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Central America

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Central America is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 8 countries for a land area of 2,452,110 km² and a population of 181,618,075 people.

Key facts

continent: Americas
number of countries: 8
land area: 2,452,110 km²
population: 181,618,075 people

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central government debt: 60.86 % of GDP
expense: 21.65 % of GDP
GDP: 2,152,692,961,825.89 current US$
self-employed workers: 37.22 % of total employment
tax revenue: 15.59 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.25 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 32.30 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 501,000 people
democracy score: 42.13
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 785,300 people
individuals using the Internet: 69.66 % of population
military expenditure: 0.89 % of GDP
net migration: -137,425 people
press freedom: 22.14
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.74 %
birth rate: 17.38 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.37 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 565.02 current US$
health expenditure: 7.97 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.04 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 73.25
suicide mortality rate: 5.24 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 1,157,750.16 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 6.02 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 557.07 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 96.70 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 5.74 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 8.55 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 33.64 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.53 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 29.42 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 22.11 % of total
net energy imports: 43.14 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.05 births per woman
forest area: 875,542 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.00 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 851.35 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 23.15
methane emissions: 222.73 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 52.20 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 93,029,967 people
male population: 88,588,108 people
renewable energy consumption: 35.79 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 2,419,032.98 km²
rural population: 43,390,234 people
urban land area: 38,288.21 km²
urban population: 138,227,841 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 4.40 % of total population

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Evolution of historical median age in Central America

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Central America

Evolution of historical urban population in Central America

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Central America

Map of the distribution of cities in Central America by population

Map of the density of countries in Central America

Correlation of birth rate and fertility rate of countries yearly in Central America

Correlation of methane emissions and rural population by countries yearly in Central America

Correlation of birth rate and life expectancy at birth of countries yearly in Central America

Correlation of life expectancy and the proportion of self-employed workers by countries yearly in Central America

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