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Key facts
- Number of countries: 54
- Number of regions: 5
- Land area: 29,652,400 km²
- Population: 1,424,830,608
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Metrics
General information
Business
| Central government debt | 61.30 % of GDP |
| Expense | 19.79 % of GDP |
| GDP | 2,964,710,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 753.51 annual % |
| Self Employed Pct | 64.92 |
| Tax Revenue Pct Gdp | 14.37 |
| Unemployment Pct | 9.13 |
| Vulnerable Employment Pct | 62.14 |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 11,566,600.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 2.60 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 1,274,090.00 kt |
| 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 | 4.04 births per woman |
| Forest area | 6,318,630 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 34.76 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 154,193.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 16.10 years |
| Methane emissions | 1,126,780.00 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 538,891.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Population Female | 713,356,008 |
| Population Male | 711,474,595 |
| Renewable Energy Consumption Pct | 56.44 |
| Rural Land | 29,337,100.00 |
| Rural Population | 791,116,713 |
| Urban Land | 153,815.00 |
| Urban Population | 633,713,895 |
| Urban Population Under 5M | 2.77 |
Health
| Birth Rate | 30.48 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 8.50 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 121.80 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 5.39 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.99 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital Beds | 1.35 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 63 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 8.85 |
Other
| Access to electricity | 56.82 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 28,117,300 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 39.65 % of population |
| Net migration | -540,177 |
| Press freedom | 120.60 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 3,205,000 |
| Democracy score | 214.45 |
| Military expenditure | 2.29 % of GDP |
| Women Parliament Seats Pct | 24.11 |
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Countries in Africa
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Countries historical Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Africa
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Countries historical Methane emissions in Africa
Countries historical Net migration in Africa
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Countries historical Female Population in Africa
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Countries historical Alternative and nuclear energy in Africa
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Countries historical Access to electricity in Africa
Countries historical Electricity production from coal sources in Africa
Countries historical Electricity production from natural gas sources in Africa
Countries historical Electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Africa
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Countries historical Unemployment in Africa
Countries historical Vulnerable employment in Africa
Countries historical Central government debt in Africa
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Countries historical GDP in Africa
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Countries historical Self-employed in Africa
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Countries historical Health expenditure per capita in Africa
Countries historical Health expenditure in Africa
Countries historical Incidence of HIV in Africa
Countries historical Hospital Beds in Africa
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Countries historical Suicide mortality rate in Africa
Countries historical Armed forces personnel in Africa
Countries historical Military expenditure in Africa
Countries historical Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Africa
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