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This page is based on information collected by the students at McLaughlin Middle School in Manchester, New Hampshire USA
It was taken from the CIA World Factbook, at https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ja.html in September 2006.
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USA |
Eastern Asia |
Location |
North America between Canada and Mexico |
36 00 N, 138 00 E |
Geographic Coordinates |
38 00 N, 97 00 W |
29,751 km |
Coastline |
19,924 km |
Tokyo |
Capital City |
Washington, DC |
127,463,611 (July 2006 est.) |
Population |
298,444,215 (July 2006 est.) |
Varies from tropical in south to cool temperate in north |
Climate |
Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska |
81.25 years, male: 77.96 years, female: 84.7 years |
Life Expectancy |
total population: 77.85 years |
Observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) |
Religions |
Protestant 52%, Roman Catholic 24%, Mormon 2%, Jewish 1%, Muslim 1%, other 10%, none 10% |
total population: 99% |
Literacy |
total population: 99% |
Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government |
Government Type |
Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition |
White with solid red circle in center |
Flag Description |
Red and White stripes blue field in upper corner with 50 stars |
66.4 million ( |
Labor Force |
149.3 million (includes unemployed) |
4.4% |
Unemployment Rate |
5% |
5.578 million bbl/day |
Oil Consumption |
20.03 million bbl/day |
58.788 million |
Telephone Main Lines |
268 million |
91,473,900 |
Telephone Cellular Lines |
194,479,364 |
.jp |
Internet Code |
.us |
86.3 million |
Internet Users |
203,824,428 |
211 plus 7,341 repeaters |
Television Broadcast Stations |
2,218 |
175 (2006) |
Airports |
14,858 |
total: 23,556 km |
Railways |
total: 226,605 km |
total: 1.183 million km |
Roadways |
total: 6,407,637 km |
Japanese Defense Agency, Ground Self-Defense Force, Maritime Self-Defense Force, Air Self-Defense Force |
Military Branches |
Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard |
$44.31 billion (2005 est.) |
Military Expenditures Dollars |
$518.1 billion |
1% (2005 est.) |
Military Expenditures % GDP |
4% |
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