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South America

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continent: Americas
number of countries: 12
land area: 17,366,742 km²
population: 440,283,760 people

Classified as: place

Summary

South America is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 12 countries for a land area of 17,366,742 km² and a population of 440,283,760 people.

Environment

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

Agricultural land: 5,332,456.59 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 9.19 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 1,084.30 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Electricity production from coal sources: 5.14 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 21.91 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 54.31 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.62 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 11.97 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 5.98 % of total
Net energy imports: -64.24 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 2.02 births per woman
Forest area: 8,339,816 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 66.11 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 2,555.80 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 25.92
Methane emissions: 1,145.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 265.74 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 223,178,935 people
Male population: 217,104,825 people
Renewable energy consumption: 29.07 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 17,389,681.72 km²
Rural population: 65,514,753 people
Urban land area: 82,514.33 km²
Urban population: 374,769,007 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 10.20 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in South America by population

Global density of countries in South America

Relationship between agricultural land and population in South America

Evolution of historical agricultural land in South America

Relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time in South America

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time in South America

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in South America

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America

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

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

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

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

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

Evolution of historical access to electricity in South America

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time in South America

Relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time in South America

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

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

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

Relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time in South America

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in South America

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in South America

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in South America

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in South America

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in South America

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

Evolution of historical net energy imports in South America

Evolution of historical fertility rate in South America

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

Relationship between median age and fertility rate over time in South America

Evolution of historical forest area in South America

Relationship between rural land area and forest area over time in South America

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in South America

Relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time in South America

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

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

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

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in South America

Evolution of historical land area in South America

Evolution of historical median age in South America

Evolution of historical methane emissions in South America

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time in South America

Relationship between population and methane emissions over time in South America

Relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time in South America

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

Relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time in South America

Relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time in South America

Evolution of historical net migration in South America

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in South America

Relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in South America

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

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

Relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time in South America

Evolution of historical population in South America

Relationship between urban land area and population over time in South America

Evolution of historical female population in South America

Evolution of historical male population in South America

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in South America

Evolution of historical rural land area in South America

Evolution of historical rural population in South America

Relationship between urban land area and rural population over time in South America

Evolution of historical urban land area in South America

Relationship between urban population and urban land area over time in South America

Evolution of historical urban population in South America

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

Relationship between date and population over time in South America

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

Cities in South America

Countries in South America

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Health

Birth rate: 15.99 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 8.05 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 662.70 current US$
Health expenditure: 7.69 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 1.97 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 72.83
Suicide mortality rate: 11.65 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in South America

Relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time in South America

Relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time in South America

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

Relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time in South America

Relationship between median age and birth rate over time in South America

Evolution of historical death rate in South America

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

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in South America

Evolution of historical health expenditure in South America

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in South America

Evolution of historical hospital beds in South America

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in South America

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

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

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in South America

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Business

Central government debt: 54.62 % of GDP
Expense: 23.12 % of GDP
Gdp: 4,568,753,615,420.04 current US$
Self-employed workers: 39.44 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 14.94 % of GDP
Unemployment: 6.98 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 35.98 % of total employment

Relationship between health expenditure and expense in South America

Evolution of historical central government debt in South America

Evolution of historical expense in South America

Evolution of historical GDP in South America

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

Evolution of historical inflation in South America

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

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

Evolution of historical tax revenue in South America

Evolution of historical unemployment in South America

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in South America

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 2,077,000 people
Democracy score: 6.58
Military expenditure: 1.37 % of GDP
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.50 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in South America

Relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time in South America

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

Relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time in South America

Relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time in South America

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

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

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time in South America

Evolution of historical military expenditure in South America

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

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In literature

There are 423 books written about South America in the database

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Details

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank

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