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United States

The United States ranks #1 in the world for airports, gdp and railways.

#1 in the world: 3 rankings
Top 10 placings: 9 / 17
Population: 341.8 million
Land area: 9.1 million km²

Every ranking

Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking the United States is.

Airports

#1 of 193

16,116 airports

1st in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP

#1 of 182

30,769,700,000,000 US$ (current prices)

1st in North America · World Bank · 2025

Railways

#1 of 135

293,564 km of railway

1st in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Population

#3 of 195

341,784,857 people

1st in North America · World Bank · 2025

Land area

#3 of 194

9,147,420 km² of land

1st in North America · World Bank · 2023

Forest

#4 of 194

3,097,950 km² of forest

2nd in North America · World Bank · 2023

GDP per person

#7 of 182

90,027 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#8 of 151

19,924 km of coastline

2nd in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways per person

#9 of 134

858.92 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Airports per person

#20 of 192

47.15 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Airports by area

#37 of 191

17.62 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Forest per person

#44 of 194

0.0091 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Land area per person

#49 of 194

0.027 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways by area

#34 of 133

32.09 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest by area

#88 of 194

33.9 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

Rainfall

#111 of 179

715 mm of precipitation per year

22nd in North America · World Bank · 2022

Population by area

#146 of 194

37.36 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

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