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GeographyLocation: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico
Area: Land boundaries: total 12,248 km, Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska),Cuba 29 km (US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay), Mexico 3,326 km Coastline: 19,924 km
PeoplePopulation: 263,814,032 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.02% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 15.25 births/1,000 population Death rate: 8.38 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: 3.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 7.88 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.08 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: white 83.4%, black 12.4%, Asian 3.3%, Native American 0.8% (1992) Religions: Protestant 56%, Roman Catholic 28%, Jewish 2%, other 4%, none 10% (1989) Languages: English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority)
Literacy:
age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling (1979)
Government
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Type: federal republic; strong democratic tradition Capital: Washington, DC Independence: 4 July 1776 (from England) Constitution: 17 September 1787, effective 4 March 1789
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6.7384 trillion National product real growth rate: 4.1% National product per capita: $25,850 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.6% Unemployment rate: 5.5%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |