General information
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Region: | Western Africa | North America |
Area: | 36,130 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Portuguese | English |
Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1974 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Bissau | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Population: | 1,921,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 53.2 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 56 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 60 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 19.1 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 35.13 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 9.61 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -3.72 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)Visit also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life (in german only)
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Political stability: | 52 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 17 | 83 |
Health: | 7 | 74 |
Climate: | 52 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 60 | 34 |
Popularity: | 24 | 86 |
Economy
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Currency: | West African Franc | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 3.2 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.25 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 45.14 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 45.50 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 820 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 19 (very bad) | 67 (moderate) |
GNB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 1,339 M US$ | 0.70 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 1,570 M US$ | 0.82 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 380 M US$ | 0.20 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 459 M US$ | 0.24 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
GNB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 4,400 km | 2.29 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Harbours: | 8 | 0.004 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 8 | 0.004 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
GNB: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 36.27 m kWh | 18,881.56 kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 39.00 m kWh | 20,302.75 kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 293,360.00 t | 152.72 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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International dialing: | +245 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .gw | .us |
GNB total | GNB per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Mobile phones: | 1,590,380 | 828 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 90 | 0 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 75,502 | 39 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 1.00 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.20 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 2.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 1.85 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 3.6 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 71.0 % | 79.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Guinea-Bissau and United StatesGuinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 33.0 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.1 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 25.7 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 69 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 7.1 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.2 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Crioulo: | 36.4 % | n/a |
Fula: | 16.6 % | n/a |
Balante: | 14.6 % | n/a |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Portuguese: | 8.1 % | 0.2 % |
Malinke: | 6.9 % | n/a |
Bambara: | 5.1 % | n/a |
Mandyako: | 4.9 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 7.4 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Guinea-Bissau | United States | |
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Christianity: | 22.1 % | 78.5 % |
Islam: | 45.1 % | 1.1 % |
Animism: | 14.9 % | n/a |
nondenominational: | 2.0 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 15.9 % | 15.3 % |