Singapore and Senegal Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Singapore	Senegal
Leader
President: Tony Tan Prime minister: Lee Hsien Loong	President: Macky Sall
Population
5,353,494	12,969,606
Life Expectancy
83.750 years	60.180 years
Capital City
Singapore	Dakar
Largest city
Singapore (population: 3,547,810)	Dakar (population: 2,476,400)
Human Development Index
0.918	0.502
GDP per capita
$60,500 US	$1,900 US
Literacy Rate
92.5%	39.3%
Corruption Perception Index
9.2	3.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
24.5%	29.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ng Teng Fong & family ($5.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
2.000%	48.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Abolished

Political System
parliamentary republic	republic
Independence date
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)	4 April 1960 (from France); note - complete independence achieved upon dissolution of federation with Mali on 20 August 1960
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)	Muslim 94%, Christian 5% (mostly Roman Catholic), indigenous beliefs 1%
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)	French (official), Wolof, Pulaar, Jola, Mandinka
Exports
machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels	fish, groundnuts (peanuts), petroleum products, phosphates, cotton
External Debt
$23,580,000,000 $	$4,429,000,000 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)	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
4.900%	1.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1	0
Location
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia	Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania
Area
697 km sq	196,722 km sq
Coastline
193 km	531 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	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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Singapore vs Senegal