Caribbean

continent: Americas
number of countries: 13
land area: 208,081 km²
population: 39,931,973 people

Classified as: place

Summary

Caribbean is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 13 countries for a land area of 208,081 km² and a population of 39,931,973 people.

Environment

Caribbean is one of the regions in Americas and 22 regions in our database.

Agricultural land: 111,839.40 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 0.61 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 89.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Electricity production from coal sources: 2.57 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 27.27 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 3.55 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 56.28 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.22 % of total
Net energy imports: 27.58 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 1.71 births per woman
Forest area: 72,170 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 28.85 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 158.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 29.45
Methane emissions: 55.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 9.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 20,092,704 people
Male population: 19,839,272 people
Renewable energy consumption: 12.78 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 207,192.66 km²
Rural population: 11,585,866 people
Urban land area: 9,384.86 km²
Urban population: 28,346,107 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.33 % of total population

Health

Birth rate: 13.23 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.84 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 813.81 current US$
Health expenditure: 6.72 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.33 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 3.23 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 73.31
Suicide mortality rate: 4.93 per 100,000 population

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Business

Central government debt: 65.56 % of GDP
Expense: 25.80 % of GDP
Gdp: 325,447,255,592.93 current US$
Self-employed workers: 33.27 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 20.68 % of GDP
Unemployment: 8.54 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 29.97 % of total employment

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 162,000 people
Democracy score: 2.20
Military expenditure: 1.14 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 25.26 %

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In literature

There is no book written about Caribbean in the database

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Caribbean

Key facts

Summary

Environment

Geographical distribution of cities in Caribbean by population

Global density of countries in Caribbean

Relationship between agricultural land and population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Caribbean

Relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time in Caribbean

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

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Caribbean

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Caribbean

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

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

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

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

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

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Caribbean

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

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

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

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

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

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

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Caribbean

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

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Caribbean

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Caribbean

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

Relationship between median age and fertility rate over time in Caribbean

Evolution of historical forest area in Caribbean

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

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Caribbean

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

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

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

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

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Caribbean

Evolution of historical land area in Caribbean

Evolution of historical median age in Caribbean

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Caribbean

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

Relationship between population and methane emissions over time in Caribbean

Relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time in Caribbean

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

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

Relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time in Caribbean

Evolution of historical net migration in Caribbean

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Caribbean

Relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Caribbean

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

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

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

Evolution of historical population in Caribbean

Relationship between urban land area and population over time in Caribbean

Evolution of historical female population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical male population in Caribbean

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Caribbean

Evolution of historical rural land area in Caribbean

Evolution of historical rural population in Caribbean

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

Evolution of historical urban land area in Caribbean

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

Evolution of historical urban population in Caribbean

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

Relationship between date and population over time in Caribbean

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

Cities in Caribbean

Countries in Caribbean

Health

Evolution of historical birth rate in Caribbean

Relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time in Caribbean

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

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

Relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time in Caribbean