General information
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Region: | Western Africa | North America |
Area: | 4,030 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Portuguese | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1975 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Praia | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Population: | 555,988 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 138.0 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 70 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 76 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 26.8 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 19.06 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 5.58 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.58 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Political stability: | 67 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 53 | 81 |
Health: | 51 | 71 |
Climate: | 78 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 57 | 38 |
Popularity: | 31 | 67 |
Economy
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Currency: | Cape Verdean Escudo (1 CVE = 100 Centavos) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 15.4 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.61 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 49.77 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.50 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 3,060 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 21 (very bad) | 67 (moderate) |
CPV: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 1,704 M US$ | 3.06 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 1,699 M US$ | 3.06 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 414 M US$ | 0.74 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 1,008 M US$ | 1.81 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
CPV: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,350 km | 2.43 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Harbours: | 46 | 0.083 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 9 | 0.016 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
CPV: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 367.40 m kWh | 660,805.63 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 395.00 m kWh | 710,446.99 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 620,000.00 t | 1,115.13 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Cape Verde | United States | |
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International dialing: | +238 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .cv | .us |
CPV total | CPV per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 57,668 | 104 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 544,729 | 980 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 38 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 344,398 | 619 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 24,839 | 45 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.10 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.77 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 2.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.29 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.4 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 89.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 11.7 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Cape Verde and United StatesCape Verde | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 27.1 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 21.5 °C | 7.2 °C |
Water temperature: | 23.9 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 70 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 1.4 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.5 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Crioulo: | 90.0 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Portuguese: | 10.0 % | 0.2 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
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: | 0.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Christianity: | 85.3 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 10.8 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Islam: | 1.8 % | 1.1 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 2.1 % | 15.3 % |