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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.

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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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