Ukraine and Laos Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Ukraine	Laos
Leader
President: Viktor Yanukovych	President: Choummaly Sayasone
Population
44,854,065	6,586,266
Life Expectancy
68.740 years	62.770 years
Capital City
Kyiv (Kiev)	Vientiane (Viangchan)
Largest city
Kiev (population: 2,514,230)	Vientiane (population: 196,731)
Human Development Index
0.786	0.608
GDP per capita
$7,300 US	$2,700 US
Literacy Rate
99.4%	68.7%
Corruption Perception Index
2.5	2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
8.2%	25.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
Victor Pinchuk ($2.6bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
7.000%	2.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished in practice

Political System
republic	Communist state
Independence date
24 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)	19 July 1949 (from France)
Religions
Ukrainian Orthodox - Kyiv Patriarchate 50.4%, Ukrainian Orthodox - Moscow Patriarchate 26.1%, Ukrainian Greek Catholic 8%, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox 7.2%, Roman Catholic 2.2%, Protestant 2.2%, Jewish 0.6%, other 3.2% (2006 est.)	Buddhist 67%, Christian 1.5%, other and unspecified 31.5% (2005 census)
Languages
Ukrainian (official) 67%, Russian 24%, other 9% (includes small Romanian-, Polish-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities)	Lao (official), French, English, and various ethnic languages
Exports
ferrous and nonferrous metals, fuel and petroleum products, chemicals, machinery and transport equipment, food products	wood products, coffee, electricity, tin, copper, gold
External Debt
$123,700,000,000 $	$5,953,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
hryvnia (UAH) per US dollar - 4.9523 (2008 est.), 5.05 (2007), 5.05 (2006), 5.1247 (2005), 5.3192 (2004)	kips (LAK) per US dollar - 8,760.69 (2008 est.), 9,658 (2007), 10,235 (2006), 10,820 (2005), 10,585.5 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.400%	0.500%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
27	0
Location
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east	Southeastern Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam
Area
603,550 km sq	236,800 km sq
Coastline
2,782 km	0 km
Climate
temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south	tropical monsoon; rainy season (May to November); dry season (December to April)

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