General information
New Zealand | United States | |
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Region: | Australia/New Zealand | North America |
Area: | 267,710 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | English | English |
Government form: | Parliamentary democracy (under constitutional monarchy) | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1907 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Wellington | Washington, D.C. |
Population
New Zealand | United States | |
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Population: | 5,084,000 | 329,484,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 19.0 | 33.5 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 80 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 84 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 37.2 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 11.96 ‰ | 11.40 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.87 ‰ | 8.70 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 6.89 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
New Zealand | United States | |
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Political stability: | 90 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 100 | 81 |
Health: | 81 | 71 |
Climate: | 36 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 27 | 38 |
Popularity: | 39 | 67 |
Economy
New Zealand | United States | |
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Currency: | New Zealand Dollar (1 NZD = 100 Cents) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 4.1 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 3.94 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 114.28 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 34.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 41,550 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 88 (good) | 67 (moderate) |
NZL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 210,701 M US$ | 41.44 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.59 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 211,248 M US$ | 41.55 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.53 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 50,544 M US$ | 9.94 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.48 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 48,091 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.53 M US$ |
Infrastructure
NZL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 94,000 km | 18.49 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.99 km |
Railways: | 4,128 km | 0.81 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Harbours: | 115 | 0.023 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 123 | 0.024 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
NZL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 39.50 bn kWh | 7.77 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.84 m kWh |
Energy production: | 42.53 bn kWh | 8.36 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.43 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 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: | 32.21 m t | 6,335.19 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,118.48 t |
Telecommunication
New Zealand | United States | |
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International dialing: | +64 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .nz | .us |
NZL total | NZL per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 1,760,000 | 346 | 103,052,000 | 313 |
Mobile cellulars: | 6,400,000 | 1259 | 442,457,000 | 1343 |
Internet server: | 3,026,000 | 595 | 505,000,000 | 1533 |
Internet users: | 4,617,109 | 908 | 294,658,590 | 894 |
Broadband Internet: | 1,764,984 | 347 | 121,176,000 | 368 |
Healthcare system
New Zealand | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.57 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 3.03 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 6.2 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.04 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 83.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 14.2 % | 23.4 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: New Zealand and United StatesNew Zealand | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 17.4 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 9.1 °C | 7.2 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 82 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 10.6 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.8 | 7.2 |
Native languages
New Zealand | United States | |
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English: | 72.6 % | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Te Reo Māori: | 3.5 % | n/a |
Chinese: | 2.2 % | 0.9 % |
Samoan: | 2.0 % | n/a |
Hindi: | 1.6 % | n/a |
French: | 1.2 % | 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 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 16.9 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
New Zealand | United States | |
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Christianity: | 44.3 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 38.5 % | n/a |
Hinduism: | 2.1 % | 1.0 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | 0.8 % | 1.6 % |
Buddhism: | 1.4 % | 0.7 % |
Maori: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Islam: | 1.1 % | 1.1 % |
other: | 10.5 % | 15.3 % |