Competition it is something that drives us as human beings and can bring out the good in us or sometimes the ugly
however today here on FTD facts
We are talking about two countries that have been known to have competition for each other for many years
while both of these countries have contributed to the world in their own way and have stood out great by following their own heart and
Today we are looking at the two great countries known as Russia and the United States of America
Hey
Everybody what's going on Dave Wolper here and welcome back to another episode of FTD facts now
For a lot of you guys who are coming here for the first time you're probably looking at that title going wait a minute um
You know United States gonna be better or a little wait a minute Russia's gonna be better
Well here is our episodes. Where we definitely like to compare two different countries together
We look at the statistics, but here for us. We're not necessarily saying which country is better
It's really for you guys and before we get into it this video is brought you by grammarly calm
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I want to know what do you think is the best country?
Before we get into the facts come on. Let me know. What do you think I mean heck?
You don't even have to say Russia United States. You can say your own country if you really want to but either way
Let's take a look at what these two countries are what they stand for and what is just?
Amazing about them
And the first thing we got to do of course is talk about population in size because these two countries are just
Boom, they're big so Russia has a population of at least
144 million four hundred and sixty three thousand four hundred people and that is a population estimate without Crimea
Sorry
However with its population it stands at ninth in the world with a population density of one point four people per
Kilometer square now the reason it's population density is so low is because it has a land size of 17 million
75 thousand two hundred square kilometers being the first largest country in the entire world now as for the United States
It's not quite as big when it comes to its land size
But when it comes to its people they get a lot of them because it's population estimate puts it at 325 million three hundred
sixty-five thousand
180 people ranking it third in the world when it comes to population
size now
it's population density is at
ninety point six
Kilometers square and the reason for that is that these people are stretched across a land size of three million seven hundred ninety six thousand
Seven hundred and twenty miles square or to put in kilometers
So you can compare it to Russia it comes in at nine million eight hundred and thirty three thousand five hundred and twenty kilometres square
Making it about third or fourth in the world, but let's talk about money because these two countries
Do have a lot of it when it comes to nominal GDP for Russia it comes in at one point four six nine
trillion dollars ranking eleventh in the world with a per capita of ten thousand two hundred and forty eight dollars
Which makes it pretty low ranking it at 72 in the world however?
USA's nominal GDP is eighteen point five five eight trillion
Ranking at number one in the world when it comes to GDP
but however it ranks seventh in the world with a nominal GDP per capita of
57 thousand four hundred and sixty-seven dollars and with that money
We should look at the type of money that these two countries use so the United States
Uses the famous US dollar as for the Russian
They use the Russian rubles now if you were to convert the two one US dollars equals fifty eight point two seven
Russian rubles, and it break this down even further
Let's take a look at the cost of living within the countries because for the United States
It's a lot more expensive to live there than it is in Russia for example if you moved from Russia to the United States
Food would be eighty seven percent higher
Housing would be ninety five percent higher
However clothes would be nineteen percent cheaper if you moved to the United States then they would be in Russia
But jumping back to transportation. It is seventy four percent higher personal care is a hundred and nine percent higher and
Entertainment comes in at forty six percent higher in total if you moved from Russia to the United States you would pay seventy three percent
More than you would living in Russia and to give you an idea if you had lunch in Russia an average lunch meal would cost
Four hundred six rubles and housing for a nine hundred square-feet in a normal area would be approximately 40
6861 rubles a month but in America that's a little bit different. It's approximately
$14 for a lunch if you go out and housing for a similar
900 square feet and living in a normal area would be about one
Thousand five hundred and forty nine dollars a month now for here on FTD facts
We like to use expat Assange calm to get these figures, but keep in mind
They're not a hundred percent because well for example in every country
There are different places that are more expensive to live
Than other places that are throughout the country for example in Russia the top five most expensive places to live in no particular order
Are used no sac, Olinsky Moscow st. Petersburg
Vladivostok and Kazan however in the United States the most expensive places to live in no particular order are San Francisco, New York, Boston
Oakland and of course San Jose and speaking about money guys
We should probably look at the debt of these countries because both countries have a lot of
National debt in Russia the national debt comes in at eleven trillion one hundred and thirty six billion
six hundred and ninety six million two hundred sixty seven
Thousand Drupal's but to give you an idea of how much that is in US dollars
It comes in at 197 billion three hundred and eighteen million five hundred and forty-one
thousand US dollars and for Russia's debt persists and it equals about
