Western Africa

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Western Africa is a region. It is located in Africa. It comprises 16 countries for a land area of 6,063,663 km² and a population of 446,039,194 people.

Key facts

continent: Africa
number of countries: 16
land area: 6,063,663 km²
population: 446,039,194 people

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central government debt: 84.64 % of GDP
expense: 19.04 % of GDP
GDP: 687,074,712,895.48 current US$
self-employed workers: 75.94 % of total employment
tax revenue: 13.64 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.15 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 72.27 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 423,000 people
democracy score: 75.27
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 6,466,700 people
individuals using the Internet: 38.42 % of population
military expenditure: 1.77 % of GDP
net migration: -153,666 people
press freedom: 43.59
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 21.76 %
birth rate: 32.91 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.34 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 74.27 current US$
health expenditure: 5.74 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.30 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 0.68 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 61.94
suicide mortality rate: 6.53 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 2,862,428.90 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 1.42 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 215.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 52.96 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 5.95 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 28.98 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 23.78 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 37.94 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.63 % of total
net energy imports: 2.76 % of energy use
fertility rate: 4.41 births per woman
forest area: 833,092 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 23.04 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 706.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 14.68
methane emissions: 384.52 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 84.65 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 221,167,784 people
male population: 224,871,410 people
renewable energy consumption: 60.76 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 6,010,448.58 km²
rural population: 224,510,000 people
urban land area: 46,342.08 km²
urban population: 221,529,194 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.41 % of total population

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Western Africa is one of the regions in Africa and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Western Africa

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Western Africa

Evolution of historical population in Western Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Western Africa

Map of the density of countries in Western Africa

Map of the distribution of cities in Western Africa by population

Correlation of life expectancy and vulnerable employment by countries yearly in Western Africa

Correlation of birth rate and fertility rate of countries yearly in Western Africa

Correlation of population and urban land area by countries yearly in Western Africa

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population by countries yearly in Western Africa

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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