Central America

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continent: Americas
number of countries: 8
land area: 2,452,110 km²
population: 179,993,196 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 179,993,196 people.

Environment

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): 552.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Access to electricity: 96.70 % of population
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: 16.37 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): 959.01 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 186.10
Methane emissions: 258.62 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 124.04 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 91,827,378 people
Male population: 88,165,819 people
Renewable energy consumption: 35.79 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 2,419,032.98 km²
Rural population: 43,012,448 people
Urban land area: 38,288.21 km²
Urban population: 136,980,748 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 35.24 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Central America by population

Cities in Central America

Countries in Central America

Global density of countries in Central America

Relationship between population and agricultural land in Central America

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Central America

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in Central America

Relationship between agricultural land and nitrous oxide emissions 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 carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Central America

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Central America

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Central America

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Central America

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban population in Central America

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Central America

Relationship between access to electricity and birth rate in Central America

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Central America

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Central America

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Central America

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Central America

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment 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 fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Central America

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Central America

Evolution of historical forest area in Central America

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in Central America

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Central America

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in Central America

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

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Central America

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Central America

Evolution of historical land area in Central America

Evolution of historical median age in Central America

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Central America

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Central America

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Central America

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Central America

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

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Central America

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Central America

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Central America

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Central America

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

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban land area in Central America

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban population in Central America

Evolution of historical population in Central America

Relationship between population and urban land area 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 rural land area in Central America

Evolution of historical rural population in Central America

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Central America

Evolution of historical urban land area in Central America

Relationship between urban land area and urban population 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 population and date in Central America

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Central America

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Health

Birth rate: 139.02 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 50.97 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 4,520.17 current US$
Health expenditure: 7.97 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 1.30 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 8.31 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 586.00
Suicide mortality rate: 41.90 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Central America

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Central America

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Central America

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

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Central America

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Central America

Evolution of historical death rate in Central America

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Central America

Evolution of historical 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 hospital beds in Central America

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Central America

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Central America

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Central America

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Central America

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 501,000 people
Democracy score: 42.13
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 931,300 people
Individuals using the internet: 68.54 % of population
Military expenditure: 0.90 % of GDP
Net migration: -84,360 people
Press freedom: 22.14
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.74 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Central America

Relationship between armed forces personnel and methane emissions in Central America

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Central America

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Central America

Relationship between armed forces personnel and rural population in Central America

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Central America

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Central America

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Central America

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Central America

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Central America

Evolution of historical net migration in Central America

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

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Business

Central government debt: 53.38 % of GDP
Expense: 19.58 % of GDP
Gdp: 2,147,370,013,440.06 current US$
Self-employed workers: 38.18 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 15.67 % of GDP
Unemployment: 5.42 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 32.96 % of total employment

Relationship between expense and health expenditure in Central America

Evolution of historical central government debt in Central America

Evolution of historical expense in Central America

Evolution of historical GDP in Central America

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Central America

Evolution of historical inflation in Central America

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Central America

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment in Central America

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Central America

Evolution of historical unemployment in Central America

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Central America

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In literature

There are 341 books written about Central America in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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