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United States
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ANNUAL ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT
Population & economic scale
The most recent non-empty observations returned by the World Bank when this snapshot was collected. Read the year on each card: these are annual statistics, not live measurements.
World Bank reporting entity: United States · 3 of 3 indicators available.
Population
341,784,857
people
observation
Definition, value & source
Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
Received value: 341784857 people. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: https://population.un.org/wpp/, publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs), uri: https://unstats.un.org/home/nso_sites/, publisher: National Statistical Offices; Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT), uri: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/data/database?node_code=earn_ses_monthly, publisher: Eurostat; Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), uri: https://unstats.un.org, publisher: UN Statistics Division
GDP
$30.77 trillion
current US$
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 30769700000000 current US$. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP per capita
$90,027
current US$ per person
observation
Definition, value & source
Gross domestic product is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. It can be measured in three different ways: using either the expenditure approach, the income approach, or the production approach. The core indicator has been divided by the general population to achieve a per capita estimate.This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This indicator is expressed in United States dollars.
Received value: 90026.5163005744 current US$ per person. The main card rounds for readability.
- Collected
- Oct 7, 2026
- Dataset update reported by API
- Jul 13, 2026; separate from the observation year
World Bank indicator ↗ · API record ↗
World Bank, World Development Indicators. CC BY 4.0. Underlying sources: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB)
GDP and GDP per capita use current US dollars, without an inflation or purchasing-power-parity adjustment. Source years can differ. Missing data is not zero; earlier archive figures below are retained as a separate historical reference.
THE REFERENCE FILE
United States at a glance
These are historical reference facts from the 2025 World Factbook archive. Each estimate keeps its own period; an archive edition does not make every figure a measurement from that year.
Population
total: 338,016,259 (2025 est.) male: 167,543,554 female: 170,472,705
Area
total : 9,833,517 sq km land: 9,147,593 sq km water: 685,924 sq km note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia, no overseas territories
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$25.676 trillion (2024 est.) $24.977 trillion (2023 est.) $24.276 trillion (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
GDP (official exchange rate)
$29.185 trillion (2024 est.) note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate
Real GDP growth rate
2.8% (2024 est.) 2.9% (2023 est.) 2.5% (2022 est.) note: annual GDP % growth based on constant local currency
Real GDP per capita
$75,500 (2024 est.) $74,200 (2023 est.) $72,700 (2022 est.) note: data in 2021 dollars
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.9% (2024 est.) 4.1% (2023 est.) 8% (2022 est.) note: annual % change based on consumer prices
Unemployment rate
4.2% (2024 est.) 3.7% (2023 est.) 3.7% (2022 est.) note: % of labor force seeking employment
Labor force
174.174 million (2024 est.) note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work
Public debt
114.8% of GDP (2023 est.) note: central government debt as a % of GDP
Budget
revenues: $4.877 trillion (2023 est.) expenditures: $6.857 trillion (2023 est.) note: central government revenues (excluding grants) and expenditures converted to US dollars at average official exchange rate for year indicated
Current account balance
-$1.134 trillion (2024 est.) -$905.378 billion (2023 est.) -$1.012 trillion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - net trade and primary/secondary income in current dollars
Exports
$3.191 trillion (2024 est.) $3.072 trillion (2023 est.) $3.039 trillion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - exports of goods and services in current dollars
Imports
$4.108 trillion (2024 est.) $3.857 trillion (2023 est.) $3.984 trillion (2022 est.) note: balance of payments - imports of goods and services in current dollars
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
$910.037 billion (2024 est.) $773.426 billion (2023 est.) $706.644 billion (2022 est.) note: holdings of gold (year-end prices)/foreign exchange/special drawing rights in current dollars
Electricity access
electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Internet users
percent of population: 93% (2023 est.)
THE HISTORICAL REFERENCE LIBRARY
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Location
North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Capital
name: Washington, D.C. geographic coordinates: 38 53 N, 77 02 W time difference: UTC-5 (during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins second Sunday in March; ends first Sunday in November; note - no DST for Hawaii and most of Arizona time zone note: the 50 United States cover six time zones etymology: named after George WASHINGTON (1732-1799), the first president of the United States
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Economic overview
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
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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 note: the US has the world's largest coal reserves with 491 billion short tons accounting for 27% of the world's total
archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Agricultural products
maize, soybeans, milk, wheat, sugar beets, sugarcane, potatoes, chicken, pork, tomatoes (2023) note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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
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Exports - partners
Canada 14%, Mexico 13%, China 8%, Germany 5%, Japan 4% (2023) note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Exports - commodities
crude petroleum, refined petroleum, natural gas, gas turbines, cars (2023) note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars
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Imports - partners
Mexico 15%, China 15%, Canada 14%, Germany 5%, Japan 5% (2023) note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Imports - commodities
cars, crude petroleum, broadcasting equipment, computers, garments (2023) note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars
2023 source periods; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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 note: many consider Mount McKinley, the highest peak in the United States, to be the world s coldest mountain because of its combination of high elevation and its subarctic location at 63 degrees north latitude; permanent snow and ice cover over 75 percent of the mountain, and enormous glaciers, up to 45 miles long and 3,700 feet thick, spider out from its base in every direction; it is home to some of the world s coldest and most violent weather, where winds of over 150 miles per hour and temperatures of -93˚F have been recorded.
