General information
Vietnam | United States | |
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Region: | Southeast Asia | North America |
Area: | 331,230 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
Official language: | Vietnamese | English |
Government form: | Republic (communist one-party system) | Federal presidential republic |
Independent since: | 1945 AD | 1776 AD |
Capital: | Hanoi | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Vietnam | United States | |
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Population: | 97,339,000 | 331,501,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 293.9 | 33.7 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 71 years | Ø 75 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 80 years | Ø 80 years |
Average age: | Ø 31.9 years | Ø 38.5 years |
Birthrate: | 16.12 ‰ | 10.90 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.44 ‰ | 10.30 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.23 ‰ | 3.03 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Vietnam | United States | |
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Political stability: | 67 | 63 |
Civil rights: | 35 | 81 |
Health: | 54 | 71 |
Climate: | 52 | 66 |
Cost of Living: | 50 | 38 |
Popularity: | 33 | 67 |
Economy
Vietnam | United States | |
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Currency: | Dong (1 VND = 10 Hào = 100 Xu) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 2.2 % | 5.5 % |
Inflation rate: | 1.83 % | 4.70 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 34.45 % | 100.00 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 2,650 US$ | 64,140 US$ |
Corruption index: | 39 (bad) | 67 (moderate) |
VNM: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 271,158 M US$ | 2.79 M US$ | 20,953,030 M US$ | 63.21 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 257,927 M US$ | 2.65 M US$ | 21,261,523 M US$ | 64.14 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 290,192 M US$ | 2.98 M US$ | 2,134,445 M US$ | 6.44 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 269,901 M US$ | 2.77 M US$ | 2,811,124 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ |
Infrastructure
VNM: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 195,468 km | 2.01 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.87 km |
Railways: | 2,481 km | 0.03 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 47,130 km | 0.48 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 1,926 | 0.020 | 3,627 | 0.011 |
Airports: | 45 | 0.000 | 13,513 | 0.041 |
Energy balance
VNM: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 143.20 bn kWh | 1.47 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.77 m kWh |
Energy production: | 158.20 bn kWh | 1.63 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.35 m kWh |
Energy export: | 713.00 m kWh | 7,324.95 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,245.76 kWh |
Energy imports: | 2.73 bn kWh | 28,077.25 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,365.80 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 257.86 m t | 2,649.10 t | 4.98 bn t | 15,026.50 t |
Telecommunication
Vietnam | United States | |
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International dialing: | +84 | +1 |
Internet domain: | .vn | .us |
VNM total | VNM per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 3,205,775 | 33 | 103,052,000 | 311 |
Mobile cellulars: | 138,934,626 | 1427 | 442,457,000 | 1335 |
Internet server: | 189,553 | 2 | 505,000,000 | 1523 |
Internet users: | 68,419,290 | 703 | 294,658,590 | 889 |
Broadband Internet: | 16,699,249 | 172 | 121,176,000 | 366 |
Healthcare system
Vietnam | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.60 | 2.87 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.82 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 6.0 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.10 % | 0.20 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.8 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 91.0 % | 75.0 % |
Smokers: | 24.8 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Vietnam and United StatesVietnam | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 28.9 °C | 18.7 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 21.9 °C | 7.1 °C |
Water temperature: | 26.2 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 80 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.2 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.2 | 7.2 |
Native languages
Vietnam | United States | |
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Vietnamese: | 86.8 % | 0.2 % |
English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
Tho: | 1.8 % | n/a |
Thai: | 1.6 % | n/a |
Muong: | 1.5 % | n/a |
Khmer: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Chinese: | 1.4 % | 0.9 % |
Nung: | 1.1 % | n/a |
French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
Man: | 0.7 % | n/a |
German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
other: | 3.7 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
Vietnam | United States | |
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Christianity: | 8.3 % | 78.5 % |
Nondenominational: | 73.2 % | n/a |
Buddhism: | 12.2 % | 0.7 % |
Caodaism: | 4.8 % | n/a |
Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
Hoahaoism: | 1.4 % | n/a |
Islam: | 0.1 % | 1.1 % |
Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
other: | 0.0 % | 15.3 % |