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Africa

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Africa is a continent. It contains 54 countries and 5 regions, with a total land area of 29,652,434 km² and a population of 1,478,973,883 people.

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number of countries: 54
number of regions: 5
population: 1,478,973,883 people
land area: 29,652,434 km²

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central government debt: 55.30 % of GDP
expense: 20.34 % of GDP
GDP: 2,936,779,231,415.15 current US$
self-employed workers: 63.35 % of total employment
tax revenue: 14.40 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.98 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 59.56 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 3,205,000 people
democracy score: 214.45
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 32,906,720 people
individuals using the Internet: 43.25 % of population
military expenditure: 2.50 % of GDP
net migration: -438,411 people
press freedom: 120.60
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.86 %
birth rate: 29.96 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.24 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 138.34 current US$
health expenditure: 5.62 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.84 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.29 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 63.31
suicide mortality rate: 8.85 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 11,566,550.99 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.60 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1,418.56 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 57.83 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 12.43 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 23.04 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 35.73 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.18 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 24.15 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.47 % of total
net energy imports: -75.72 % of energy use
fertility rate: 3.97 births per woman
forest area: 6,278,834 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 34.76 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 3,194.77 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 16.33
methane emissions: 1,369.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 333.67 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 740,274,008 people
male population: 738,699,875 people
renewable energy consumption: 55.45 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 29,337,078.86 km²
rural population: 813,220,758 people
urban land area: 153,814.87 km²
urban population: 665,753,125 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 2.77 % of total population

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Correlation of methane emissions and rural population by countries yearly in Africa

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

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