Compare key data on Holy See (Vatican City) & United States
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- Geography > Area > Comparative: The area of various small countries expressed in comparison to various areas within the United States of America.
- Geography > Area > Land: Total land area in square kilometres
- Geography > Area > Total: Total area in square kilometers
- Geography > Climate: A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
- Geography > Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
- Government > Constitution: The dates of adoption, revisions, and major amendments to a nation's constitution
- Government > Government type: A description of the basic form of government (e.g., republic, constitutional monarchy, federal republic, parliamentary democracy, military dictatorship).
- Government > Judicial branch: The name(s) of the highest court(s) and a brief description of the selection process for members.
- Government > Legal system: A brief description of the legal system's historical roots, role in government, and acceptance of International Court of Justice (ICJ) jurisdiction.
- Government > Legislative branch: This entry contains information on the structure (unicameral, bicameral, tricameral), formal name, number of seats, and term of office. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
- Government > Suffrage: The age at enfranchisement and whether the right to vote is universal or restricted
- People > Ethnic groups: This entry provides a rank ordering of ethnic groups starting with the largest and normally includes the percent of total population.
- People > Population: Population, total refers to the total population.
- People > Population > Population growth, past and future: Population growth rate (percentage).
- Religion > Religions: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
- People > Population growth: Percentage by which country's population either has increased or is estimated to increase. Countries with a decrease in population are signified by a negative percentage. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Economy > Budget > Revenues: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
- Crime > Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year): Year of last use.
- Government > Political parties and leaders: Significant political organizations and their leaders.
- Economy > Economy > Overview: This entry briefly describes the type of economy, including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic development, the most important natural resources, and the unique areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.
- Government > Executive branch > Cabinet: Cabinet includes the official name for any body of high-ranking advisers roughly comparable to a U.S. Cabinet. Also notes the method for selection of members.
- Education > Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
- Education > Homeschooling legal status: Legal status of homeschooling.
- Agriculture > Rural population: Total population living in rural areas. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Government > Political pressure groups and leaders: Organizations with leaders involved in politics, but not standing for legislative election.
- Geography > Natural resources: A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
- People > Population growth rate: The average annual percent change in the population, resulting from a surplus (or deficit) of births over deaths and the balance of migrants entering and leaving a country. The rate may be positive or negative. The growth rate is a factor in determining how great a burden would be imposed on a country by the changing needs of its people for infrastructure (e.g., schools, hospitals, housing, roads), resources (e.g., food, water, electricity), and jobs. Rapid population growth can be seen as threatening by neighboring countries.
- Geography > Area > Land > Per capita: Total land area in square kilometres Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Language > Languages: A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language.
- Government > Administrative divisions: This entry generally gives the numbers, designatory terms, and first-order administrative divisions as approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN). Changes that have been reported but not yet acted on by BGN are noted.
- Education > Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
- Religion > Religions > All: This entry includes a rank ordering of religions by adherents starting with the largest group and sometimes includes the percent of total population.
- People > Population in 2015: (Thousands) Medium-variant projections.
- Geography > Terrain: A brief description of the topography
- Geography > Location: The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
- People > Urban and rural > Population living in cities proper: Each city population by sex, city and city type.
- Education > Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
- Labor > Labor force > By occupation: Component parts of the labor force by occupation.
- Government > Executive branch > Head of government: Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
- Geography > Coastline: The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
- Environment > Current issues: This entry lists the most pressing and important environmental problems. The following terms and abbreviations are used throughout the entry:
- Education > College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
- Government > Executive branch > Chief of state: The name and title of any person or role roughly equivalent to a U.S. Chief of State. This means the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government
- Government > Capital city > Name: This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones.
- Government > Capital city > Geographic coordinates: This entry gives the name of the seat of government, its geographic coordinates, the time difference relative to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) and the time observed in Washington, DC, and, if applicable, information on daylight saving time (DST). Where appropriate, a special note has been added to highlight those countries that have multiple time zones.
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Culture > Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts:
Same-sex sexual activity.
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- Government > International organization participation: This entry lists in alphabetical order by abbreviation those international organizations in which the subject country is a member or participates in some other way.
- Geography > Area > Water: Total water area in square kilometers
- Military > Military service age and obligation: This entry gives the required ages for voluntary or conscript military service and the length of service obligation.
- Transport > Airports: Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control.
- Geography > Area > Comparative to US places: This entry provides an area comparison based on total area equivalents. Most entities are compared with the entire US or one of the 50 states based on area measurements (1990 revised) provided by the US Bureau of the Census. The smaller entities are compared with Washington, DC (178 sq km, 69 sq mi) or The Mall in Washington, DC (0.59 sq km, 0.23 sq mi, 146 acres).
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Crime > Punishment > Maximum length of sentence:
Maximum length of sentence (under life).
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- Economy > Fiscal year: The beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY).
- People > Nationality > Noun: The noun which identifies citizens of the nation
- Education > Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
- Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point: Highest point above sea level
- Military > Military branches: This entry lists the service branches subordinate to defense ministries or the equivalent (typically ground, naval, air, and marine forces).
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Crime > Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence:
Possible other sentence.
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- Religion > Seventh-day Adventist Membership: This entry lists Seventh-day Adventist membership worldwide as of 2004. Membership is defined as baptised and active.
- Government > Country name > Conventional long form: This entry is derived from Government > Country name, which includes all forms of the country's name approved by the US Board on Geographic Names (Italy is used as an example): conventional long form (Italian Republic), conventional short form (Italy), local long form (Repubblica Italiana), local short form (Italia), former (Kingdom of Italy), as well as the abbreviation. Also see the Terminology note.
- People > Cities > Urban population: Total population living in urban areas. The defition of an urban area differs for each country. Future estimates are from the UN Population Division.
- Geography > Land use > Arable land: The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
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Culture > World Heritage Sites:
Cultural sites.
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- Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries: Length of land boundaries by border country
- People > Nationality > Adjective: This entry is derived from People > Nationality, which provides the identifying terms for citizens - noun and adjective.
- Media > Radio broadcast stations: The total number of AM, FM, and shortwave broadcast stations.
- Government > Executive branch > Elections: Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election
- Economy > Budget > Expenditures: Expenditures calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms
- People > Marriage, divorce and children > Marriages: Marriages by urban/rural residence.
- Economy > Budget > Revenues > Per capita: Revenues calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.e., not in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Transport > Rail > Railway length: Railway length in kilometers.
- Education > Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
- Government > National symbol(s): A national symbol is a faunal, floral, or other abstract representation - or some distinctive object - that over time has come to be closely identified with a country or entity. Not all countries have national symbols; a few countries have more than one.
- Religion > Muslim > Muslim percentage of total population: Muslim percentage (%) of total population 2014 Pew Report.
- Geography > Irrigated land: The number of square kilometers of land area that is artificially supplied with water.
- Geography > Natural hazards: Potential natural disasters.
- Government > Flag description: A written flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags.
- Media > Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Population Division; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Capital punishment in Europe (Abolition); UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling_international_status_and_statistics; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; Wikipedia: Life imprisonment (Summary by country); adventiststatistics.org 2004 Annual Report 31 December 2004; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; Wikipedia: List of countries by rail transport network size (Long List); UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Source tables; Wikipedia: Islam by country (Table) ("Muslim Population by Country" . The Future of the Global Muslim Population . Pew Research Center . Retrieved 22 December 2011 .)
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