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Tropical Storm Sara pounds Central America with heavy rains - Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring mudslides and flash floods to Central America - Tropical Storm Sara forms in Caribbean, threatening Central America - Tropical Storm Sara threatens to bring flash floods and mudslides to Central America - Russia and China are making political inroads in Central America - How climate change is undermining Indigenous knowledge and livelihoods in Central America - Central America could play troubling new role in cocaine trade: Study finds some countries agriculturally 'ideal' - Drug-related deforestation in Central America is threatening migratory birds, research shows - Counter-drug strategies in Central America are worsening deforestation, threatening many species of birds - Torrential rains kill 27 across Central America
Central America
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- continent: Americas
- number of countries: 8
- land area: 2,452,110 km²
- population: 180,154,134 people
Classified as: place
Summary
Central America is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 8 countries for a land area of 2,452,110 km² and a population of 180,154,134 people.
Environment see more
Central America is one of the regions in Americas and 22 regions in our database.
- Agricultural land: 1,157,750.16 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 6.02 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 552.44 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Electricity production from coal sources: 5.74 % of total
- Electricity production from natural gas sources: 8.55 % of total
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 33.64 % of total
- Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.53 % of total
- Electricity production from oil sources: 29.42 % of total
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 22.11 % of total
- Net energy imports: 43.14 % of energy use
- Fertility rate: 2.05 births per woman
- Forest area: 878,252 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.00 % of total
- Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 958.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 23.31
- Methane emissions: 258.27 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 123.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 91,908,303 people
- Male population: 88,245,833 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 35.79 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 2,419,032.98 km²
- Rural population: 43,012,633 people
- Urban land area: 38,288.21 km²
- Urban population: 137,141,501 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.40 % of total population
Geographical distribution of cities in Central America by population
Geographical distribution of records in Central America
Relationship between agricultural land and population in Central America
Evolution of historical agricultural land in Central America
Relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time in Central America
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time in Central America
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Central America
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Central America
Relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Central America
Relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Central America
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Central America
Relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Central America
Relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Central America
Evolution of historical access to electricity in Central America
Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time in Central America
Relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time in Central America
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time in Central America
Relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time in Central America
Relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time in Central America
Relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time in Central America
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Central America
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Central America
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Central America
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Central America
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Central America
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Central America
Evolution of historical net energy imports in Central America
Evolution of historical fertility rate in Central America
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time in Central America
Relationship between median age and fertility rate over time in Central America
Evolution of historical forest area in Central America
Relationship between rural land area and forest area over time in Central America
Evolution of historical fossil energy consumption in Central America
Relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time in Central America
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Central America
Relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Central America
Relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time in Central America
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Central America
Evolution of historical internet access in Central America
Evolution of historical total land area in Central America
Evolution of historical median age in Central America
Evolution of historical methane emissions in Central America
Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between population and methane emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time in Central America
Evolution of historical net migration in Central America
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Central America
Relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Central America
Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in Central America
Evolution of historical population in Central America
Relationship between urban land area and population over time in Central America
Evolution of historical female population in Central America
Evolution of historical male population in Central America
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Central America
Evolution of historical total rural land area in Central America
Evolution of historical rural population in Central America
Relationship between urban land area and rural population over time in Central America
Evolution of historical total urban land in Central America
Relationship between urban population and urban land area over time in Central America
Evolution of historical urban population in Central America
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Central America
Relationship between date and population over time in Central America
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time in Central America
Cities in Central America
Countries in Central America
Health see more
- Birth rate: 17.41 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 6.34 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 565.02 current US$
- Health expenditure: 7.97 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 1.04 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 73.25
- Suicide mortality rate: 5.24 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in Central America
Relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time in Central America
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time in Central America
Relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time in Central America
Relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time in Central America
Relationship between median age and birth rate over time in Central America
Evolution of historical death rate in Central America
Relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time in Central America
Evolution of average health expenditure per capita in Central America
Evolution of historical health expenditure in Central America
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Central America
Evolution of historical average hospital beds in Central America
Evolution of historical life expectancy in Central America
Relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time in Central America
Relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time in Central America
Evolution of historical average suicide rate in Central America
Business see more
- Central government debt: 53.38 % of GDP
- Expense: 19.49 % of GDP
- Gdp: 2,150,344,481,485.31 current US$
- Self-employed workers: 38.47 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 15.63 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 5.30 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 33.30 % of total employment
Relationship between health expenditure and expense in Central America
Evolution of historical central government debt in Central America
Evolution of historical average expense in Central America
Evolution of historical GDP in Central America
Relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time in Central America
Evolution of median inflation in Central America
Evolution of historical self employed in Central America
Relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time in Central America
Evolution of historical tax revenue in Central America
Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Central America
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Central America
Politics see more
- Armed forces personnel: 501,000 people
- Democracy score: 5.27
- Military expenditure: 0.89 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.74 %