General information
Russia | United States | |
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Region: | Eastern Europe | North America |
Area: | 17,098,250 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Russian | English |
Government form: | Federal republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1991 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Moscow | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Russia | United States | |
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Population: | 144,374,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 8.4 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 68 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 78 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 38.3 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 11.50 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 12.40 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 1.70 ‰ | 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)
Russia | United States | |
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Political stability: | 53 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 27 | 83 |
Health: | 78 | 74 |
Climate: | 28 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 60 | 34 |
Popularity: | 44 | 86 |
Economy
Russia | United States | |
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Currency: | Russian Rubel (1 RUB = 100 Kopeken) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 5.7 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 4.47 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 46.40 % | 118.33 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 46.20 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 11,260 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 30 (very bad) | 67 (moderate) |
RUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 1,699,877 M US$ | 11.77 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 1,651,390 M US$ | 11.44 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 481,761 M US$ | 3.34 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 353,254 M US$ | 2.45 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
RUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 1,283,387 km | 8.89 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 87,157 km | 0.60 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 102,000 km | 0.71 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 2,739 | 0.019 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 1,218 | 0.008 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
RUS: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 909.60 bn kWh | 6.30 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 1,031.00 bn kWh | 7.14 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 13.13 bn kWh | 90,944.65 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 3.19 bn kWh | 22,123.17 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 1.73 bn t | 11,996.84 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Russia | United States | |
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International dialing: | +7 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .ru | .us |
RUS total | RUS per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 31,952,100 | 221 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 239,796,000 | 1661 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 14,865,000 | 103 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 119,313,466 | 826 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Russia | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 8.20 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.01 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 6.1 % | 10.8 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.5 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 69.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 28.3 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Russia and United StatesRussia | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 8.8 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | -0.5 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 7.0 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 75 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 8.1 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.5 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Russia | United States | |
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English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Russian: | 82.0 % | 0.2 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Dolgang: | 5.3 % | n/a |
Tatar: | 3.0 % | n/a |
German: | 1.5 % | 0.6 % |
Ukrainian: | 1.3 % | n/a |
Chechen: | 1.0 % | n/a |
Chuvash: | 0.9 % | n/a |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
Bashkir: | 0.7 % | n/a |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Mordva: | 0.5 % | n/a |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Avarianian: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Mari: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Kazakh: | 0.4 % | n/a |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Byelorussian: | 0.3 % | n/a |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Udmur: | 0.3 % | n/a |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
other: | 2.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Russia | United States | |
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Christianity: | 79.6 % | 78.5 % |
nondenominational: | 7.0 % | n/a |
Islam: | 4.0 % | 1.1 % |
Jewry: | 0.1 % | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | 0.6 % | 0.7 % |
other: | 8.7 % | 15.3 % |