Country Facts:

United States
Area, sq km 9,831,510 Capital Washington DC
Arable as % of total land 17.2 Currency US dollar (C$)

People
Population, m 329.1 Life expectancy: men 76.6yrs
Pop. per sq km 33.5 women 81.7yrs
Total change in population Adult literacy ...
2020-25, % 0.6 Fertility rate (per woman) 1.8
Pop. aged 0–19, % 24.0 Urban population, % 82.5
Pop. aged 65 and over, % 18.6 per 1,000 pop.
No. of men per 100 women 97.9 Crude birth rate 12.0
Human Development Index 92.6 Crude death rate 9.2

The Economy
GDP $21,433bn GDP per head $65,298
Av. ann. growth in real GDP per head in purchasing
GDP 2014–19 2.4% power parity (USA=100) 100.0
Economic freedom index 74.8
Origins of GDP Components of GDP
% of total % of total
Agriculture 0.8 Private consumption 67.9
Industry, of which: 18.0 Public consumption 14.0
manufacturing 10.9 Investment 21.0
Services 81.2 Exports 11.7
Imports -14.6

Structure of Employment
% of total % of labour force
Agriculture 1.4 Unemployed 2020 8.3
Industry 19.9 Av. ann. rate 2010-20 6.4
Services 78.7
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Trade
Principal Exports Principal Imports
$bn fob $bn cif
Capital goods, excluding vehicles 547.9 Capital goods, excluding vehicles 677.8
Industrial supplies 529.8 Consumer goods, excluding vehicles 653.6
Consumer goods, excluding vehicles 205.7 Industrial supplies 521.5
Vehicle & products 162.5 Vehicle & products 375.9
Total incl. others 1,643.2 Total incl. others 2,497.5

Main Export Destinations Main Origins of Imports

% of total % of total
Canada 17.8 China 18.1
Mexico 15.6 Mexico 14.3
China 6.5 Canada 12.8
Japan 4.5 Japan 5.8
EU28 16.2 EU28 18.1

Health & Education

Health spending, % of GDP 16.9 Education spending, % of GDP ...
Doctors per 1,000 pop. 2.6 Enrolment, %:
Hospital beds per 1,000 pop. 2.9 primary 101
At least basic drinking water, secondary 99
% of pop. 99.3 tertiary 88

Society
No. of households, m 132.7 Cost of living, Dec 2020
Av. no. per household 2.5 New York = 100 100
Marriages per 1,000 pop. 6.9 Cars per 1,000 pop. 360
Divorces per 1,000 pop. 2.5 Telephone lines per 100 pop. 32.7
Religion, % of pop. Mobile telephone subscribers per 100 pop. 134.5
Christian 78.3 Internet access, % 88.5
Non-religious 16.4 Broadband subs per 100 pop. 34.7
Other 2.0 Broadband speed, Mbps 32.9
Jewish 1.8
Muslim 0.9
Hindu 0.6

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