General information
Germany | United States | |
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Region: | Western Europe | North America |
Area: | 357,580 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | German | English |
Government form: | Federal parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1955 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Berlin | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Germany | United States | |
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Population: | 83,161,000 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 232.6 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 79 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 83 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 47.8 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 9.30 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 11.90 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 1.50 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Germany | United States | |
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Political stability: | 81 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 94 | 81 |
Health: | 96 | 71 |
Climate: | 21 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 43 | 38 |
Popularity: | 42 | 67 |
Economy
Germany | United States | |
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Currency: | Euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 3.5 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 3.14 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 92.14 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 48.80 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 47,520 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 80 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
DEU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 3,846,414 M US$ | 46.25 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 3,951,937 M US$ | 47.52 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 1,673,706 M US$ | 20.13 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 1,451,647 M US$ | 17.46 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
DEU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 625,000 km | 7.52 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Railways: | 33,422 km | 0.40 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 7,467 km | 0.09 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 599 | 0.007 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 539 | 0.006 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
DEU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 536.50 bn kWh | 6.45 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 612.80 bn kWh | 7.37 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 78.86 bn kWh | 948,282.52 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 28.34 bn kWh | 340,785.27 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 709.54 m t | 8,532.14 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Germany | United States | |
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International dialing: | +49 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .de | .us |
DEU total | DEU per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 38,300,000 | 461 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 107,500,000 | 1293 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 20,043,000 | 241 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 74,760,764 | 899 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 36,215,303 | 435 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Germany | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 8.00 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.21 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 10.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.06 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 69.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 22.0 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Germany and United StatesGermany | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 13.6 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 5.5 °C | 7.1 °C |
Water temperature: | 9.9 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 79 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.8 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 4.7 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Germany | United States | |
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German: | 90.1 % | 0.6 % |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Russian: | 3.6 % | 0.2 % |
Turkish: | 2.6 % | n/a |
South Slavic languages: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Italian: | 0.7 % | 0.6 % |
Greek: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | 0.3 % | 0.3 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 0.9 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Germany | United States | |
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Christianity: | 58.5 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 31.0 % | n/a |
Islam: | 4.7 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | 0.1 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | 0.1 % | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | 0.3 % | 0.7 % |
Yazidism: | 0.3 % | n/a |
other: | 5.1 % | 15.3 % |