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Americas is a continent. It contains 35 countries and 4 regions, with a total land area of 37,966,939 km² and a population of 1,028,800,661 people.

Key facts

number of countries: 35
number of regions: 4
population: 1,028,800,661 people
land area: 37,966,939 km²

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): 6,991.51 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: 1.88 births per woman
Forest area: 15,832,624 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 49.28 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 10,189.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 959.30
Methane emissions: 2,320.91 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 583.87 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 518,670,749 people
Male population: 510,129,912 people
Renewable energy consumption: 23.88 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 38,116,144.26 km²
Rural population: 182,608,804 people
Urban land area: 330,743.96 km²
Urban population: 846,191,857 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 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 greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)

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

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

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area in Americas

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, 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 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 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 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

Health

Birth rate: 14.94 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.02 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: 7.99 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Americas

Evolution of historical health expenditure 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 fertility rate in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Americas

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Americas

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

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment 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

Politics

Armed forces personnel: 4,207,000 people
Democracy score: 166.79
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 6,267,331 people
Individuals using the internet: 77.33 % of population
Military expenditure: 1.27 % of GDP
Net migration: 1,368,508 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 greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) 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 methane emissions 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 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

Business

Central government debt: 61.69 % of GDP
Expense: 24.36 % of GDP
Gdp: 36,912,426,029,681.31 current US$
Self-employed workers: 34.94 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 16.31 % of GDP
Unemployment: 6.81 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 31.09 % 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 greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Americas

Relationship between central government debt and expense in Americas

In literature

There is no book written about Americas in the database.

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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