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US

Washington, D.C. · pop. 340M · English · United States dollar

Metrics

  1. population
    340M
    3 of 176
    REST Countries · UN data
  2. gdp
    $27.3T
    1 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  3. gdp per capita
    $81,032
    8 of 170
    World Bank · latest available
  4. military spending
    $916B
    1 of 151
    SIPRI via World Bank
  5. military % of gdp
    3.3%
    20 of 148
    SIPRI via World Bank
  6. area
    9.5M km²
    5 of 176
    REST Countries
  7. population density
    36 /km²
    120 of 176
    zuhd — derived from population and area
  8. life expectancy
    78.4 yr
    43 of 175
    World Bank · latest available
  9. internet access
    93%
    32 of 166
    ITU via World Bank
  10. co₂ per capita
    13.6 t
    11 of 163
    World Bank · Climate Watch
  11. urbanization
    80%
    39 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  12. fertility rate
    1.6
    115 of 168
    World Bank · UN DESA
  13. foreign-born share
    15.2%
    28 of 167
    World Bank · UN DESA
  14. remittances % of gdp
    0.0%
    155 of 155
    World Bank · IMF BOP
  15. r&d % of gdp
    3.4%
    5 of 123
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  16. researchers per million
    4937
    21 of 118
    UNESCO UIS via World Bank
  17. scientific articles / yr
    430,843
    2 of 168
    NSF / World Bank
  18. high-tech exports %
    24%
    17 of 153
    World Bank · UN Comtrade
  19. gini inequality
    42
    114 of 139
    World Bank · PovcalNet
  20. youth unemployment
    9%
    56 of 166
    ILO via World Bank
  21. democracy (v-dem)
    0.57
    47 of 163
    V-Dem via Our World in Data
  22. cpi (clean gov)
    65
    25 of 164
    Transparency International via Our World in Data
  23. press freedom
    23.9
    40 of 163
    RSF via Our World in Data
  24. human development
    0.938
    16 of 164
    UNDP via Our World in Data
  25. refugees hosted
    435K
    18 of 150
    UNHCR via Our World in Data
  26. refugees produced
    4K
    77 of 152
    UNHCR via Our World in Data

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