This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Cape Verde and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
The data for each country can be found here: Cape Verde and United States
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Cape Verde
United States
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
Details for Cape Verde and the United StatesCape Verde | United States | |
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Population: | 587,925 | 331,894,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 145.9 | 33.8 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 70 years | Ø 74 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 78 years | Ø 79 years |
Average age: | Ø 26.8 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birth rate: | 16.95 ‰ | 11.00 ‰ |
Death rate: | 6.03 ‰ | 10.40 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.57 ‰ | 3.01 ‰ |
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: | 68 | 67 |
Civil rights: | 55 | 83 |
Health: | 53 | 69 |
Climate: | 70 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 58 | 34 |
Popularity: | 30 | 71 |
Economy
Details for Cape Verde and the United StatesCape Verde | United States | |
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Currency: | Cape Verdean escudo (1 CVE = 100 Centavos) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 13.6 % | 3.6 % |
Inflation rate: | 1.86 % | 8.00 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 43.35 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.50 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 3,190 US$ | 70,930 US$ |
Government debt (% of GDP): | 142.30 % | 115.28 % |
Corruption index: | 79 (very bad) | 31 (moderate) |
CPV: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 1,936 M US$ | 3.29 M US$ | 23,315,081 M US$ | 70.25 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 1,874 M US$ | 3.19 M US$ | 23,539,918 M US$ | 70.93 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 855 M US$ | 1.45 M US$ | 2,556,638 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 1,301 M US$ | 2.21 M US$ | 3,401,688 M US$ | 10.25 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Cape Verde and the United StatesCPV: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,350 km | 2.30 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
Harbours: | 46 | 0.0782 | 3,627 | 0.0109 |
Passenger airports: | 6 | 0.0102 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Cape Verde and the United StatesCPV: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Production capacity: | 1.80 bn kWh | 3.05 m kWh | 10.015 tn kWh | 30.18 m kWh |
Energy consumption: | 436.85 m kWh | 743,043.76 kWh | 3.898 tn kWh | 11.74 m kWh |
Energy production: | 469.00 m kWh | 797,720.80 kWh | 4.049 tn kWh | 12.20 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 14.13 bn kWh | 42,587.96 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 61.45 bn kWh | 185,146.19 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 645,300.00 t | 1,097.59 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Cape Verde and the United StatesCape 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: | 53,586 | 91 | 101,526,000 | 306 |
Mobile cellulars: | 590,171 | 1004 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
Internet server: | 38 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
Internet users: | 379,212 | 645 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
Broadband Internet: | 30,532 | 52 | 125,885,000 | 379 |
Healthcare system
Details for Cape Verde and the United StatesCape Verde | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 2.10 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.77 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 2.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.39 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.35 ‰ | 0.03 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 91.0 % | 74.0 % |
Smokers: | 11.4 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Cape Verde and United States
Cape Verde | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 27.4 °C | 18.9 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 21.1 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 23.8 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 73 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 0.9 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.1 | 7.2 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
Cape Verde
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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 % |