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Jul 5, 2009
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The Question:

Which countries in the world don't use the metric system?

The Answer:

The only remaining nonmetric countries in the world are the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar (Burma).

Our conversion calculator can help convert between the metric system and U.S. Weights and Measures.

—The Editors

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