General information
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Region: | Western Europe | Northern Europe |
Area: | 41,290 km² | 385,203 km² |
Official language: | German | Norwegian |
Government form: | Federal republic | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
Independent since: | 1499 AD | 1905 AD |
Capital: | Bern | Oslo |
Population
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Population: | 8,637,000 | 5,379,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 209.2 | 14.0 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 82 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 85 years |
Average age: | Ø 42.7 years | Ø 39.5 years |
Birthrate: | 9.90 ‰ | 9.80 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 8.80 ‰ | 7.50 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 4.55 ‰ | 3.95 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Political stability: | 91 | 88 |
Civil rights: | 99 | 99 |
Health: | 93 | 90 |
Climate: | 34 | 16 |
Cost of Living: | 42 | 39 |
Popularity: | 46 | 37 |
Economy
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Currency: | Swiss Franc (1 CHF = 100 Rappen) | Norwegian Krone (1 NOK =100 Øre) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.3 % | 5.0 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.58 % | 3.48 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 144.71 % | 123.85 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 28.80 % | 36.20 % |
Average income: | 82,620 US$ | 78,290 US$ |
Corruption index: | 84 (good) | 85 (good) |
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | NOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 752,248 M US$ | 87.10 M US$ | 362,198 M US$ | 67.33 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 713,590 M US$ | 82.62 M US$ | 421,184 M US$ | 78.29 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 468,683 M US$ | 54.27 M US$ | 116,718 M US$ | 21.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 416,573 M US$ | 48.23 M US$ | 119,632 M US$ | 22.24 M US$ |
Infrastructure
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | NOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 71,557 km | 8.29 km | 94,902 km | 17.64 km |
Railways: | 3,236 km | 0.37 km | 4,200 km | 0.78 km |
Waterways: | 1,292 km | 0.15 km | 1,577 km | 0.29 km |
Harbours: | 28 | 0.003 | 1,644 | 0.306 |
Airports: | 63 | 0.007 | 95 | 0.018 |
Energy balance
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | NOR: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 58.46 bn kWh | 6.77 m kWh | 122.20 bn kWh | 22.72 m kWh |
Energy production: | 59.01 bn kWh | 6.83 m kWh | 147.70 bn kWh | 27.46 m kWh |
Energy export: | 30.17 bn kWh | 3.49 m kWh | 15.53 bn kWh | 2.89 m kWh |
Energy imports: | 34.10 bn kWh | 3.95 m kWh | 5.74 bn kWh | 1.07 m kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 37.48 m t | 4,339.69 t | 37.35 m t | 6,943.06 t |
Telecommunication
Switzerland | Norway | |
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International dialing: | +41 | +47 |
Internet domain: | .ch | .no |
CHE total | CHE per 1000 inh. | NOR total | NOR per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 2,952,000 | 342 | 348,808 | 65 |
Mobile cellulars: | 10,900,000 | 1262 | 5,825,584 | 1083 |
Internet server: | 5,301,000 | 614 | 3,588,000 | 667 |
Internet users: | 8,044,931 | 931 | 5,218,091 | 970 |
Broadband Internet: | 4,028,238 | 466 | 2,387,661 | 444 |
Healthcare system
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 4.63 | 3.53 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.24 | 4.63 |
Diabetes: | 5.7 % | 5.3 % |
HIV: | 0.05 % | 0.03 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 68.0 % | 85.0 % |
Smokers: | 25.5 % | 16.2 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Switzerland and NorwaySwitzerland | Norway | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 15.1 °C | 8.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 6.3 °C | 2.0 °C |
Water temperature: | 10.8 °C | 8.8 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 78 % |
Rain days: | 9.5 | 11.5 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.2 | 4.2 |
Native languages
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Norwegian: | n/a | 96.6 % |
German: | 62.5 % | n/a |
French: | 21.3 % | n/a |
Italian: | 8.3 % | n/a |
Croatian: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Albanian: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Portuguese: | 1.2 % | n/a |
Spanish: | 1.1 % | n/a |
Romansh: | 0.5 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 0.5 % |
Danish: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Swedish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
other: | 2.4 % | 2.2 % |
Religions
Switzerland | Norway | |
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Christianity: | 70.8 % | 87.8 % |
Nondenominational: | 21.4 % | n/a |
Islam: | 4.9 % | 2.3 % |
Jewry: | 0.2 % | n/a |
other: | 2.7 % | 9.9 % |