South America
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.
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Key facts
- continent: Americas
- number of countries: 12
- land area: 17,369,961 km²
- population: 432,717,296 people
- central government debt:
55.14 % of GDP
- expense:
26.39 % of GDP
- GDP:
4,573,522,648,075.41 current US$
- self-employed workers:
38.77 % of total employment
- tax revenue:
15.17 % of GDP
- unemployment:
6.95 % of total labor force
- vulnerable employment:
35.25 % of total employment
- armed forces personnel:
2,077,000 people
- democracy score:
78.92
- internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence:
5,168,031 people
- individuals using the Internet:
79.78 % of population
- military expenditure:
1.35 % of GDP
- net migration:
-152,948 people
- press freedom:
33.85
- proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments:
32.50 %
- 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
- agricultural land:
5,332,456.59 km²
- alternative and nuclear energy:
9.19 % of total energy use
- carbon dioxide emissions (CO2):
1,083.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- access to electricity:
99.01 % of population
- 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:
8,318,336 km²
- fossil fuel energy consumption:
66.11 % of total
- greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6):
2,481.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- median age:
26.12
- methane emissions:
1,072.08 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- nitrous oxide emissions:
277.18 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- female population:
218,901,694 people
- male population:
213,815,602 people
- renewable energy consumption:
29.07 % of total final energy consumption
- rural land area:
17,389,681.72 km²
- rural population:
64,549,164 people
- urban land area:
82,514.33 km²
- urban population:
368,168,132 people
- urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters :
10.20 % of total population
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Evolution of historical expense in South America
Evolution of historical military expenditure in South America
Evolution of historical inflation in South America
Evolution of historical urban population in South America
Map of the distribution of cities in South America by population
Map of the density of countries in South America
Correlation of access to electricity and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in South America
Correlation of armed forces personnel and rural population of countries yearly in South America
Correlation of methane emissions and urban land area by countries yearly in South America
Correlation of death rate and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in South America
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