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 n.Chr. | 1776 n.Chr. |
Capital: | Hanoi | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Vietnam | United States | |
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Population: | 96,462,000 | 328,240,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 291.2 | 33.4 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 71 years | Ø 76 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 79 years | Ø 81 years |
Average age: | Ø 29.8 years | Ø 37.4 years |
Birthrate: | 16.75 ‰ | 11.60 ‰ |
Deathrate: | 6.32 ‰ | 8.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -0.23 ‰ | 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)
Vietnam | United States | |
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Political stability: | 66 | 72 |
Civil rights: | 34 | 83 |
Health: | 54 | 74 |
Climate: | 52 | 64 |
Cost of Living: | 47 | 38 |
Popularity: | 33 | 86 |
Economy
Vietnam | United States | |
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Currency: | Dong (1 VND = 10 Hào = 100 Xu) | US Dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 2.3 % | 8.3 % |
Inflation rate: | 2.80 % | 1.81 % |
Cost of Living: | 58.00 % | 110.20 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 37.60 % | 36.60 % |
Average income: | 2,590 US$ | 65,850 US$ |
Corruption index: | 37 (bad) | 69 (moderate) |
VNM: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 261,921 M US$ | 2.72 M US$ | 21,433,226 M US$ | 65.30 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 249,441 M US$ | 2.59 M US$ | 21,615,818 M US$ | 65.85 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 280,826 M US$ | 2.91 M US$ | 2,528,267 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 261,683 M US$ | 2.71 M US$ | 3,105,132 M US$ | 9.46 M US$ |
Infrastructure
VNM: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 195,468 km | 2.03 km | 6,586,610 km | 20.07 km |
Railways: | 2,600 km | 0.03 km | 293,564 km | 0.89 km |
Waterways: | 47,130 km | 0.49 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
Harbours: | 1,863 | 0.019 | 3,673 | 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 | 1.48 m kWh | 3,902.00 bn kWh | 11.89 m kWh |
Energy production: | 158.20 bn kWh | 1.64 m kWh | 4,095.00 bn kWh | 12.48 m kWh |
Energy export: | 713.00 m kWh | 7,391.50 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,536.36 kWh |
Energy imports: | 2.73 bn kWh | 28,332.37 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 221,545.53 kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 192.67 m t | 1,997.34 t | 5.01 bn t | 15,251.98 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: | 3,658,010 | 38 | 107,281,000 | 327 |
Mobile phones: | 136,230,000 | 1412 | 404,577,000 | 1233 |
Internet server: | 189,553 | 2 | 505,000,000 | 1539 |
Internet users: | 66,269,467 | 687 | 286,441,830 | 873 |
Healthcare system
Vietnam | United States | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 pop.: | 2.60 | 2.90 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 0.82 | 2.59 |
Diabetes: | 6.0 % | 10.8 % |
HIV: | 0.09 % | 0.22 % |
Tuberculosis: | 1.8 % | 0.0 % |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 91.0 % | 79.0 % |
Smokers: | 22.8 % | 25.1 % |
Climate
Detailed info for: Vietnam and United StatesVietnam | United States | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 29.4 °C | 18.8 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.6 °C | 7.3 °C |
Water temperature: | 26.8 °C | 17.7 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 80 % | 67 % |
Rain days: | 9.2 | 7.1 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 5.4 | 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 |
Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
German: | 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 % |
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 % |