United States
United States
Capital Washington, D.C.
9,833,517 km² · 341,784,857 people (2025) · United States dollar
Third or fourth largest country in the world depending on how China's area is counted. It spans six standard time zones across the fifty states, from UTC-10 in Hawaii to UTC-5 on the east coast. Death Valley holds the highest reliably recorded air temperature on Earth, 56.7 °C in 1913, and is 86 m below sea level; Denali, 5,500 km away in Alaska, is 6,190 m.
The facts
- Capital
- Washington, D.C.
- Largest city
- New York City
- Area
- 9,833,517 km² — 3,796,741 sq mi
- Population
- 341,784,857 (2025)
- Density
- 34.8 people per km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD, $)
- Official language
- English
- Time zones
- UTC-10:00, UTC-09:00, UTC-08:00, UTC-07:00, UTC-06:00, UTC-05:00
- Calling code
- +1
- Drives on the
- right
- ISO codes
- US · USA
- Continent
- North America
How it compares
- By area
- 3 of 200
- By population
- 3 of 200
Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.
Countries of a similar size
| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 17,098,242 | 143,513,328 |
| Canada | 9,984,670 | 41,651,653 |
| United States ← | 9,833,517 | 341,784,857 |
| China | 9,596,960 | 1,406,585,000 |
| Brazil | 8,515,770 | 212,812,405 |
Common questions
- What is the capital of United States?
- Washington, D.C.
- What currency does United States use?
- The United States dollar (USD).
- How big is United States?
- 9,833,517 km², or 3,796,741 square miles — 3 of 200 by area.
- Which side of the road does United States drive on?
- The right.
Related pages
Sources
- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)