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Central Asia

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Central Asia is a region. It is located in Asia. It comprises 5 countries for a land area of 3,940,872 km² and a population of 80,836,398 people.

Key facts

continent: Asia
number of countries: 5
land area: 3,940,872 km²
population: 80,836,398 people

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central government debt: 48.21 % of GDP
expense: 19.22 % of GDP
GDP: 450,910,748,841.41 current US$
self-employed workers: 32.49 % of total employment
tax revenue: 13.87 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.78 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 28.22 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 234,000 people
democracy score: 13.71
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 11,520 people
individuals using the Internet: 69.70 % of population
military expenditure: 2.36 % of GDP
net migration: -10,219 people
press freedom: 7.92
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.90 %
birth rate: 23.01 per 1,000 people
death rate: 5.48 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 254.25 current US$
health expenditure: 6.14 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 4.83 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 71.60
suicide mortality rate: 8.60 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 2,886,076.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 12.54 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 463.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 99.94 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 18.08 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 38.94 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 42.60 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.34 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.03 % of total
net energy imports: -49.76 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.98 births per woman
forest area: 131,591 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 79.59 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 676.81 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 21.88
methane emissions: 171.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 38.85 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 40,734,160 people
male population: 40,102,238 people
renewable energy consumption: 13.12 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 3,833,406.62 km²
rural population: 41,398,474 people
urban land area: 29,681.92 km²
urban population: 39,437,924 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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Central Asia is one of the regions in Asia and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Central Asia

Evolution of historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Central Asia

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Central Asia

Evolution of historical central government debt in Central Asia

Map of the density of countries in Central Asia

Map of the distribution of cities in Central Asia by population

Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Central Asia

Correlation of methane emissions and urban population by countries yearly in Central Asia

Correlation of nitrous oxide emissions and urban land area by countries yearly in Central Asia

Correlation of death rate and life expectancy at birth by countries yearly in Central Asia

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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