Turkey and Malawi Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Turkey
Leader
President: Abdullah Gul	President: Joyce Banda
Population
80,694,485	16,777,547
Life Expectancy
73.030 years	52.780 years
Capital City
Ankara
Largest city
Istanbul (population: 11,174,300)	Lilongwe (population: 646,750)
Human Development Index
0.798	0.457
GDP per capita
$15,000 US
Literacy Rate
87.4%	62.7%
Corruption Perception Index
4.6	2.8
Percentage of Women in Parliament
9.1%	13%
Wealthiest Citizens
Husnu Ozyegin ($2.9bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
9.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished in practice

Political System
republican parliamentary democracy	multiparty democracy
Independence date
29 October 1923 (successor state to the Ottoman Empire)
Religions
Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)	Christian 79.9%, Muslim 12.8%, other 3%, none 4.3% (1998 census)
Languages
Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian note: there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey	Chichewa 57.2% (official), Chinyanja 12.8%, Chiyao 10.1%, Chitumbuka 9.5%, Chisena 2.7%, Chilomwe 2.4%, Chitonga 1.7%, other 3.6% (1998 census)
Exports
apparel, foodstuffs, textiles, metal manufactures, transport equipment
External Debt
$331,400,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Turkish liras (TRY) per US dollar - 1.3179 (2008 est.), 1.319 (2007), 1.4286 (2006), 1.3436 (2005), 1.4255 (2004) note: on 1 January 2005 the old Turkish lira (TRL) was converted to new Turkish lira (TRY) at a rate of 1,000,000 old to 1 new Turkish lira; on 1 January 2009 the Turkish government dropped the word "new" and the currency is now called simply the Turkish lira
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
5.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
8	0
Location
Southeastern Europe and Southwestern Asia (that portion of Turkey west of the Bosporus is geographically part of Europe), bordering the Black Sea, between Bulgaria and Georgia, and bordering the Aegean Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, between Greece and Syria	Southern Africa, east of Zambia
Area
783,562 km sq	118,484 km sq
Coastline
7,200 km	0 km
Climate
temperate; hot, dry summers with mild, wet winters; harsher in interior	sub-tropical; rainy season (November to May); dry season (May to November)

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