General information
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Region: | South America | North America |
Area: | 912,050 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Spanish | English |
Government form: | Federal presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1811 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Caracas | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Population: | 28,516,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 31.3 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 68 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 76 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 27.0 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 17.88 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.98 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | 14.22 ‰ | 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)
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Political stability: | 20 | 73 |
Civil rights: | 3 | 83 |
Health: | 48 | 74 |
Climate: | 57 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 28 | 13 |
Popularity: | 48 | 86 |
Economy
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Currency: | Bolívar fuerte (1 VEF = 100 Céntimos) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 9.1 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 254.95 % | 1.81 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 73.30 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 13,080 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 15 (very bad) | 67 (moderate) |
VEN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gross domestic product: | 482,359 M US$ | 16.92 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 392,925 M US$ | 13.78 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 28,684 M US$ | 1.01 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 25,810 M US$ | 0.91 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
VEN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Roadways: | 96,189 km | 3.37 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 447 km | 0.02 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 7,100 km | 0.25 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 289 | 0.010 | 3,673 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 444 | 0.016 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
VEN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Energy consumption: | 71.96 bn kWh | 2.52 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 109.30 bn kWh | 3.83 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: | 164.18 m t | 5,757.34 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 t |
Telecommunication
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
International dialing: | +58 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .ve | .us |
VEN total | VEN per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Landlines: | 5,467,040 | 192 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 16,558,600 | 581 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 1,016,000 | 36 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 20,531,397 | 720 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 0.80 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.93 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 7.0 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.33 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.5 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 84.0 % | 79.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Venezuela and United StatesVenezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Daytime temperatures: | 31.8 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.6 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 28.3 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 76 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 8.5 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 6.9 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Spanish: | 96.9 % | 10.7 % |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
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 % |
Goajiro: | 0.4 % | n/a |
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 % |
Warrau: | 0.1 % | n/a |
other: | 2.6 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Venezuela | United States | |
---|---|---|
Christianity: | 98.0 % | 78.5 % |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
Buddhism: | n/a | 0.7 % |
other: | 2.0 % | 15.3 % |