Uruguay and Burundi Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Uruguay
Leader
President: Jose Mujica	President: Pierre Nkurunziza
Population
3,316,328	10,557,259
Life Expectancy
76.410 years	59.240 years
Capital City
Montevideo
Largest city
Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)	Bujumbura (population: 331,700)
Human Development Index
0.859	0.382
GDP per capita
$15,300 US
Literacy Rate
98%	59.3%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	1.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%	31.7%
Wealthiest Citizens

Unemployment Rate
6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional republic	republic
Independence date
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)
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)	Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%
Languages
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)	Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)
Exports
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products
External Debt
$15,400,000,000 $
Exchange Rate
Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar - 20.438 (2008 est.), 23.947 (2007), 24.048 (2006), 24.479 (2005), 28.704 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.600%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count

Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil	Central Africa, east of Democratic Republic of the Congo
Area
176,215 km sq	27,830 km sq
Coastline
660 km	0 km
Climate
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown	equatorial; high plateau with considerable altitude variation (772 m to 2,670 m above sea level); average annual temperature varies with altitude from 23 to 17 degrees centigrade but is generally moderate as the average altitude is about 1,700 m; average annual rainfall is about 150 cm; two wet seasons (February to May and September to November), and two dry seasons (June to August and December to January)

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Uruguay vs Burundi