🌍 Geography
Location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Area & Boundaries
Total Area
9,833,517 km²
Land Area
9,147,593 km²
Water Area
685,924 km²
World Rank by Area
#null
Land Boundaries
12,002 km
Coastline
19,924 km
Bordering Countries
Canada (8,891 km)
Mexico (3,111 km)
Terrain & Climate
Terrain: 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
Climate: 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
Elevation
Highest Point
Mount McKinley: 6,190m
Lowest Point
Death Valley (lowest point in North America): -86m
Mean Elevation
760m
Major Rivers
- <p>Missouri: 3,768 km
- Mississippi: 3,544 km
- Yukon river mouth (shared with Canada [s]): 3,190 km
- Saint Lawrence (shared with Canada): 3,058 km
- Rio Grande river source (mouth shared with Mexico): 3,057 km
- Colorado river source (shared with Mexico [m]): 2,333 km
- Arkansas: 2,348 km
- Columbia river mouth (shared with Canada [s]): 2,250 km
- Red: 2,188 km
- Ohio: 2,102 km
Natural Resources
coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber, arable land
👥 Demographics
Population Overview
Total Population (2024)
341,963,408
World Rank
#null
Growth Rate
0.67%
Urbanization
83.3%
Age & Life Expectancy
Median Age
38.9 years
Life Expectancy
80.9 years
Birth Rate
12.2 per 1,000
Death Rate
8.5 per 1,000
Major Urban Areas
- 18.937 million New York-Newark,: 12,534,000 people
Languages
- English only (Official) - 78.2%
- Spanish - 13.4%
- Chinese - 1.1%
- other - 7.3%
Education
Literacy Rate: null% (Male: null%, Female: null%)
💼 Economy
<p>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</p>
GDP & Economic Indicators
GDP (PPP)
N/A
GDP (Official Rate)
N/A
GDP per Capita (PPP)
N/A
World GDP Rank
#null
GDP Growth Rate
null%
Unemployment Rate
null%
Inflation Rate
null%
Public Debt (% of GDP)
null%
GDP Composition by Sector
Agriculture
0.9%
Industry
17.3%
Services
79.7%
Major Industries
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
Trade
Exports
N/A
Imports
N/A
Foreign Exchange Reserves
N/A
Currency
(null)
🏛️ Government
Government Type
constitutional federal republic
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Executive Branch
Chief of State: President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2025)
Head of Government: President Donald J. TRUMP (since 20 January 2025)
Legislative Branch
National Holiday
Independence Day, 4 July (1776)
📈 Social Indicators
Hospital Beds
2.7 per 1,000
🌐 International Relations
International Memberships
ADB (nonregional member)
AfDB (nonregional member)
ANZUS
APEC
Arctic Council
ARF
ASEAN (dialogue partner)
Australia Group
BIS
BSEC (observer)
CBSS (observer)
CD
CE (observer)
CERN (observer)
CICA (observer)
CP
EAPC
EAS
EBRD
EITI (implementing country)
FAO
FATF
G-5
G-7
G-8
G-10
G-20
IADB
IAEA
IBRD
ICAO
ICC (national committees)
ICRM
IDA
IEA
IFAD
IFC
IFRCS
IGAD (partners)
IHO
ILO
IMF
IMO
IMSO
Interpol
IOC
IOM
ISO
ITSO
ITU
ITUC (NGOs)
MIGA
MINUSTAH
MONUSCO
NAFTA
NATO
NEA
NSG
OAS
OECD