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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 1,028,829,966 people.

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number of countries: 35
number of regions: 4
population: 1,028,829,966 people
land area: 37,966,939 km²

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central government debt: 63.02 % of GDP
expense: 24.37 % of GDP
GDP: 36,914,452,729,681.31 current US$
self-employed workers: 34.93 % of total employment
tax revenue: 16.30 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.81 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 31.08 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 4,207,000 people
democracy score: 166.79
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 6,264,331 people
individuals using the Internet: 77.08 % of population
military expenditure: 1.26 % of GDP
net migration: 1,368,510 people
press freedom: 80.93
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.55 %
birth rate: 14.94 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.02 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,192.37 current US$
health expenditure: 7.75 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.25 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.26 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73.46
suicide mortality rate: 7.99 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 11,230,059.69 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 7.12 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 6,991.97 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): 10,189.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 27.42
methane emissions: 2,320.94 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 583.88 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 518,686,269 people
male population: 510,143,697 people
renewable energy consumption: 23.88 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 38,116,144.26 km²
rural population: 182,576,700 people
urban land area: 330,743.96 km²
urban population: 846,253,266 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 5.81 % of total population

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Evolution of historical female population in Americas

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

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Americas

Map of the distribution of cities in Americas by population

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Correlation of forest area and rural land area by countries yearly in Americas

Correlation of birth rate and life expectancy at birth of countries yearly in Americas

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions by countries yearly in Americas

Correlation of access to electricity and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Americas

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