General information
Australia | United States | |
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Region: | Australia/New Zealand | North America |
Area: | 7,741,220 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | English | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary democracy (under constitutional monarchy) | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1901 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Canberra | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Australia | United States | |
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Population: | 25,693,000 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 3.3 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 37.5 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 11.50 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.30 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 7.49 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Australia | United States | |
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Political stability: | 86 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 92 | 81 |
Health: | 87 | 71 |
Climate: | 90 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 23 | 38 |
Popularity: | 41 | 67 |
Economy
Australia | United States | |
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Currency: | Australian Dollar (1 AUD = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.1 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 2.86 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 117.76 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 47.40 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 53,680 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 73 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
AUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 1,327,836 M US$ | 51.68 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 1,379,110 M US$ | 53.68 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 300,764 M US$ | 11.71 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 249,850 M US$ | 9.72 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
AUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 873,573 km | 34.00 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Railways: | 33,343 km | 1.30 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 2,000 km | 0.08 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 581 | 0.023 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 418 | 0.016 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
AUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 229.40 bn kWh | 8.93 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 243.00 bn kWh | 9.46 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 386.62 m t | 15,047.52 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Australia | United States | |
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International dialing: | +61 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .au | .us |
AUS total | AUS per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 6,200,000 | 241 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 27,454,000 | 1069 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 17,081,000 | 665 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 22,230,850 | 865 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 9,099,619 | 354 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Australia | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 3.84 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 3.59 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 5.6 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.06 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 86.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 13.6 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Australia and United StatesAustralia | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 24.4 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 12.6 °C | 7.1 °C |
Water temperature: | 26.3 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 64 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 5.9 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.0 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Australia | United States | |
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English: | 76.8 % | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | 2.8 % | 0.9 % |
Italian: | 1.4 % | 0.6 % |
Arabic: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Greek: | 1.1 % | n/a |
Vietnamese: | 1.1 % | 0.2 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 15.5 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Australia | United States | |
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Christianity: | 62.1 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 22.3 % | n/a |
Buddhism: | 2.5 % | 0.7 % |
Islam: | 2.2 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | 0.5 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | 0.5 % | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | 1.3 % | 1.0 % |
other: | 8.6 % | 15.3 % |