Northern Africa
Northern Africa is a region. It is located in Africa. It comprises 6 countries for a land area of 7,606,391 km² and a population of 267,961,377 people.
Key facts
- continent: Africa
- number of countries: 6
- land area: 7,606,391 km²
- population: 267,961,377 people
- central government debt:
47.05 % of GDP
- expense:
25.48 % of GDP
- GDP:
990,937,322,762.98 current US$
- self-employed workers:
30.87 % of total employment
- tax revenue:
15.53 % of GDP
- unemployment:
11.58 % of total labor force
- vulnerable employment:
26.32 % of total employment
- armed forces personnel:
1,600,000 people
- democracy score:
22.60
- internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence:
9,177,700 people
- individuals using the Internet:
71.32 % of population
- military expenditure:
5.24 % of GDP
- net migration:
-1,126,607 people
- press freedom:
9.99
- proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments:
20.49 %
- birth rate:
20.96 per 1,000 people
- death rate:
6.12 per 1,000 people
- health expenditure per capita:
200.88 current US$
- health expenditure:
4.95 % of GDP
- incidence of HIV:
0.05 per 1,000 uninfected population
- hospital beds:
1.63 per 1,000 people
- life expectancy at birth:
72.33
- suicide mortality rate:
4.05 per 100,000 population
- agricultural land:
2,133,534.11 km²
- alternative and nuclear energy:
1.38 % of total energy use
- carbon dioxide emissions (CO2):
613.58 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- access to electricity:
88.87 % of population
- electricity production from coal sources:
9.25 % of total
- electricity production from natural gas sources:
55.50 % of total
- electricity production from hydroelectric sources:
13.10 % of total
- electricity production from nuclear sources:
0.00 % of total
- electricity production from oil sources:
17.18 % of total
- electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric:
1.94 % of total
- net energy imports:
-28.26 % of energy use
- fertility rate:
2.81 births per woman
- forest area:
267,144 km²
- fossil fuel energy consumption:
84.35 % of total
- greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6):
977.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- median age:
22.50
- methane emissions:
274.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- nitrous oxide emissions:
64.12 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- female population:
132,988,684 people
- male population:
134,972,693 people
- renewable energy consumption:
15.47 % of total final energy consumption
- rural land area:
7,316,250.93 km²
- rural population:
126,535,736 people
- urban land area:
42,522.15 km²
- urban population:
141,425,641 people
- urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters :
5.04 % of total population
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Northern Africa is one of the regions in Africa and 22 regions in our database.
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Evolution of historical urban land area in Northern Africa
Evolution of historical population in Northern Africa
Evolution of historical net migration in Northern Africa
Evolution of historical inflation in Northern Africa
Map of the density of countries in Northern Africa
Map of the distribution of cities in Northern Africa by population
Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions by countries yearly in Northern Africa
Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in Northern Africa
Correlation of nitrous oxide emissions and urban population by countries yearly in Northern Africa
Correlation of carbon dioxide and methane emissions of countries yearly in Northern Africa
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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.
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