Tajikistan and Honduras Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Tajikistan	Honduras
Leader
President: Emomali Sharipovich Rakhmon (Rakhmonov)	President: Porfirio Lobo Sosa
Population
7,910,041	8,448,465
Life Expectancy
66.720 years	70.810 years
Capital City
Dushanbe	Tegucigalpa
Largest city
Dushanbe (population: 543,107)	Tegucigalpa (population: 850,848)
Human Development Index
0.684	0.714
GDP per capita
$2,200 US	$4,600 US
Literacy Rate
99.5%	80%
Corruption Perception Index
2	2.6
Percentage of Women in Parliament
19.6%	23.4%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
2.500%	4.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice	Abolished

Political System
republic	democratic constitutional republic
Independence date
9 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)	15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Sunni Muslim 85%, Shia Muslim 5%, other 10% (2003 est.)	Roman Catholic 97%, Protestant 3%
Languages
Tajik (official), Russian widely used in government and business	Spanish, Amerindian dialects
Exports
aluminum, electricity, cotton, fruits, vegetable oil, textiles	coffee, shrimp, bananas, gold, palm oil, fruit, lobster, lumber
External Debt
$2,200,000,000 $	$4,884,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Tajikistani somoni (TJS) per US dollar - 3.4563 (2008 est.), 3.4418 (2007), 3.3 (2006), 3.1166 (2005), 2.9705 (2004)	lempiras (HNL) per US dollar - 18.983 (2008 est.), 18.9 (2007), 18.895 (2006), 18.92 (2005), 18.206 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.500%	1.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
2	0
Location
Central Asia, west of China	Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua and bordering the Gulf of Fonseca (North Pacific Ocean), between El Salvador and Nicaragua
Area
143,100 km sq	112,090 km sq
Coastline
0 km	820 km
Climate
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains	subtropical in lowlands, temperate in mountains

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