UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Capital Washington, D.C.
Area (km2) 9 629 090
Total population (thousands, 2021) 331 894
Population density (per km2) 34
National currency US dollar (USD)
National statistical office www.usa.gov/statistics
Office of Management and Budget
Women in the labour force, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 47%
Gender pay gap
   monthly earnings, 2007 38%
   hourly wage, 2011 11%
Women in part-time employment, 2006
   percentage of employed women 25%
Female tertiary students, 2021
   percentage of total for both sexes 58%
Female victims of homicide, 2007
   percentage of total for both sexes 21%
Women researchers
   percentage of total for both sexes ..
Life expectancy at birth, 2014
   females, years 81.2
   males, years 76.4
Life expectancy at 65, 2014
   females, years 20.5
   males, years 18.0
Total fertility rate, 2022
   average number of children per woman 1.7
Adolescent fertility rate, 2021
   number of live births per 1000 women aged 15-19 13.9
Mean age of women at birth of first child, 2021
   age in years 27.3
 
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Employment
 (% change over previous year)
1.1
-6.2
3.2
3.7
1.7
0.2
Unemployment rate
 (%)
3.7
8.1
5.3
3.6
3.6
4.0
Youth unemployment rate
 (%)
8.4
14.9
9.7
..
..
..
GDP
   current prices, millions of US dollars, PPP, 2024 29 184 890
GDP, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 84 489
Exports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 10.9
Imports of goods and services
   % of GDP, 2024 14.0
Final consumption expenditure, per capita
   current prices, US dollars, PPP, 2024 68 732
Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)
   USD per USD, US=1, 2024 1.000
Forest resources
   Area of forest
 (percentage of land area, 2015)
 34
   Wood volume
 (m3 per inhabitant, 2015)
 127

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Transport infrastructure, road accidents and traffic
   Railways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 146 594
   Motorways
      total length in kilometres, 2023 108 226
   Persons injured in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 7 502
   Persons killed in road accidents
      per million inhabitants, 2021 129
   Traffic, railways
      million passenger-kilometres, 2023 16 304 293
      million tonne-kilometres, 2017 2 445 138
   Traffic, roads
      million passenger-kilometres, 2015 5 356 301
      million tonne-kilometres, 2015 2 990 197
The data under "gender pay gap, monthly earnings" actually pertain to the gender pay gap, weekly earnings. Source: United States Current Population Survey.