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Asia

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Key facts

  • number of countries: 47
  • number of regions: 5
  • land area: 31,069,129 km²
  • population: 4,709,112,161 people
Classified as: place

Summary

Asia is a continent. It contains 47 countries and 5 regions, with a total land area of 31,069,129 km² and a population of 4,709,112,161 people.

Environment

Asia is one of the 5 continents in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 16,638,788.25 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 4.59 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 22,556.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Access to electricity: 96.79 % of population
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 19.01 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 43.54 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 20.05 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.81 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 12.03 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.61 % of total
  • Net energy imports: -50.25 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 106.33 births per woman
  • Forest area: 6,237,789 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 75.48 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 30,353.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 1,216.00
  • Methane emissions: 5,873.49 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 1,119.69 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 2,312,581,513 people
  • Male population: 2,396,530,647 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 17.24 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 29,703,407.83 km²
  • Rural population: 2,267,374,770 people
  • Urban land area: 1,119,419.75 km²
  • Urban population: 2,441,737,391 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 214.93 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Asia by population

Cities in Asia

Countries in Asia

Global density of countries in Asia

Relationship between agricultural land and population in Asia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time in Asia

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Asia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Asia

Relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Asia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Asia

Relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Asia

Relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Asia

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Asia

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time in Asia

Relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time in Asia

Relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time in Asia

Relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time in Asia

Relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time in Asia

Relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time in Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Asia

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

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Asia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Asia

Relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time in Asia

Relationship between median age and fertility rate over time in Asia

Evolution of historical forest area in Asia

Relationship between rural land area and forest area over time in Asia

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Asia

Relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time in Asia

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

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

Relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Asia

Evolution of historical land area in Asia

Evolution of historical median age in Asia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Asia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time in Asia

Relationship between population and methane emissions over time in Asia

Relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time in Asia

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

Relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time in Asia

Relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time in Asia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Asia

Relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Asia

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

Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Asia

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Asia

Evolution of historical population in Asia

Relationship between urban land area and population over time in Asia

Evolution of historical female population in Asia

Evolution of historical male population in Asia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Asia

Evolution of historical rural land area in Asia

Evolution of historical rural population in Asia

Relationship between urban land area and rural population over time in Asia

Evolution of historical urban land area in Asia

Relationship between urban population and urban land area over time in Asia

Evolution of historical urban population in Asia

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

Relationship between date and population over time in Asia

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Asia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time in Asia

Regions in Asia

Relationship between agricultural land and population in Asia

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Health

  • Birth rate: 803.24 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 294.24 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 34,880.12 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 6.14 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 2.09 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 158.72 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 3,478.00
  • Suicide mortality rate: 319.60 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Asia

Relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time in Asia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Asia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Asia

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Asia

Relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time in Asia

Relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time in Asia

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Asia

Relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time in Asia

Relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time in Asia

Relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time in Asia

Relationship between median age and birth rate over time in Asia

Evolution of historical death rate in Asia

Relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time in Asia

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Asia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Asia

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 15,644,000 people
  • Democracy score: 193.68
  • Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 25,055,022 people
  • Individuals using the internet: 71.94 % of population
  • Military expenditure: 2.64 % of GDP
  • Net migration: -1,431,151 people
  • Press freedom: 85.89
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.04 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Asia

Evolution of historical net migration in Asia

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

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

Relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time in Asia

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Asia

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Business

  • Central government debt: 66.22 % of GDP
  • Expense: 22.06 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 37,101,001,824,284.98 current US$
  • Self-employed workers: 38.96 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 12.53 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 6.09 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 35.85 % of total employment

Relationship between health expenditure and expense in Asia

Evolution of historical inflation in Asia

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Asia

Relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time in Asia

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Asia

Evolution of historical unemployment in Asia

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Asia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Asia

Evolution of historical expense in Asia

Evolution of historical GDP in Asia

Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time in Asia

Relationship between expense and central government debt in Asia

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In literature

There are 1160 books written about Asia in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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