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Asia

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Asia is a continent. It contains 47 countries and 5 regions, with a total land area of 31,070,677 km² and a population of 4,730,333,984 people.

Key facts

number of countries: 47
number of regions: 5
population: 4,730,333,984 people
land area: 31,070,677 km²

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central government debt: 66.24 % of GDP
expense: 22.00 % of GDP
GDP: 37,136,927,270,232.89 current US$
self-employed workers: 39.01 % of total employment
tax revenue: 12.43 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.18 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 35.34 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 15,644,000 people
democracy score: 193.68
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 25,055,022 people
individuals using the Internet: 73.16 % of population
military expenditure: 2.91 % of GDP
net migration: -2,584,865 people
press freedom: 85.89
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 19.07 %
birth rate: 17.06 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.23 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 773.91 current US$
health expenditure: 6.14 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.07 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 3.38 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74.04
suicide mortality rate: 6.95 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 16,638,394.92 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 4.59 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 23,388.47 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 96.81 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 19.01 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 43.54 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 20.05 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.81 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 12.03 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 1.61 % of total
net energy imports: -50.25 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.26 births per woman
forest area: 6,250,401 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 75.48 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 30,464.86 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 25.40
methane emissions: 5,141.79 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 1,132.92 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 2,323,551,884 people
male population: 2,406,782,100 people
renewable energy consumption: 17.24 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 29,703,407.83 km²
rural population: 2,250,617,386 people
urban land area: 1,119,419.75 km²
urban population: 2,479,716,598 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.57 % of total population

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Dataset of cities in Asia

Dataset of countries in Asia

Dataset of regions in Asia

Asia is one of the 5 continents in our database.

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Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Asia

Evolution of historical land area in Asia

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Asia

Evolution of historical forest area in Asia

Map of the density of countries in Asia

Map of the distribution of cities in Asia by population

Correlation of access to electricity and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Asia

Correlation of GDP and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) by countries yearly in Asia

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP by countries yearly in Asia

Correlation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Asia

In literature

There are 1,160 books written about Asia in the database.

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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