Uruguay and Burma Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Uruguay	Burma
Leader
President: Jose Mujica	President : Thein Sein
Population
3,316,328	54,584,650
Life Expectancy
76.410 years	65.240 years
Capital City
Montevideo	Rangoon (Yangon)
Largest city
Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)	Rangoon (population: 4,477,640)
Human Development Index
0.859	NA
GDP per capita
$15,300 US	$1,300 US
Literacy Rate
98%	89.9%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	NA
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%	NA
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
6.000%	5.500%
Death Penalty
Abolished	NA

Political System
constitutional republic	military junta
Independence date
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)	4 January 1948 (from UK)
Religions
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)	Buddhist 89%, Christian 4% (Baptist 3%, Roman Catholic 1%), Muslim 4%, animist 1%, other 2%
Languages
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)	Burmese, minority ethnic groups have their own languages
Exports
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products	natural gas, wood products, pulses, beans, fish, rice, clothing, jade and gems
External Debt
$15,400,000,000 $	$5,811,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)	kyats (MMK) per US dollar - 1,205 (2008 est.), 1,296 (2007), 1,280 (2006), 5.761 (2005), 5.7459 (2004) note: unofficial exchange rates ranged in 2004 from 815 kyat/US dollar to nearly 970 kyat/US dollar, and by yearend 2005, the unofficial exchange rate was 1,075 kyat/US dollar; data shown for 2003-05 are official exchange rates
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.600%	2.100%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil	Southeastern Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Bangladesh and Thailand
Area
176,215 km sq	676,578 km sq
Coastline
660 km	1,930 km
Climate
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown	tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April)

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