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USA FACTS

Population: 291 million (US Census Bureau estimate, 2003)

Capital: Washington D.C.

Major language: English

Major religion: Christianity

Life expectancy: 74 years (men), 80 years (women) (UN)

Monetary unit: 1 US dollar = 100 cents

Main exports: Computers and electrical machinery, vehicles, chemical products, food and live animals, military equipment and aircraft

Average annual income: US $34,280 (World Bank, 2001)

Internet domain: .us

International dialling code: +1

Map of United States

USA Telecommunication*

Telephones - main lines in use:	194 million (1997)
Telephones - mobile cellular:	69.209 million (1998)
Telephone system:	general assessment: a very large, technologically advanced, multipurpose communications system domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country international: 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000)
Radio broadcast stations:	AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998)
Television broadcast stations:	more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997)
Internet country code:	.us
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):	7,000 (2002 est.)
Internet users:	165.75 million (2002)

*USA telecommunications data is from CIA World Factbook.