United Kingdom vs United States

This page compares United Kingdom and United States across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator	United Kingdom	United States	Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	9.70	9.00	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	9.89	10.60	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	5.80M	28.70M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	49.24	50.24	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	16.76	19.88	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	90.74	146.89	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	79.54	76.50	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	1.17	1.04	Compare →
Population, male	34.09M	170.88M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	43.83M	220.21M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	30.80	27.69	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	18.06	16.36	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	63.32	64.75	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	6.16M	27.95M	Compare →
Urban population	57.63M	272.51M	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	56.40	82.42	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	50.76	49.76	Compare →
Rural population	11.60M	67.60M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	13.50M	60.98M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	27.14	26.76	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	64.05	65.96	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	16.50	16.96	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.06	1.05	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	87.07	80.99	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	83.33	81.40	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.55	1.63	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	83.24	80.12	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	11.90M	58.92M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	20.90	19.51	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	91.60	88.44	Compare →
Population, total	69.23M	340.11M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	57.94	54.45	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	1.07	0.98	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	62.61	63.52	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	17.90	17.69	Compare →
Population, female	35.14M	169.23M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	7.34M	33.02M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	22.00M	107.50M	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	81.39	78.89	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	6.10M	30.22M	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	7.82	12.41	Compare →
Net migration	389,911.00	1.23M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	21.83M	112.71M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	19.50	17.93	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	17.19	17.32	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	17.10	15.20	Compare →

Environment

Indicator	United Kingdom	United States	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	283.11	36.82	Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator	United Kingdom	United States	Detail
Surface area (sq. km)	243,610.00	9.83M	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)	8,983.56	127,287.53	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)	3.72	1.40	Compare →

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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.