Syria
|
Canada
|
|
Population
|
22.8
million (2013)
It has since gone down by the millions. |
35
million (2013)
It
has since gone up by the thousands.
|
Size
|
185,180 sq km
|
9,984,670
sq km (Syria can fit in nearly all of Canada’s provinces.)
|
Average
January Temperature in Capital1
|
7oC (44.6oF)
|
-10.7oC
(12.7oF)
|
Average
July Temperature in Capital1
|
26.90C (8.4oF)
|
20.8oC
(69.4oF)
|
Political
System
|
Dictatorship
|
Full
democracy (citizens can vote in Municipal, Provincial and Federal elections.)
|
Military
rank2
|
42nd
|
14th
|
Poverty
Rate
|
11.9%
(2006 est.)
|
9.4%
(2008 est.)
|
Religion
|
87%
Muslim
>4%
Catholic
>4%
Protestant
>1%
Unaffiliated
|
38.8%
Catholic
20.3% Protestant 23.9% Unaffiliated
3.2%
Muslim
(2011) |
Language(s)
|
Arabic
(official)
|
English
and French (both official)
|
Medium
age
|
23.8
|
43.1
|
Life
Expectancy
|
74.69
|
81.76
|
Literacy
(Of those over fifteen)
|
86.4%
|
Circa
99% (This is an estimate by the author.)
|
Youth
Unemployment rate
|
19.2% (2010 est.)
|
14.3% (2012 est.)
|
Adult
Obesity
|
21.6% (2014)
|
30.1%
(2014)
|
Age
of country
|
54 years
|
148
years
|
Wars
|
Syria has an on-going Civil war with wars against
neighboring nations over the last few decades.
|
Canada
(as a country) has never had an in-territory war but has joined war efforts
in Europe. the Middle East and Western Asia.
|
*Unless otherwise stated the information provided comes from
the CIA’s Factbook.
** If there is no year given one can assume it is from 2015.
No comments:
Post a Comment