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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
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Land use
agricultural land: 46.1% (2023 est.) arable land: 16.6% (2023 est.) permanent crops: 0.3% (2023 est.) permanent pasture: 29.2% (2023 est.) forest: 33.8% (2023 est.) other: 18.7% (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural hazards
tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of America coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska is a major impediment to development volcanism: volcanic activity in the Hawaiian Islands, Western Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, and in the Northern Mariana Islands; Mauna Loa (4,170 m) in Hawaii and Mount Rainier (4,392 m) in Washington have been deemed Decade Volcanoes by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to their explosive history and close proximity to human populations; Pavlof (2,519 m) is the most active volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Arc and poses a significant threat to intercontinental air travel; St. Helens (2,549 m), famous for the devastating 1980 eruption, remains active today; other historically active volcanoes are mostly concentrated in the Aleutian arc and Hawaii, including (in Alaska) Aniakchak, Augustine, Chiginagak, Fourpeaked, Iliamna, Katmai, Kupreanof, Martin, Novarupta, Redoubt, Spurr, Wrangell, Trident, Ugashik-Peulik, Ukinrek Maars, Veniaminof, (in Hawaii) Haleakala, Kilauea, Loihi, (in the Northern Mariana Islands) Anatahan, (in the Pacific Northwest) Mount Baker, and Mount Hood; see note 2 under "Geography - note"
1980 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Languages
English only (official) 78.2%, Spanish 13.4%, Chinese 1.1%, other 7.3% (2017 est.) note: data represent the language spoken at home; English is the official national language as of March 2025, but English previously had official status in 32 of the 50 states; Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii, and 20 indigenous languages are official in Alaska
2017, 2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Religions
Protestant 46.5%, Roman Catholic 20.8%, Jewish 1.9%, Church of Jesus Christ 1.6%, other Christian 0.9%, Muslim 0.9%, Jehovah's Witness 0.8%, Buddhist 0.7%, Hindu 0.7%, other 1.8%, unaffiliated 22.8%, don't know/refused 0.6% (2014 est.)
2014 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Age structure
0-14 years: 18.1% (male 31,618,532/female 30,254,223) 15-64 years: 63.4% (male 108,553,822/female 108,182,491) 65 years and over: 18.5% (2024 est.) (male 28,426,426/female 34,927,914)
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Urbanization
urban population: 83.3% of total population (2023) rate of urbanization: 0.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2023, 2020 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 80.9 years (2024 est.) male: 78.7 years female: 83.1 years
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity
installed generating capacity: 1.235 billion kW (2023 est.) consumption: 4.085 trillion kWh (2023 est.) exports: 19.87 billion kWh (2023 est.) imports: 38.874 billion kWh (2023 est.) transmission/distribution losses: 191.104 billion kWh (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Electricity generation sources
fossil fuels: 58.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) nuclear: 18.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) solar: 5.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) wind: 9.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) hydroelectricity: 5.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) geothermal: 0.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) biomass and waste: 1.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Petroleum
total petroleum production: 20.953 million bbl/day (2023 est.) refined petroleum consumption: 20.307 million bbl/day (2024 est.) crude oil estimated reserves: 38.212 billion barrels (2021 est.)
2023, 2024, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Natural gas
production: 1.072 trillion cubic meters (2023 est.) consumption: 920.47 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) exports: 215.48 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) imports: 82.917 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) proven reserves: 13.402 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)
2023, 2021 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Carbon dioxide emissions
4.795 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from coal and metallurgical coke: 777.302 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from petroleum and other liquids: 2.258 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) from consumed natural gas: 1.76 billion metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 391 million (2024 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 113 (2024 est.)
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Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 131 million (2023 est.) subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2023 est.)
2023 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Airports
16,116 (2025)
2025 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Railways
total: 293,564.2 km (2014) standard gauge: 293,564.2 km (2014) 1.435-m gauge
2014 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Ports
total ports: 666 (2024) large: 21 medium: 38 small: 132 very small: 475 ports with oil terminals: 204 key ports: Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Chester, Cleveland, Detroit, Galveston, Houston, Los Angeles, Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP), Mobile, New Orleans, New York City, Norfolk, Oakland, Philadelphia, Portland, San Francisco, Seattle, Tri-City Port
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
agriculture: 0.9% (2024 est.) industry: 17.3% (2024 est.) services: 79.7% (2024 est.) note: figures may not total 100% due to non-allocated consumption not captured in sector-reported data
2024 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
Remittances
0% of GDP (2024 est.) 0% of GDP (2023 est.) 0% of GDP (2022 est.) note: personal transfers and compensation between resident and non-resident individuals/households/entities
2024, 2023, 2022 dates in source text; archive edition 2025 · Archive source ↗
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