General information
Iceland | United States | |
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Region: | Northern Europe | North America |
Area: | 103,000 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Icelandic | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1944 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Reykjavík | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Iceland | United States | |
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Population: | 361,313 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 3.5 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 35.5 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 12.00 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.40 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 3.09 ‰ | 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)
Iceland | United States | |
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Political stability: | 82 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 91 | 83 |
Health: | 88 | 74 |
Climate: | 7 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 36 | 34 |
Popularity: | 43 | 86 |
Economy
Iceland | United States | |
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Currency: | Icelandic Krone (1 ISK = 100 Aurar) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.0 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 3.01 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 147.86 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 31.90 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 72,850 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 75 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
ISL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 24,188 M US$ | 66.94 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 26,321 M US$ | 72.85 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 11,010 M US$ | 30.47 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 9,758 M US$ | 27.01 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
ISL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 12,898 km | 35.70 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Harbours: | 37 | 0.102 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 96 | 0.266 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
ISL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 17.68 bn kWh | 48.93 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 18.17 bn kWh | 50.29 m 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: | 2.06 m t | 5,713.94 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Iceland | United States | |
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International dialing: | +354 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .is | .us |
ISL total | ISL per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 125,567 | 348 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 413,446 | 1144 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 369,969 | 1024 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 357,740 | 990 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Iceland | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 3.20 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 3.97 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 5.8 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.10 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 100.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 13.8 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Iceland and United StatesIceland | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 8.1 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 3.0 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rain days: | 13.0 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 3.6 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Iceland | United States | |
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Icelandic: | 95.7 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
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 % |
other: | 4.3 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Iceland | United States | |
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Christianity: | 83.3 % | 78.5 % |
nondenominational: | 5.6 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 11.1 % | 15.3 % |