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Caribbean is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 13 countries for a land area of 208,748 km² and a population of 39,481,939 people.

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continent: Americas
number of countries: 13
land area: 208,748 km²
population: 39,481,939 people

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central government debt: 63.90 % of GDP
expense: 25.47 % of GDP
GDP: 325,057,205,378.65 current US$
self-employed workers: 33.39 % of total employment
tax revenue: 19.31 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.51 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 29.87 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 162,000 people
democracy score: 28.63
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 311,000 people
individuals using the Internet: 76.62 % of population
military expenditure: 1.16 % of GDP
net migration: -97,627 people
press freedom: 16.92
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.83 %
birth rate: 13.23 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.84 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 813.81 current US$
health expenditure: 6.72 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.33 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 3.23 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73.31
suicide mortality rate: 4.93 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 111,839.40 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 0.61 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 94.57 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 95.51 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 2.57 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 27.27 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 3.55 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 56.28 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 3.22 % of total
net energy imports: 27.58 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.71 births per woman
forest area: 72,254 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 28.85 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 148.36 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 30.05
methane emissions: 40.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 9.68 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 19,940,432 people
male population: 19,541,507 people
renewable energy consumption: 12.78 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 207,192.66 km²
rural population: 11,426,884 people
urban land area: 9,384.86 km²
urban population: 28,055,055 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 3.33 % of total population

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

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Caribbean

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Caribbean

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Caribbean

Map of the density of countries in Caribbean

Map of the distribution of cities in Caribbean by population

Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Caribbean

Correlation of expense and health expenditure by country in Caribbean

Correlation of access to electricity and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Caribbean

Correlation of access to electricity and fertility rate by countries yearly in Caribbean

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