General information
Israel | United States | |
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Region: | Western Asia | North America |
Area: | 22,070 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Hebrew | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary democracy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1948 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Jerusalem | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Israel | United States | |
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Population: | 9,217,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 417.6 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 30.4 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 20.10 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 5.10 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 2.05 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Israel | United States | |
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Political stability: | 57 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 72 | 81 |
Health: | 84 | 71 |
Climate: | 82 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 34 | 38 |
Popularity: | 33 | 67 |
Economy
Israel | United States | |
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Currency: | Israeli Shekel (1 ILS = 100 Agorot) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.1 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 1.49 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 132.49 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 25.30 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 42,610 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 59 (moderate) | 67 (moderate) |
ISR: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 407,101 M US$ | 44.17 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 392,679 M US$ | 42.60 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 142,989 M US$ | 15.51 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 121,628 M US$ | 13.20 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
ISR: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 19,555 km | 2.12 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 1,599 km | 0.17 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Harbours: | 41 | 0.004 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 42 | 0.005 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
ISR: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 55.00 bn kWh | 5.97 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 63.09 bn kWh | 6.85 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 5.20 bn kWh | 564,181.02 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,424.79 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 220,708.66 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 61.97 m t | 6,723.52 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
Israel | United States | |
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International dialing: | +972 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .il | .us |
ISR total | ISR per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 3,080,000 | 334 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 11,400,000 | 1237 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 2,483,000 | 269 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 7,999,152 | 868 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 2,602,079 | 282 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
Israel | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.98 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 3.22 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 9.7 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.10 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.0 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 84.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 21.6 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Israel and United StatesIsrael | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 25.5 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 15.7 °C | 7.2 °C |
Water temperature: | 22.6 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 60 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 3.2 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 9.0 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Israel | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Hebrew: | 63.1 % | n/a |
Arabic: | 18.0 % | n/a |
Russian: | 14.0 % | 0.2 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
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 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 4.9 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Israel | United States | |
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Christianity: | 2.0 % | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | 74.7 % | 1.8 % |
Islam: | 19.3 % | 1.1 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 4.0 % | 15.3 % |