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Age at first marriage for men
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26 years |
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[19th of 19]
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Age at first marriage for women
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25 years |
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[19th of 19]
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Age structure > 0-14 years
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20.6 |
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[168th of 226]
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Average size of households
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2.6 |
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[6th of 17]
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Birth rate
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14.18 births/1,000 population |
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[150th of 226]
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Chinese population
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2,000,000 |
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[6th of 127]
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Death rate
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8.27 deaths/1,000 population |
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[105th of 226]
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Divorce rate
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4.95 per 1,000 people |
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[1st of 34]
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Ethnic groups
white 77.1%, black 12.9%, Asian 4.2%, Amerindian and Alaska native 1.5%, native Hawaiian and other Pacific islander 0.3%, other 4%; note: a separate listing for Hispanic is not included because the US Census Bureau considers Hispanic to mean a person of Latin American descent (including persons of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin) living in the US who may be of any race or ethnic group (white, black, Asian, etc.) |
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Marriage rate
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9.8 |
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[1st of 27]
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Nobel prize laureates
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270 |
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[1st of 44]
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Population
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303,824,640 |
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[4th of 242]
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Population growth rate
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0.883% |
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[135th of 235]
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Population in 2015
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325,723 |
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[3rd of 225]
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Projected population growth
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45.31% |
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[78th of 141]
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Sex ratio > Under 15 years
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1.05 male(s)/female |
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[70th of 224]
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Teenage birth rate
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52.1 |
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[1st of 28]
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Total fertility rate
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2.1 children born/woman |
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[123rd of 225]
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Total Population
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298,444,215 |
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[3rd of 227]
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Urbanization
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77 |
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[45th of 204]
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SOURCES: 1980 figures and 1999 figures for EU countries are from European Social Statistics Demography 2001. Australian figures are from ABS, Year Book Australia 2003 - Population. Marriages and Divorces and the latest figure is for 2001. Figures for other European and North American countries come from UN Economic Commission for Europe, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN, NY, 2001). New Zealand figures from Maureen Baker, Families, Labour and Love (Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2001). Japanese figures from Japan Almanac 1998 (Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo). Figures for other countries from UN Statistics Division, The World's Women 2000: Trends and Statistics.
Spanish Statistical Institute; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Economic Commission for Europe Statistical Division, Trends in Europe and North America 2001 (UN Economic Commission for Europe, NY, 2001), p. 74; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; University Libraries, Ohio University; divorcereform.org2004; United Nations, Monthly Bulletin of Statistics, April 2001; The Nobel Foundation; World Development Indicators database and CIA World Factbook; Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2004 Revision and World Urbanization Prospects: http://esa.un.org/unpp; Population Reference Bureau, 2001 World Population Data Sheet, Washington, DC: PRB, 2001. via ciesin.org; UNICEF; U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, International Programs Center
Spanish Statistical Institute; Population Division of the United Nations Secretariat, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision, Data Tables and Highlights (ESA/P/WP.173, 20 March 2002)
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
United States, United States of America, usa, America, The United States, u.s.
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