Americas · Northern America
Capital: Washington D.C.
United States
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Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #1
United States's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
341.8M
#3 of 196
99th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$30.8T
#1 of 196
100th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
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$997.31B
#1 of 196
100th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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$958.71B
#1 of 196
100th percentile
2023 · UNESCO UIS and World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Manufacturing Output
$2.5T
#2 of 196
99th percentile
2021 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Washington D.C.
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Northern America
- Country code
- USA
Three interesting facts
United States shares land borders with 2 countries: Canada and Mexico.
United States is the 4th-largest country in this factbook by land area.
More than one currency is commonly recognized in United States, including US Dollar and US Dollar (Next day).
Geography
United States on the map
United States is located in North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico. Its terrain is vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east, rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska, rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii. The climate is mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest, low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. In area, the country is about half the size of Russia, about three-tenths the size of Africa, about half the size of South America (or slightly larger than Brazil), slightly larger than China, more than twice the size of the European Union.
Economy
Economic profile
United States' economy is characterized by world’s largest economy by nominal GDP, largest importer and second-largest exporter, home to leading financial exchanges and global reserve currency, high and growing public debt, inflation moderating but remains above pre-pandemic levels. Major industries include highly diversified, world leading, high-technology innovator, second-largest industrial output in the world, petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining. Important agricultural products include maize, soybeans, milk, wheat, sugar beets, sugarcane, potatoes, chicken, pork, tomatoes (2023). Notable exports include crude petroleum, refined petroleum, natural gas, gas turbines, cars (2023).
Demographics
People and population
United States has an estimated population of 340,110,988. Languages spoken include English only (official) 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.). The population includes White 61.6%, Black or African American 12.4%, Asian 6%, Indigenous and Alaska native 1.1%, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander 0.2%, other 8.4%, two or more races 10.2% (2020 est.). The urban population represents 83.3% of total population (2023).
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