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General information

 South AfricaUnited States
Region:Southern AfricaNorth America
Area:1,219,090 km²9,831,510 km²
Official language:ZuluEnglish
Government form:Parliamentary republicFederal presidential republic
Independent since:1910 n.Chr.1776 n.Chr.
Capital:PretoriaWashington, D.C.

Population

 South AfricaUnited States
Population:59,309,000329,484,000
Inhabitants/km²:48.633.5
Life expectancy males:Ø 61 yearsØ 76 years
Life expectancy females:Ø 68 yearsØ 81 years
Average age:Ø 26.0 yearsØ 37.4 years
Birthrate:20.13 ‰11.40 ‰
Deathrate:9.40 ‰8.70 ‰
Migrationrate:-0.12 ‰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)

 South AfricaUnited States
Political stability:5073
Civil rights:5383
Health:3174
Climate:9664
Cost of Living:5035
Popularity:4372

Economy

 South AfricaUnited States
Currency:South African Rand
(1 ZAR = 100 Cents)		US Dollar
(1 USD =100 Cents)
Unemployment rate:28.7 %8.3 %
Inflation rate:3.22 %1.23 %
Cost of Living:46.82 %110.53 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:29.20 %36.60 %
Average income:5,410 US$65,910 US$
Corruption index:44 (bad)67 (moderate)


 ZAF:
total		per 1000
inh.		USA:
total		per 1000
inh.
Gross domestic product:301,924 M US$5.09 M US$20,936,600 M US$63.54 M US$
Gross national product:320,865 M US$5.41 M US$21,640,511 M US$65.68 M US$
Exported goods:93,013 M US$1.57 M US$2,127,248 M US$6.46 M US$
Imported goods:77,857 M US$1.31 M US$2,808,955 M US$8.53 M US$

Infrastructure

 ZAF:
total		per 1000
inh.		USA:
total		per 1000
inh.
Roadways:750,000 km12.65 km6,586,610 km19.99 km
Railways:20,986 km0.35 km293,564 km0.89 km
Harbours:1030.0023,6730.011
Airports:4070.00713,5130.041

Energy balance

 ZAF:
total		per 1000
inh.		USA:
total		per 1000
inh.
Energy consumption:207.10 bn kWh3.49 m kWh3,902.00 bn kWh11.84 m kWh
Energy production:234.50 bn kWh3.95 m kWh4,095.00 bn kWh12.43 m kWh
Energy export:16.55 bn kWh279,048.48 kWh9.70 bn kWh29,424.79 kWh
Energy imports:10.56 bn kWh178,051.48 kWh72.72 bn kWh220,708.66 kWh
CO2 emissions:433.25 m t7,305.00 t4.98 bn t15,118.48 t

Telecommunication

 South AfricaUnited States
International dialing:+27+1
Internet domain:.za.us

 ZAF
total		ZAF
per 1000
inh.		USA
total		USA
per 1000
inh.
Landlines:2,024,73034107,281,000326
Mobile phones:96,972,5001635404,577,0001228
Internet server:4,761,00080505,000,0001533
Internet users:32,890,658555286,441,830869

Healthcare system

 South AfricaUnited States
Hospital beds per 1000 pop.:2.802.90
Physicians per 1000 inh.:0.912.59
Diabetes:12.7 %10.8 %
HIV:6.90 %0.22 %
Tuberculosis:6.2 %0.0 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:71.0 %79.0 %
Smokers:31.4 %25.1 %

Climate

Detailed info for: South Africa and United States

 South AfricaUnited States
Daytime temperatures:24.7 °C18.8 °C
Nighttime temperatures:11.6 °C7.3 °C
Water temperature:19.6 °C17.7 °C
Rel. humidity:62 %67 %
Rain days:4.87.1
Sunshine hours per day:8.57.2

Native languages

 South AfricaUnited States
English:9.6 %82.1 %
Zulu:22.7 %n/a
Xhosa:16.0 %n/a
Afrikaans:13.5 %n/a
Spanish:n/a10.7 %
Sepedi:9.1 %n/a
Tswana:8.0 %n/a
Sotho:7.6 %n/a
Tsonga:4.5 %n/a
Swazi:2.5 %n/a
Venda:2.4 %n/a
Ndebele:2.1 %n/a
Chinese:n/a0.9 %
French:n/a0.7 %
German:n/a0.6 %
Italian:n/a0.6 %
Tagalog:n/a0.4 %
Polish:n/a0.3 %
Korean:n/a0.3 %
Vietnamese:n/a0.2 %
Russian:n/a0.2 %
Portuguese:n/a0.2 %
Japanese:n/a0.2 %
other:2.0 %2.6 %

Religions

 South AfricaUnited States
Christianity:68.6 %78.5 %
nondenominational:15.1 %n/a
Jewry:0.2 %1.8 %
Sikhism:n/a1.6 %
Islam:1.5 %1.1 %
Hinduism:n/a1.0 %
Buddhism:n/a0.7 %
other:14.6 %15.3 %