Which countries use the United States dollar?
The United States dollar (USD $) is the official currency of 20 countries and territories.
Official currency (16)
The currency listed for this place in ISO 4217 terms.
| Country or territory | Capital | Population |
|---|---|---|
 Ecuador | Quito | 18,289,896 |
 El Salvador | San Salvador | 6,365,503 |
 Marshall Islands | Majuro | 36,282 |
 Palau | Ngerulmud | 17,663 |
 Timor-Leste | Dili | 1,418,517 |
 United States | Washington D.C. | 341,784,857 |
 American Samoa | Pago Pago | 46,029 |
 British Indian Ocean Territory | Diego Garcia | n/a |
 British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 39,732 |
 Caribbean Netherlands | Kralendijk | n/a |
 Guam | Hagåtña | 168,999 |
 Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | 43,541 |
 Puerto Rico | San Juan | 3,184,835 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 46,855 |
 United States Minor Outlying Islands | n/a | n/a |
 United States Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | 103,792 |
One of several legal tenders (4)
The currency is legal tender here alongside others, rather than being the single national currency.
| Country or territory | Capital | Population |
|---|---|---|
 Bahamas | Nassau | 403,033 |
 Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 17,847,982 |
 Panama | Panama City | 4,571,189 |
 Zimbabwe | Harare | 16,950,795 |
How this list is defined
A place is on this list when the United States dollar is one of its official currencies in the source dataset, which follows ISO 4217. That includes dependencies and territories, not only sovereign states, which is why the count here (20) is higher than the number of countries you may expect.
It also includes places where the United States dollar is legal tender alongside other currencies rather than being the single national currency. Those are listed separately above instead of being silently mixed in or silently dropped, because both would misstate the answer.
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Other currencies shared by several countries
- Eastern Caribbean dollar (XCD), used by 8 countries
- West African CFA franc (XOF), used by 8 countries
- Australian dollar (AUD), used by 7 countries
- Euro (EUR), used by 38 countries
- Saint Helena pound (SHP), used by 2 countries
- Singapore dollar (SGD), used by 2 countries
See all shared world currencies, or browse countries by region.
Currency assignments from open datasets following ISO 4217; populations from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL). Legal-status groupings for the euro follow the European Commission’s euro-area list and the EU’s monetary agreements. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.