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Venezuela

 

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 Venezuela
All information: Venezuela
 		 United States
All information: United States
 
Area:912,050 km² 9,831,510 km²
Population:28,870,000 327,167,000
Official language:Spanish English

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Government

Government form:Federal presidential republic Federal presidential republic
Independent since:1811 n.Chr. 1776 n.Chr.
Capital:Caracas Washington, D.C.


Population

Inhabitants per km²:31.7 33.3
Life expectancy males:68.5 years 76.1 years
Life expectancy females:76.2 years 81.1 years
Birthrate:18.23 ‰ 11.80 ‰
Deathrate:6.81 ‰ 8.50 ‰
Migrationrate:-3.40 ‰ 3.00 ‰


Quality of life

Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
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Political stability:8 73
Civil rights:0 97
Health:39 68
Security:36 63
Climate:58 64
Cost of Living:55 35
Popularity:13 92


Economy

Currency: Bolívar fuerte (1 VEF = 100 Céntimos) US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:9.1 % 3.9 %
Inflation rate:254.95 % 2.44 %
Cost of Living:40.80 % 108.80 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:73.30 % 36.60 %
Average income:11,075 € 53,412 €
Corruption index:18 (very bad) 71 (good)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:408,433 Mio €14.15 M € 17,395,718 M €53.17 M €
Gross national product:332,705 Mio €11.52 M € 17,473,597 M €53.41 M €
Exported goods:24,288 M €0.84 M € 2,117,955 M €6.47 M €
Imported goods:21,854 M €0.76 M € 2,649,443 M €8.10 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:96,189 km3.33 km 6,586,610 km20.13 km
Railways:447 km0.02 km 293,564 km0.90 km
Waterways:7,100 km0.25 km 41,009 km0.13 km
Harbours:2690.009 3,6920.011
Airports:4440.015 13,5130.041


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:71.96 bn kWh2.49 m kWh 3,902.00 bn kWh11.93 m kWh
Energy production:109.30 bn kWh3.79 m kWh 4,095.00 bn kWh12.52 m kWh
Energy export:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 9.70 bn kWh29,633.14 kWh
Energy imports:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 72.72 bn kWh222,271.51 kWh
CO2 emissions:185.22 m t6,415.62 t 5.25 bn t16,059.91 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+58 +1
Internet domain:.ve .us
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:5,547,291192 116,724,000357
Mobile phones:20,731,169718 404,577,3971,237
Internet server:1,016,00035 505,000,0001,544
Internet users:20,786,540720 285,506,302873



Climate

Detailed info for: Venezuela and United States

Daytime temperatures:31.7 °C 18.6 °C
Nighttime temperatures:22.5 °C 7.1 °C
Water temperature:28.5 °C 19.1 °C
Relative humidity:75 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:21 g/m³ 9 g/m³
Rain days per year:99.6 85.2
Sunshine hours per day:6.9 7.2


Native languages

Spanish:96.9 % 10.7 %
English:n/a 82.1 %
French:n/a 0.7 %
German:n/a 0.7 %
Chinese: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 %
Vietnamese:n/a 0.2 %
Japanese:n/a 0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a 0.2 %
Warrau:0.1 % n/a
other:2.6 % 3.0 %


Religions

Christianity:98.0 % 78.5 %
Jewry:n/a 1.8 %
Buddhism:n/a 0.7 %
Islam:n/a 0.6 %
other:2.0 % 18.4 %