United States
Washington, D.C. · North America
United States is a country in North America. Its capital city is Washington, D.C., the official currency is the United States Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 339.9 million people spread over 9,833,517 km², United States is the 3rd most populous country in the world and the 3rd largest by area. That works out at about 35 people per square kilometre.
United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico — 2 neighbours in all. Its largest urban centres are New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago. The highest point in the country is Denali, at 6,190 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Canada, while its population is closest to that of Indonesia.
- Capital
- Washington, D.C.
- Region
- North America
- Population
- 339,900,000
- Area
- 9,833,517 km²
- Currency
- United States Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- Denali
6,190 m - Land borders
- 2
United States: things worth knowing
- The United States spans six time zones across its states and territories, from Guam to Puerto Rico.
- It has no official language at federal level, though English is used for government business.
- Alaska alone would be the seventh largest country in the world if it were independent.
United States in context
North America has 23 sovereign countries in total. United States ranks 1st among them by population.
See the full list of North America countries, or browse all 195 countries.