United States
Country in North America
The United States is a country in North America, with its capital in Washington D.C. About 341.8 million people live there (2025), making it the 3rd most populous of the 195 countries. At 9,372,610 km², it is the 4th largest country by area. It borders Canada and Mexico.
The United States at a glance
- Capital
- Washington D.C.
- Population (2025)
- 341.8 million
- Area
- 9,372,610 km²
- Density
- 36 per km²
- Official language
- English
- Currency
- United States dollar
- People
- American
- Calling code
- +1
- Internet domain
- .us
- Coast
- Has a coastline
Where is the United States?
How the United States compares
Population rank
3rd of 195
1st of 23 in North America
Size rank
4th of 195
2nd of 23 in North America
Crowding
36 per km²
More crowded than 25% of countries
- Similar in size: China (9,706,961 km²).
- Similar population: Indonesia (285.7 million).
- The United States dollar is also used in 19 other places: the Bahamas, Cambodia, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Palau and 13 more.
- English is also an official language in 58 other countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana and 52 more.
The flag of the United States
Flags that look like it
How to tell them apart: Liberia's flag is modelled on the US flag, with 11 stripes and a single white star.
Would you recognise the United States?
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Its emoji clues
The four clues we use for the United States in Guess the Country by Emoji.
Play by emoji →How players do with the United States
Every answer in DodoThinks games is counted anonymously. This is how players have done with the United States so far, from 421 answers up to November 2026.
On the map
86% right
170th hardest of 176 · 320 answers
Its flag
91% right
136th hardest of 145 · 101 answers
- Players find the United States on the map in 86% of tries, which makes it one of the easiest. The most common wrong answer is Canada.
- Players recognise the flag of the United States in 91% of tries, one of the highest of any flag.
Countries that border the United States
The United States borders 2 countries: Canada and Mexico.
Canada
MexicoQuick quiz: United States
3 questions. Tap an answer to check it.
1. Which is the flag of the United States?
That's the flag of the United States, easy to confuse with Liberia.
2. What is the capital of the United States?
Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States.
3. Which of these borders the United States?
The United States borders Canada and Mexico.
Questions about the United States
Is the United States a country?
Yes. The United States is an independent country and one of the 193 member states of the United Nations.
What is the capital of the United States?
The capital of the United States is Washington D.C.
Which countries border the United States?
The United States borders 2 countries: Canada and Mexico.
How many countries border the United States?
2. The United States shares a land border with 2 countries.
How big is the United States?
The United States covers 9,372,610 km², about the same size as China (9,706,961 km²).
Is the United States hard to find on a map?
Not for most players. On DodoThinks map quizzes, players find the United States in 86% of 320 tries, 170th hardest of 176 places with enough answers to count. The most common wrong answer is Canada.
Which flags look like the flag of the United States?
Liberia. Liberia's flag is modelled on the US flag, with 11 stripes and a single white star.
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