Uruguay and Norway Comparison - Examine Similarities and Differences

Country
Uruguay	Norway
Leader
President: Jose Mujica	King: Harald V Prime minister: Jens Stoltenberg
Population
3,316,328	4,707,270
Life Expectancy
76.410 years	80.320 years
Capital City
Montevideo	Oslo
Largest city
Montevideo (population: 1,270,740)	Oslo (population: 839,423)
Human Development Index
0.859	0.968
GDP per capita
$15,300 US	$54,200 US
Literacy Rate
98%	100%
Corruption Perception Index
6.9	7.9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
12.3%	36.1%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA	Stein Erik Hagen & family ($3.1bn US)
Unemployment Rate
6.000%	3.300%
Death Penalty
Abolished	Abolished

Political System
constitutional republic	constitutional monarchy
Independence date
25 August 1825 (from Brazil)	7 June 1905 (Norway declared the union with Sweden dissolved); 26 October 1905 (Sweden agreed to the repeal of the union)
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)	Church of Norway 85.7%, Pentecostal 1%, Roman Catholic 1%, other Christian 2.4%, Muslim 1.8%, other 8.1% (2004)
Languages
Spanish, Portunol, or Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)	Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami is official in six municipalities
Exports
meat, rice, leather products, wool, fish, dairy products	petroleum and petroleum products, machinery and equipment, metals, chemicals, ships, fish
External Debt
$15,400,000,000 $	$644,500,000,000 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)	Norwegian kroner (NOK) per US dollar - 5.6361 (2008), 5.86 (2007), 6.418 (2006), 6.445 (2005), 6.7327 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
1.600%	1.900%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
0	10
Location
Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Argentina and Brazil	Northern Europe, bordering the North Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of Sweden
Area
176,215 km sq	323,802 km sq
Coastline
660 km	25,148 km
Climate
warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown	temperate along coast, modified by North Atlantic Current; colder interior with increased precipitation and colder summers; rainy year-round on west coast

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