General information
Mauritius | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Africa | North America |
Area: | 2,040 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1968 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Port Louis | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Mauritius | United States | |
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Population: | 1,266,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 620.4 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 71 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 78 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 34.6 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 10.20 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 8.50 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 0.00 ‰ | 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)
Mauritius | United States | |
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Political stability: | 79 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 67 | 83 |
Health: | 61 | 74 |
Climate: | 63 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 57 | 34 |
Popularity: | 14 | 86 |
Economy
Mauritius | United States | |
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Currency: | Mauritian Rupee (1 MUR = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 7.1 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 0.41 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 59.55 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 22.20 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 12,900 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 53 (moderate) | 67 (moderate) |
MUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 14,048 M US$ | 11.10 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 16,322 M US$ | 12.90 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 5,180 M US$ | 4.09 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 7,421 M US$ | 5.86 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
MUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 2,428 km | 1.92 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Harbours: | 28 | 0.022 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 5 | 0.004 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
MUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 2.73 bn kWh | 2.15 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 2.90 bn kWh | 2.29 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: | 4.35 m t | 3,436.06 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Mauritius | United States | |
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International dialing: | +230 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .mu | .us |
MUS total | MUS per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 434,300 | 343 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 1,918,000 | 1515 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 51,139 | 40 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 810,054 | 640 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Mauritius | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 3.40 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.02 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 22.0 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.96 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 81.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 26.9 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Mauritius and United StatesMauritius | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 26.3 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 19.9 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 24.8 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 80 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 14.0 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.3 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Mauritius | United States | |
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Creole: | 86.5 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Bhojpuri: | 5.3 % | n/a |
French: | 4.1 % | 0.7 % |
Hindi: | 1.2 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
Tamil: | 0.8 % | n/a |
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 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 2.1 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Mauritius | United States | |
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Christianity: | 32.7 % | 78.5 % |
Hinduism: | 48.5 % | 1.0 % |
Islam: | 17.3 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
nondenominational: | 0.7 % | n/a |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.8 % | 15.3 % |