India vs Bangladesh

Country
India	Bangladesh
Leader
President: Pranab Mukherjee	President: Abdul Hamid
Population
1,236,344,631	166,280,712
Life Expectancy
67.800 years	70.650 years
Capital City
New Delhi	Dhaka
Largest city
Mumbai (population: 12,691,800)	Dhaka (population: 10,356,500)
Human Development Index
0.609	0.524
GDP per capita
$4,000 US	$2,100 US
Literacy Rate
61%	43.1%
Corruption Perception Index
3.4	2.1
Percentage of Women in Parliament
9.2%	0%
Wealthiest Citizens
Mukesh Ambani ($19.5bn US)	NA
Unemployment Rate
8.800%	5.000%
Death Penalty
Legal	Legal
Political System
federal republic	parliamentary democracy
Independence date
15 August 1947 (from UK)	16 December 1971 (from West Pakistan); note - 26 March 1971 is the date of independence from West Pakistan, 16 December 1971 is known as Victory Day and commemorates the official creation of the state of Bangladesh
Religions
Hindu 80.5%, Muslim 13.4%, Christian 2.3%, Sikh 1.9%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.1% (2001 census)	Muslim 83%, Hindu 16%, other 1% (1998)
Languages
Hindi 41%, Bengali 8.1%, Telugu 7.2%, Marathi 7%, Tamil 5.9%, Urdu 5%, Gujarati 4.5%, Kannada 3.7%, Malayalam 3.2%, Oriya 3.2%, Punjabi 2.8%, Assamese 1.3%, Maithili 1.2%, other 5.9% note: English enjoys associate status but is the most important language for national, political, and commercial communication; Hindi is the national language and primary tongue of 41% of the people; there are 14 other official languages: Bengali, Telugu, Marathi, Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Oriya, Punjabi, Assamese, Kashmiri, Sindhi, and Sanskrit; Hindustani is a popular variant of Hindi/Urdu spoken widely throughout northern India but is not an official language (2001 census)	Bangla (official, also known as Bengali), English
Exports
petroleum products, textile goods, gems and jewelry, engineering goods, chemicals, leather manufactures	garments, jute and jute goods, leather, frozen fish and seafood
External Debt
$412,200,000,000 $	$30,690,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Indian rupees (INR) per US dollar - 43.319 (2008 est.), 41.487 (2007), 45.3 (2006), 44.101 (2005), 45.317 (2004)	taka (BDT) per US dollar - 68.554 (2008 est.), 69.893 (2007), 69.031 (2006), 64.328 (2005), 59.513 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
2.430%	1.350%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
3	0
Location
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan	Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India
Area
3,287,263 km sq	143,998 km sq
Coastline
7,000 km	580 km
Climate
varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate in north	tropical; mild winter (October to March); hot, humid summer (March to June); humid, warm rainy monsoon (June to October)