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Americas

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Key facts

  • number of countries: 35
  • number of regions: 4
  • land area: 37,963,053 km²
  • population: 1,035,222,120 people
Classified as: place

Summary

Americas is a continent. It contains 35 countries and 4 regions, with a total land area of 37,963,053 km² and a population of 1,035,222,120 people.

Environment

Americas is one of the 5 continents in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 11,230,059.69 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 7.12 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 7,162.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 97.24 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 6.15 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 19.17 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 36.53 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.81 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 24.85 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 10.02 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -13.28 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 65.93 births per woman
  • Forest area: 15,857,100 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 49.28 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 10,440.19 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 951.10
  • Methane emissions: 2,319.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 657.85 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 524,402,819 people
  • Male population: 510,819,306 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 23.88 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 38,116,144.26 km²
  • Rural population: 183,323,903 people
  • Urban land area: 330,743.96 km²
  • Urban population: 851,898,217 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 203.34 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Americas by population

Cities in Americas

Countries in Americas

Global density of countries in Americas

Relationship between population and agricultural land in Americas

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions in Americas

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Americas

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Americas

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Americas

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Americas

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Americas

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Americas

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban population in Americas

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Americas

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Americas

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Americas

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Americas

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Americas

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Americas

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Americas

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Americas

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Americas

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Americas

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Americas

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Americas

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Americas

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Americas

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Americas

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Americas

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Americas

Evolution of historical forest area in Americas

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Americas

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Americas

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Americas

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Americas

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Americas

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Americas

Evolution of historical land area in Americas

Evolution of historical median age in Americas

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Americas

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Americas

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Americas

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Americas

Relationship between methane emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Americas

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Americas

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Americas

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Americas

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Americas

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Americas

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban land area in Americas

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban population in Americas

Evolution of historical population in Americas

Relationship between population and urban land area in Americas

Evolution of historical female population in Americas

Evolution of historical male population in Americas

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Americas

Evolution of historical rural land area in Americas

Evolution of historical rural population in Americas

Relationship between urban land area and rural population in Americas

Evolution of historical urban land area in Americas

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Americas

Evolution of historical urban population in Americas

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Americas

Relationship between population and date in Americas

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Americas

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Americas

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Americas

Regions in Americas

Relationship between population and agricultural land in Americas

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Health

  • Birth rate: 522.86 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 280.83 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 41,733.02 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 7.75 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 6.13 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 79.26 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 2,571.00
  • Suicide mortality rate: 263.80 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Americas

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Americas

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Americas

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Americas

Relationship between life expectancy and proportion of self-employed workers in Americas

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Americas

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Americas

Evolution of historical death rate in Americas

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Americas

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Americas

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Americas

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 4,207,000 people
  • Democracy score: 166.79
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 6,410,331 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 77.33 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 1.27 % of GDP
  • Net migration: 1,066,579 people
  • Press freedom: 80.93
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.55 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Americas

Relationship between armed forces personnel and methane emissions in Americas

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Americas

Evolution of historical net migration in Americas

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Americas

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Americas

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Americas

Relationship between armed forces personnel and rural population in Americas

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Americas

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Americas

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Americas

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Americas

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Americas

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Business

  • Central government debt: 61.22 % of GDP
  • Expense: 22.31 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 36,542,756,804,096.34 current US$
  • Self-employed workers: 35.42 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 16.68 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 6.87 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 31.59 % of total employment

Relationship between expense and health expenditure in Americas

Evolution of historical inflation in Americas

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Americas

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Americas

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Americas

Evolution of historical unemployment in Americas

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Americas

Evolution of historical central government debt in Americas

Evolution of historical expense in Americas

Evolution of historical GDP in Americas

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Americas

Relationship between central government debt and expense in Americas

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In literature

There is no book written about Americas in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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