United States of America
07 Jan 2011
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Washington, D.C.
- Head of government: President Barack H. Obama (20 January 2009)
- Inhabitants: 310 million (July 2010 est.)
- GDP/per capita: US$ 46,400 (2009 est.)
- Economic growth: -2.4% (2009 est.)
- Main languages: English 82.1%, Spanish 10.7%, other Indo-European 3.8%, Asian and Pacific island 2.7%, other 0.7% (2000 census); Hawaiian is an official language in the state of Hawaii
- School life expectancy: male: 15 years; female: 16 years (2006)
- Education expenditures: 5.3% of GDP (2005)
- Internet users: 231 million (2008)
Higher education
- Number of students in higher education: 17.8 million
- Number of institutions: 2,033 (Universities Worldwide, univ.cc)
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 1,300
