This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Gibraltar and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Southern Europe | North America |
| Area: | 7 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
| National language: | English | English |
| Government form: | Parliamentary democracy (self-governing territory of the UK) | Federal presidential republic |
| Capital: | Gibraltar | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Details for Gibraltar and the United States| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 32,669 | 331,894,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 4,804.3 | 33.8 |
| Life expectancy males: | Ø 80 years | Ø 75 years |
| Life expectancy females: | Ø 84 years | Ø 80 years |
| Average age: | Ø 35.5 years | Ø 38.5 years |
| Birth rate: | 10.84 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
| Death rate: | 8.69 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
| Migrationrate: | -3.25 ‰ | 3.02 ‰ |
Economy
| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | Gibraltar pound (1 GIP = 100 Pence) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
| Unemployment rate: | 1.0 % | 5.5 % |
| GIB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exported goods: | 202 M US$ | 6.19 M US$ | 2,556,638 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 2,967 M US$ | 90.82 M US$ | 3,401,688 M US$ | 10.25 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Gibraltar and the United States| GIB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 29 km | 0.89 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
| Harbours: | 202 | 6.1832 | 3,627 | 0.0109 |
| Passenger airports: | 1 | 0.0306 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Gibraltar and the United States| GIB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption: | 230.80 m kWh | 7.06 m kWh | 3.902 tn kWh | 11.76 m kWh |
| Energy production: | 238.80 m kWh | 7.31 m kWh | 4.095 tn kWh | 12.34 m kWh |
| Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,211.16 kWh |
| Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,106.27 kWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 634,391.00 t | 19,418.75 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Gibraltar and the United States| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +350 | +1 |
| Internet domain: | .gi | .us |
| GIB total | GIB per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlines: | 17,041 | 522 | 101,526,000 | 306 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 35,438 | 1085 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
| Internet server: | 3,509 | 107 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
| Internet users: | 31,819 | 974 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
| Broadband Internet: | 22,062 | 675 | 127,032,000 | 383 |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Gibraltar and United States
| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime temperatures: | 21.6 °C | 18.9 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 15.9 °C | 7.3 °C |
| Water temperature: | 17.3 °C | 17.7 °C |
| Rel. humidity: | 74 % | 67 % |
| Rain days: | 4.6 | 7.1 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 7.6 | 7.2 |
Native languages
| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| English: | 88.9 % | 82.1 % |
| Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
| Arabic: | 7.4 % | n/a |
| 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 % |
| Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
| other: | 3.7 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
| Gibraltar | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity: | 88.3 % | 78.5 % |
| Islam: | 4.0 % | 1.1 % |
| Nondenominational: | 2.9 % | n/a |
| Jewry: | 2.1 % | 1.8 % |
| Hinduism: | 1.8 % | 1.0 % |
| Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
| Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| other: | 0.9 % | 15.3 % |