Singapore and Peru Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Singapore	Peru
Leader
President: Tony Tan Prime minister: Lee Hsien Loong	President : Ollanta Humala
Population
5,353,494	29,549,517
Life Expectancy
83.750 years	72.730 years
Capital City
Singapore	Lima
Largest city
Singapore (population: 3,547,810)	Lima (population: 7,737,000)
Human Development Index
0.918	0.788
GDP per capita
$60,500 US	$10,200 US
Literacy Rate
92.5%	87.7%
Corruption Perception Index
9.2	3.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
24.5%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ng Teng Fong & family ($5.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
2.000%	7.900%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished except for special circumstances

Political System
parliamentary republic	constitutional republic
Independence date
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)	28 July 1821 (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 81%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, other Christian 0.7%, other 0.6%, unspecified or none 16.3% (2003 est.)
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), Quechua (official), Aymara, and a large number of minor Amazonian languages
Exports
machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels	copper, gold, zinc, crude petroleum and petroleum products, coffee, potatoes, asparagus, textiles, fishmeal
External Debt
$23,580,000,000 $	$36,980,000,000 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)	nuevo sol (PEN) per US dollar - 2.9322 (2008 est.), 3.1731 (2007), 3.2742 (2006), 3.2958 (2005), 3.4132 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.900%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	0
Location
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia	Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador
Area
697 km sq	1,285,216 km sq
Coastline
193 km	2,414 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	varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes

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