United States

United States, officially the United States of America, USA or the US is a country in North America that is divided to 50 states. The population of the country is about 330 784 000. The US is the second largest country by area in its continent, only behind Canada and largest by population or third largest in the whole world, behind China and India, both in Asia. The president of the country is currently Donald Trump from the Republican Party, but will soon change to the democrat Joe Biden.

Population
United States' population was 308 745 538 in 2010, and has grown by over 27 million in ten years. The population has doubled between 1950 and 2010. The population grew by almost 33 million between 1990 and 2000, making it the biggest jump in population.

The most populous cities of the US are New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Philadelphia.

Climate
United States is a big country by area, one of the biggest in the world. Because of that, the US has a lot of variety in its climate.

In the west coast the average temperatures go as high as about 22-29 Celsius, depending on the city. Then there is Las Vegas, where it can go up to 40 Celsius in the midsummer by average.