General information
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Region: | Western Asia | North America |
Area: | 2,149,690 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Arabic | English |
Government form: | Absolute monarchy | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1932 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Riyadh | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Population: | 34,814,000 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 16.2 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 74 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 77 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 30.8 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 16.81 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 3.55 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 5.04 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Political stability: | 52 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 45 | 81 |
Health: | 61 | 71 |
Climate: | 52 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 75 | 38 |
Popularity: | 54 | 67 |
Economy
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Currency: | Saudi Rial (1 SAR = 20 Qirshes = 100 Hallalas) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 7.4 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 3.06 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 44.46 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 15.70 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 21,930 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 53 (moderate) | 67 (moderate) |
SAU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 700,118 M US$ | 20.11 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 763,641 M US$ | 21.93 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 184,162 M US$ | 5.29 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 182,128 M US$ | 5.23 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
SAU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 221,372 km | 6.36 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Railways: | 5,410 km | 0.16 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Harbours: | 392 | 0.011 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 214 | 0.006 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
SAU: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 296.20 bn kWh | 8.51 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 324.10 bn kWh | 9.31 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 514.60 m t | 14,781.47 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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International dialing: | +966 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .sa | .us |
SAU total | SAU per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 5,749,058 | 165 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 43,215,439 | 1241 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 145,941 | 4 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 34,069,662 | 979 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 7,890,261 | 227 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.24 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 2.39 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 15.8 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.07 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.1 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 90.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 14.3 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Saudi Arabia and United StatesSaudi Arabia | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 32.5 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 18.9 °C | 7.1 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 42 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 1.0 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 8.8 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Arabic: | 95.0 % | n/a |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
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 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 5.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Saudi Arabia | United States | |
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Islam: | 99.0 % | 1.1 % |
Christianity: | n/a | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hinduism: | 0.1 % | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 0.9 % | 15.3 % |