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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

Classified as: place

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): 1,083.28 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: 313.50
  • 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 : 122.45 % of total population

Global density of countries in South America

Geographical distribution of cities in South America by population

dataset Cities in South America:

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Relationship between population and agricultural land in South America

Evolution of historical agricultural land in South America

Relationship between agricultural land and methane emissions in South America

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

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in South America

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in South America

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

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

Evolution of historical access to electricity in South America

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in South America

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

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

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

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

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in South America

Evolution of historical forest area in South America

Relationship between forest area and rural land area in South America

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in South America

Relationship between fossil fuel and renewable energy consumption in South America

Evolution of historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in South America

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

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

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

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

Relationship between methane emissions and population in South America

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in South America

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in South America

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in South America

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in South America

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in South America

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

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban population in South America

Evolution of historical population in South America

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

Evolution of historical urban land area in South America

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

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

Health

  • Birth rate: 15.99 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 8.05 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 7,952.38 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 7.69 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 2.80 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 23.67 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 874.00
  • Suicide mortality rate: 11.65 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in South America

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in South America

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in South America

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

Relationship between birth rate and median age in South America

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

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in South America

Evolution of historical death rate in South America

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth 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 life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in South America

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in South America

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in South America

Politics

  • 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: 79.30 % 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 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in South America

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

Relationship between armed forces personnel and methane emissions in South America

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

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in South America

Relationship between armed forces personnel and rural population in South America

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

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel 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 military expenditure in South America

Evolution of historical net migration in South America

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

Business

  • 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

Relationship between expense and health expenditure 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 GDP and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in South America

Evolution of historical inflation in South America

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

Relationship between self-employment and vulnerable employment 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

In literature

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

Related

Connected or similar to South America:

Details

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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