General information
Netherlands | United States | |
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Region: | Western Europe | North America |
Area: | 41,540 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Dutch | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary constitutional monarchy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1648 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Amsterdam | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Netherlands | United States | |
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Population: | 17,333,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 417.3 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 80 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 83 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 41.8 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 9.70 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 8.90 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 1.90 ‰ | 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)
Netherlands | United States | |
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Political stability: | 82 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 99 | 83 |
Health: | 94 | 74 |
Climate: | 21 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 40 | 38 |
Popularity: | 46 | 86 |
Economy
Netherlands | United States | |
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Currency: | Euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 4.1 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 2.63 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 109.70 % | 110.20 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 41.20 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 53,100 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 82 (good) | 69 (moderate) |
NLD: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 907,051 M US$ | 52.33 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 920,334 M US$ | 53.10 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 755,771 M US$ | 43.60 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 661,181 M US$ | 38.15 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
NLD: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 139,124 km | 8.03 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 3,058 km | 0.18 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 6,237 km | 0.36 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 1,217 | 0.070 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 29 | 0.002 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
NLD: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 108.80 bn kWh | 6.28 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 109.30 bn kWh | 6.31 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 19.34 bn kWh | 1.12 m kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 24.26 bn kWh | 1.40 m kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 170.78 m t | 9,852.94 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Netherlands | United States | |
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International dialing: | +31 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .nl | .us |
NLD total | NLD per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 5,560,000 | 321 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 21,762,000 | 1256 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 13,699,000 | 790 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 16,169,573 | 933 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Netherlands | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 4.70 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 3.51 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 5.4 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.04 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 86.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 23.4 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Netherlands and United StatesNetherlands | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 14.4 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 6.8 °C | 7.3 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 79 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 10.8 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 4.8 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Netherlands | United States | |
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Dutch: | 95.6 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Fries: | 3.7 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
Arabic: | 0.9 % | n/a |
Turkish: | 0.8 % | n/a |
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: | -1.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Netherlands | United States | |
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Christianity: | 47.0 % | 78.5 % |
nondenominational: | 42.0 % | n/a |
Islam: | 5.0 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | 0.2 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 5.8 % | 15.3 % |