President: Nguyen Minh Triet Secretary-general of the Communist Party : Nguyen Phu Trong
President: Otto Perez Molina
Population
91,519,289
14,099,032
Life Expectancy
72.410 years
71.170 years
Capital City
Hanoi
Guatemala
Largest city
Thanh pho Ho Chi Minh (population: 3,467,330)
Guatemala City (population: 994,938)
Human Development Index
0.718
0.696
GDP per capita
$3,400 US
$5,100 US
Literacy Rate
90.3%
69.1%
Corruption Perception Index
2.7
3.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
25.8%
12%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
2.300%
4.100%
Death Penalty
Legal
Legal
Political System
Communist state
constitutional democratic republic
Independence date
2 September 1945 (from France)
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Religions
Buddhist 9.3%, Catholic 6.7%, Hoa Hao 1.5%, Cao Dai 1.1%, Protestant 0.5%, Muslim 0.1%, none 80.8% (1999 census)
Roman Catholic, Protestant, indigenous Mayan beliefs
Languages
Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian)
Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (23 officially recognized Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca)
coffee, sugar, petroleum, apparel, bananas, fruits and vegetables, cardamom
External Debt
$39,730,000,000 $
$15,670,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
dong (VND) per US dollar - 16,548.3 (2008 est.), 16,119 (2007), 15,983 (2006), 15,746 (2005), NA (2004)
quetzales (GTQ) per US dollar - 7.5895 (2008 est.), 7.6833 (2007), 7.6026 (2006), 7.6339 (2005), 7.9465 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.500%
0.400%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1
0
Location
Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia
Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico, and bordering the Gulf of Honduras (Caribbean Sea) between Honduras and Belize
Area
331,210 km sq
108,889 km sq
Coastline
3,444 km
400 km
Climate
tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (May to September) and warm, dry season (October to March)
tropical; hot, humid in lowlands; cooler in highlands
