soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather
External Debt
$23,580,000,000 $	$5,330,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Singapore dollars (SGD) per US dollar - 1.415 (2008 est.), 1.507 (2007), 1.5889 (2006), 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004)	guarani (PYG) per US dollar - 4,337.7 (2008 est.), 5,031 (2007), 5,672.8 (2006), 6,178 (2005), 5,974.6 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.900%	1.000%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	0
Location
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia	Central South America, northeast of Argentina
Area
697 km sq	406,752 km sq
Coastline
193 km	0 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms	subtropical to temperate; substantial rainfall in the eastern portions, becoming semiarid in the far west

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