Americas

The Americas is a continent.

Key facts

number of countries: 35
number of regions: 4
land area: 37,963,100 km²
population: 1,027,724,027

Environment

Metrics

agricultural land	11,230,100.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy	7.12 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)	6,275,480.00 kt
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	1.90 births per woman
forest area	15,857,100 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption	49.28 % of total
other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6	-21,070.50 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
median age	26.84 years
methane emissions	1,977,190.00 kt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions	704,557.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
female population	520,475,151
male population	507,248,875
renewable energy consumption	24.68 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area	38,116,100.00 km²
rural population	184,345,725
urban land area	330,743.00 km²
urban population	843,378,302
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters	5.81 % of total population

Countries in Americas

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Countries historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Americas

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Regions in Americas

Health

Metrics

birth rate	15.16 per 1,000 people
death rate	8.57 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita	1,118.87 current US$
health expenditure	7.78 % of GDP
incidence of HIV	0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds	2.16 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth	73 years
suicide mortality rate	7.99 per 100,000 population

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Politics

Metrics

armed forces personnel	4,207,000
democracy score	166.79
military expenditure	1.27 % of GDP
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments	29.12 %

Countries historical armed forces personnel in Americas

Countries historical military expenditure in Americas

Countries historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Americas

Business

Metrics

central government debt	60.38 % of GDP
expense	24.90 % of GDP
GDP	33,916,500,000,000.00 current US$
inflation	543.53 annual %
self-employed	35.42 % of total employment
tax revenue	16.33 % of GDP
unemployment	7.02 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment	31.59 % of total employment