General information
Switzerland | United States | |
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Region: | Western Europe | North America |
Area: | 41,290 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | German | English |
Government form: | Federal republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1499 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Bern | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Switzerland | United States | |
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Population: | 8,637,000 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 209.2 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 42.7 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 9.90 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 8.80 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 4.55 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Switzerland | United States | |
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Political stability: | 93 | 60 |
Civil rights: | 99 | 81 |
Health: | 93 | 71 |
Climate: | 34 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 1 | 23 |
Popularity: | 46 | 67 |
Economy
Switzerland | United States | |
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Currency: | Swiss Franc (1 CHF = 100 Rappen) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.3 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.58 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 144.71 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 28.80 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 82,620 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 84 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 752,248 M US$ | 87.10 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 713,590 M US$ | 82.62 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 468,683 M US$ | 54.27 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 416,573 M US$ | 48.23 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 71,557 km | 8.29 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Railways: | 3,236 km | 0.37 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 1,292 km | 0.15 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 28 | 0.003 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 63 | 0.007 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
CHE: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 58.46 bn kWh | 6.77 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 59.01 bn kWh | 6.83 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 30.17 bn kWh | 3.49 m kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 34.10 bn kWh | 3.95 m kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 37.48 m t | 4,339.69 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Switzerland | United States | |
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International dialing: | +41 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .ch | .us |
CHE total | CHE per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 2,952,000 | 342 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 10,900,000 | 1262 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 5,301,000 | 614 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 8,044,931 | 931 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 4,028,238 | 466 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Switzerland | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 4.63 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.24 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 5.7 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.05 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 68.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 25.5 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Switzerland and United StatesSwitzerland | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 15.1 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 6.3 °C | 7.1 °C |
Water temperature: | 10.8 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.5 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.2 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Switzerland | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
German: | 62.5 % | 0.6 % |
French: | 21.3 % | 0.7 % |
Spanish: | 1.1 % | 10.7 % |
Italian: | 8.3 % | 0.6 % |
Croatian: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Albanian: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Portuguese: | 1.2 % | 0.2 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
Romansh: | 0.5 % | n/a |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 2.4 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Switzerland | United States | |
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Christianity: | 70.8 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 21.4 % | n/a |
Islam: | 4.9 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | 0.2 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 2.7 % | 15.3 % |