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North of the United States. Canada has the second largest land mass, 9,984,670 square kilometers, after Russia with 17,075,200 square kilometers. Capital: Ottawa.
Estimate per capita GDP:
2007 $38,200 (ranks 21st)
GDP annual growth rate estimated for 2007: 2.7 percent. (Ranks 174th)
GDP growth for 2005: 2.8 percent
Oil production for 2005: 3.07 million barrels per day.
Unemployment estimated for 2005: 6.8 percent.
Unlike the United States, Canada has been enjoying exports higher in cash value than imports. For 2005: $364.8 million in exports, 317.7 million in imports.
Military expenditures as percentage of GDP: 1.1 (2005 estimate).
Gender Gap: The World Economic Forum lists Canada as seventh in the elimination of a gender gap. This is ahead of the United States, which is not among the top ten.
For 2008, deaths 7.61, births 10.29
For 2007, deaths 7.86, births 10.75
For 2005, deaths 7.73,
births 10.84
For 2003, deaths 7.61, births 10.99.
Estimate for July 2008: 33.21 million, up from 32.8 million in 2005. Growth rate: 0.83 percent.
Persons per square kilometer of arable land : 72.7, compared to 168.7 for the United States (2005).
British Isles origin 28; French 23; other European 15; Amerindian 2; Asian, African or Arab 6; mixed 26.%
More arriving than leaving, for a net gain of 5.62 persons per 1,000 population. Compares with 2.92 legal immigrants for the United States.
Infant mortality: 5.08 (deaths before the age of one year per 1,000 live births). Compared wit 6.3 for the United States.
Average life expectancy estimated for 2008: 81.16. Compares with 78.14 for the United States.
For a single worker without children, in the year 2001, including contributions to Social Security, a Canadian earning an average wage paid 30.2 percent of income for taxes. For U.S. citizens this was 30.0 percent.
Nationmaster.com gives Canada a 17th place ranking on its net-happiness scale, with a score of 75 percent. The U.S. ranks 13th with a score of 83 percent. Leading the list is Iceland at 94 percent.
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
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