United States

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General Information

 
Capital: Washington D.C. Head of State: President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009)

Surface Area: 9,826,675 sq km Head of Government: President Barack H. OBAMA (since 20 January 2009)

Languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7%
Population: 307,212,123 (July 2010 est.)
Exchange rate (27-08-2010): EUR 1 = USD 1.2700
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Local Time: UTC/GMT -5 hours (Washington D.C.) Internet suffix: .us


Telehone lines (main lines): 150 million (2008) Mobile lines: 270 million (2008)

Internet users: 231 million (2008) Literacy rate: 99%


Life expectancy: male: 75.78 years female: 80.81 years (2010 est.)

Infrastructures:

  • 5,194 airpots with paved airways

  • 6,465,799 km railways



Urban Population: 82% of total population (2008)


Ethnic Origin: white 79.96%, black 12.85%, Asian 4.43%, Amerindian and Alaska native 0.97%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.18%, two or more races 1.61% (July 2007 estimate)


Religion: Protestant 51.3%, Roman Catholic 23.9%, Mormon 1.7%, other Christian 1.6%, Jewish 1.7%, Buddhist 0.7%, Muslim 0.6%, other or unspecified 2.5%, unaffiliated 12.1%, none 4%


Recent Economic Indicators


 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
GDP, current prices (USD, billions) 9,951.48 10,286.18 10,642.30 11,142.18 11,867.75 12,638.38 13,398.93 14,077.65 14,441.43 14,256.28
GDP, PPP (USD, billions) 9,951.48 10,286.18 10,642.30 11,142.18 11,867.75 12,638.38 13,398.93 14,077.65 14,441.43 14,256.28
GDP PPP per capita, (USD billion) 35,251.93 36,064.52 36,949.99 38,324.38 40,450.62 42,680.64 44,822.96 46,629.69 47,392.75 46,380.91
GDP PPP share of world total 23.637 23.377 23.15 22.921 22.619 22.385 21.893 21.289 20.781 20.455
Inflation, % Change (Index, 2000=100) 3.427 1.552 2.616 1.909 3.209 3.674 2.199 4.089 0.697 1.973
Current Account Balance (USD, billions) -417.429 -398.272 -459.147 -521.532 -631.134 -748.685 -803.546 -726.572 -706.068 -417.999
Current Account Balance % GDP -4.195 -3.872 -4.314 -4.681 -5.318 -5.924 -5.997 -5.161 -4.889 -2.932
General government gross debt (% GDP) 54.77 54.688 57.056 60.36 61.357 61.599 61.067 62.078 70.555 83.214




Ireland's trade relations with United States


   2007  2008  2009
Exports (merchandise, € million)
 5,646,833
 5,537,511
 6,654,353
Exports (merchandise, tonnes)
 166,298
 88,887
 81,626
Imports (merchandise, € million)
 2,972,190
 2,587,522
 3,236,637
Imports (merchandise, tonnes)
 458,807
 573,039
 286,266

Top 5 Exports to United States in 2009
  € 000 Tonnes
Organic chemicals
 2,550,437
 331
Medical & pharmaceutical products
 1,352,481
 1,921
Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes
 507,040
 819
Essential oils, perfume materials; toilet & cleansing preps
 468,722
 9,466
Professional, scientific & controlling apparatus nes
 451,577
 2,386

Top 5 Imports from United States in 2009
  € 000 Tonnes
Other transport equipment
 1,496,148
 1,012
Special transactions and commodities not classified according to kind
 252,838
 0
Electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances nes & parts
 219,174
 998
Office machines & automatic data processing machines
 218,081
 1,628
Miscellaneous manufactured articles nes
 210,614
 2,945

Sources:
CSO - Central Statistics Office
CIA - World Factbook
UNDATA
IMF - World Economic Outlook

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