How big was US in 1776?

In 1776, the United States consisted of 13 colonies along the eastern coast, stretching from Georgia in the south to Maine in the north. These colonies totaled approximately 1.6 million square miles of land, although only a fraction was settled or developed at the time. The population was around 2.5 million people, primarily of European descent, along with a significant number of enslaved Africans and Indigenous peoples. The territory would expand significantly in the years following independence.