Western Asia

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continent: Asia
number of countries: 17
land area: 4,782,967 km²
population: 296,392,034 people

Classified as: place

Summary

Western Asia is a region. It is located in Asia. It comprises 17 countries for a land area of 4,782,967 km² and a population of 296,392,034 people.

Environment

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

Agricultural land: 2,721,775.78 km²
Alternative and nuclear energy: 3.63 % of total energy use
Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 2,049.82 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Access to electricity: 97.94 % of population
Electricity production from coal sources: 4.66 % of total
Electricity production from natural gas sources: 56.43 % of total
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 9.22 % of total
Electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.99 % of total
Electricity production from oil sources: 22.43 % of total
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.60 % of total
Net energy imports: -98.18 % of energy use
Fertility rate: 40.32 births per woman
Forest area: 302,616 km²
Fossil fuel energy consumption: 93.50 % of total
Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 3,065.65 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Median age: 431.90
Methane emissions: 787.99 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Nitrous oxide emissions: 92.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
Female population: 141,751,445 people
Male population: 154,640,589 people
Renewable energy consumption: 5.57 % of total final energy consumption
Rural land area: 4,441,850.72 km²
Rural population: 80,304,736 people
Urban land area: 55,280.66 km²
Urban population: 216,087,298 people
Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 89.36 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Western Asia by population

Cities in Western Asia

Countries in Western Asia

Global density of countries in Western Asia

Relationship between population and agricultural land in Western Asia

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Western Asia

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Western Asia

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Western Asia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP in Western Asia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and methane emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban land area in Western Asia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Western Asia

Relationship between access to electricity and fertility rate in Western Asia

Relationship between access to electricity and life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Relationship between access to electricity and renewable energy consumption in Western Asia

Relationship between access to electricity and self-employed workers in Western Asia

Relationship between access to electricity and vulnerable employment in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Western Asia

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Western Asia

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

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Western Asia

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Western Asia

Relationship between fertility rate and life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Relationship between fertility rate and median age in Western Asia

Evolution of historical forest area in Western Asia

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Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Western Asia

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Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Western Asia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and methane emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban land area in Western Asia

Relationship between other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 and urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical median age in Western Asia

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between methane and nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and population in Western Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and rural population in Western Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban land area in Western Asia

Relationship between methane emissions and urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and population in Western Asia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban land area in Western Asia

Relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical population in Western Asia

Relationship between population and urban land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical female population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical male population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Western Asia

Evolution of historical rural land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical rural population in Western Asia

Relationship between rural population and urban land area in Western Asia

Evolution of historical urban land area in Western Asia

Relationship between urban land area and urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical urban population in Western Asia

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Western Asia

Relationship between population and date in Western Asia

Relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Western Asia

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Health

Birth rate: 286.87 per 1,000 people
Death rate: 91.73 per 1,000 people
Health expenditure per capita: 16,695.33 current US$
Health expenditure: 5.96 % of GDP
Incidence of hiv: 0.55 per 1,000 uninfected population
Hospital beds: 38.73 per 1,000 people
Life expectancy at birth: 1,278.00
Suicide mortality rate: 75.00 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Western Asia

Relationship between birth rate and access to electricity in Western Asia

Relationship between birth rate and fertility rate in Western Asia

Relationship between birth rate and life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Relationship between birth rate and median age in Western Asia

Relationship between birth rate and proportion of self-employed workers in Western Asia

Relationship between birth rate and vulnerable employment in Western Asia

Evolution of historical death rate in Western Asia

Relationship between death rate and life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Western Asia

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Western Asia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Western Asia

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Western Asia

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Western Asia

Relationship between life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers in Western Asia

Relationship between life expectancy and vulnerable employment in Western Asia

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Western Asia

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 2,267,000 people
Democracy score: 62.97
Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 16,947,600 people
Individuals using the internet: 83.57 % of population
Military expenditure: 4.19 % of GDP
Net migration: 99,396 people
Press freedom: 30.77
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 17.02 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Western Asia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and methane emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and nitrous oxide emissions in Western Asia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and population in Western Asia

Relationship between armed forces personnel and rural population in Western Asia

Relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel in Western Asia

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Western Asia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Western Asia

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Western Asia

Evolution of historical net migration in Western Asia

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Western Asia

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Business

Central government debt: 61.92 % of GDP
Expense: 25.03 % of GDP
Gdp: 4,236,355,546,544.92 current US$
Self-employed workers: 25.17 % of total employment
Tax revenue: 12.16 % of GDP
Unemployment: 8.90 % of total labor force
Vulnerable employment: 21.31 % of total employment

Relationship between expense and health expenditure in Western Asia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Western Asia

Evolution of historical expense in Western Asia

Evolution of historical GDP in Western Asia

Relationship between GDP and other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Western Asia