Uruguay and Denmark Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Uruguay	Denmark
Leader
President: Jose Mujica	Queen: Margrethe II Prime Minister: Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Population
3,316,328	5,543,453
Life Expectancy
76.410 years	78.780 years
Capital City
Montevideo	Copenhagen
Largest city
Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)	Copenhagen (population: 1,153,620)
Human Development Index
0.859	0.952
GDP per capita
$15,300 US	$37,600 US
Literacy Rate
98%	99%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	9.3
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%	38%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen ($2.1bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.000%	6.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional republic	constitutional monarchy
Independence date
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)	first organized as a unified state in 10th century; in 1849 became a constitutional monarchy
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)	Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language
Exports
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products	machinery and instruments, meat and meat products, dairy products, fish, pharmaceuticals, furniture, windmills
External Debt
$15,400,000,000 $	$626,900,000,000 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)	Danish kroner (DKK) per US dollar - 5.0236 (2008 est.), 5.4797 (2007), 5.9468 (2006), 5.9969 (2005), 5.9911 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.600%	1.300%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	7
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)
Area
176,215 km sq	43,094 km sq
Coastline
660 km	7,314 km
Climate
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown	temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

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