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South America

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South America is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 12 countries for a land area of 17,369,961 km² and a population of 432,717,296 people.

Key facts

  • continent: Americas
  • number of countries: 12
  • land area: 17,369,961 km²
  • population: 432,717,296 people
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South America is one of the regions in Americas and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in South America

Evolution of historical GDP in South America

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in South America

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in South America

Global density of countries in South America

Geographical distribution of cities in South America by population

Correlation of access to electricity and self-employed workers by countries yearly in South America

Correlation of armed forces personnel and rural population of countries yearly in South America

Correlation of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in South America

Correlation of access to electricity and fertility rate by countries yearly in South America

In literature

There are 423 books written about South America in the database.

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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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