When president trump said this week that the united states had done more testing than south korea, usa today was quick to factcheck his claim by pointing out, the united states population is. Britains american colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the united states of america following the treaty of paris in 1783. The office of public affairs opa is the single point of contact for all inquiries about the central intelligence agency cia. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the original as the nation expanded across the north american continent and acquired a number of overseas possessions. The information regarding the united states on this page is republished from the 2020 world fact book of the united states central intelligence agency, the library of congress country studies, and other sources. Using the cia world fact book in geography and social. Countries of the world 37 years of cia world fact books.
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