United States
Country in Americas
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 341.8M (2025). World rank 3 of 216; in Americas, 1 of 46. Area: 9,372,610 km². World rank 5 of 249; in Americas, 2 of 56. GDP: $30.8T (2025). World rank 1 of 210; in Americas, 1 of 45. From 2015 to 2025: population 321.8M → 341.8M, GDP $18.3T → $30.8T, and GDP per person $56,849 → $90,027. Better than all its neighbours (Canada and Mexico): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- United States of America
- Local name
- United States
- Capital
- Washington D.C.
- Region
- Americas
- Form of government
- Federal republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Donald Trump
- Head of government
- Donald Trump
- Independence
- July 4, 1776
- Women in parliament
- 28.9% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 341,784,857 2025
- Area
- 9,372,610 km²
- GDP
- $30.8T 2025
- GDP per person
- $90,027 2025
- Life expectancy
- 78.9 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English
- Currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Time zones
- UTC−10 – UTC−4
- Calling code
- +1
- Emergency numbers
- 911
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- A, B
- Mains voltage
- 120 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 19,924
- Neighbours
- Canada, Mexico
- Agricultural land
- 46.1% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Denali, 6,190 m
- Lowest point
- Badwater Basin, -86 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 760
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 13
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 26°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 0°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 715 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 36.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.5% 2025
- Living in cities
- 80.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.2M 2025
- Born in another country
- 15.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 17.1% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 18.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81.4 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 76.5 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.6 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 9 2024
Society
- Religions
- Protestant 46.5%, no religion 22.8%, Catholic 20.8%, other Christian 3.3%, and other 2.4% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 71.7 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 65.5 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 76.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 72.8 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 69.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $90,027 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $88,810 2025
- Inflation
- +3% 2024
- Price level, USA = 100
- 100 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0.9% 2021
- Industry, share of GDP
- 17.6% 2021
- Services, share of GDP
- 76.3% 2021
- Unemployment
- 4.2% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 9.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 56.3% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 11% 2024
- Imports, share of GDP
- 14% 2024
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -3.8% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 10.8% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 41.8 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 1.1% 2024
Education
- Primary school enrolment
- 97% 2022
- Secondary school enrolment
- 97.5% 2022
- Higher education enrolment
- 79.4% 2022
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 5.4% 2021
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 16.7% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $13,473 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 10.9% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.7 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 13.4 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.7 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 92% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 5.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 6.5 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 17 2023
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 13.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 72.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 15.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 5.8 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 12.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 15.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 60.3 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, tropical cyclones, tornadoes, floods, and wildfires
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 13.6 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 17.4 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 33.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 15.8% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 8,437 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 28.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 94.7% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 113 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 38.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .us
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 13,064 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 10.9% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 20.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 57.6% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 941,557,000 2023
- Airports
- 16,116 2025
- Railways, km
- 293,564 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 3.5% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 4,937 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 430,843 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 270,295 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 24.3% 2024