76122 rubles and for the interest it pays a year it is roughly seven hundred and forty billion
193 million five hundred and fifty-seven thousand rubles now the United States national debt is sitting at twenty trillion
450 billion
61 million seven hundred and thirty two thousand dollars with approximately sixty three thousand of forty nine dollars per citizen
owing for debt
And it's interest rate a year equals two hundred and seventy one billion eight hundred
ninety-one million one hundred six thousand dollars now to give you guys a good visual representation if you were to take all the debt and
Put it into single dollar bills and stack them on top of each other from the surface of the earth
Russia's debt would equal point five trips to the moon where the United States debt would equal five point
one trips to the moon
However, let's take a look at military power now remember personnel does not always mean that their military is better in Russia
They have a manpower of roughly seventy million people with approximately 47 million fit for service
It's active personnel sits at seven hundred ninety eight thousand five hundred and twenty seven people while they also have
approximately two million five hundred seventy two thousand five hundred people in reserve units but as for the United States its manpower sits at
145 million two hundred and fifteen thousand with approximately 125 million twenty five thousand people fit for service
It's active personnel sits at 1 million three hundred and seventy three thousand six hundred and fifty with
approximately nine hundred ninety thousand twenty five people in reserve units the total aircraft in the United States equals approximately
Thirteen thousand seven hundred and sixty with Russia equaling approximately three thousand seven hundred and ninety and although
Aircraft might be outnumbered by the United States when it comes to Russia
Russia definitely has more tanks because in the United States
They have approximately five thousand eight hundred and forty four tanks where Russia has twenty thousand two hundred and sixteen
Tanks, so we've talked about money. We've talked about military
We've talked about population and land size now
Let's talk about health care because the health care in these two countries are
Vastly different from one and another in the United States health care is majorly private sectors being approximately fifty eight percent
with twenty-one percent being
Nonprofit while the other twenty one percent being government profit now for employees health care is sometimes provided depending on certain employment
Packages and benefits that you get from a certain job now
There are also socialist health care plans for the elderly and the young and in
2007 it was reported that 42 million Americans do not have health care insurance
And 62 percent of bankruptcies are caused from high health care costs now in Russia
It's majorly different because their health care is provided by this state
And this is a federal compulsory medical insurance fund because their
Constitution states that every citizen gets free health care since
1996 and how the funds are generated is through medical insurance and this insurance is generally financed by contributions from
Employers where roughly an employer will pay about two to three percent of your salary into social taxes overall Russia spends about
5.9
Percent of its GDP to healthcare funds and when it comes to beds per thousand the United States has roughly
2.8
Beds per thousand people while Russia has 8.5 and the life expectancy in the United States equals about seventy six point three
Years where in Russia it equals sixty five point nine now
Let's take a look at education and for this what we're gonna
Do is we're gonna break it down into
US dollars to see how each country's compare with each other now according to data from the OECD
Education spending in the United States comes in at twenty nine thousand three hundred and twenty-eight dollars per student
With math performance skills coming in at four hundred and seventy four reading
performances coming in at four hundred and eighty seven and
Science performance scores coming in at five hundred in Russia they spent approximately eight thousand eight hundred and eight US dollars per student
with math scores being
497 reading performance scores coming in at four hundred and eighty one and
Science performance scores coming in at four hundred and eighty nine, but either way that is us
just taking a small look at the two powerful countries known as Russia and the United States and
Besides their numbers when you break down their culture is great
How two countries have their own unique traditions and values and of course that is something that we may look at in another video?
But my name is Dave waffle guys
I don't want to thank you guys for tuning in and learning about other cultures from all around the world now
I got to ask you guys the question which country. Do you think is better?
Let me know down there in the comment section below also to remind you guys this video has been brought to you by Graham early
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Some of our other stuff that we do because we don't just compare countries
We also talk about countries and look at them individually and find out what's great about them
So we'll put those at the end of this video as well or down there in the description box
But these are the two countries of Russia and the United States both powerful players in the world's economy and military
Allies to many countries from around the world and both have their own unique story that may have created
Misunderstanding with in the past however the great people of these countries cannot be defined by what their governments do as each
individual within the country of Russia and the United States
Aims for a better and brighter future and perhaps if we take a moment to look at each country and find out
What is great about each other's cultures we may find out that we are actually all the same
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