Northern America

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Northern America is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 2 countries for a land area of 17,936,120 km² and a population of 375,012,656 people.

Key facts

continent: Americas
number of countries: 2
land area: 17,936,120 km²
population: 375,012,656 people

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central government debt: 88.55 % of GDP
expense: 21.74 % of GDP
GDP: 29,863,179,914,401.36 current US$
self-employed workers: 9.62 % of total employment
tax revenue: 12.12 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.53 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 6.55 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 1,467,000 people
democracy score: 17.11
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 0 people
individuals using the Internet: 93.55 % of population
military expenditure: 2.33 % of GDP
net migration: 1,756,510 people
press freedom: 8.02
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 29.81 %
birth rate: 10.00 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.20 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 9,340.49 current US$
health expenditure: 13.86 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.04 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.65 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 79.00
suicide mortality rate: 13.95 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 4,628,013.54 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 15.82 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 5,257.05 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 22.03 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 20.98 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 31.29 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 17.44 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.06 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.83 % of total
net energy imports: -32.61 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.50 births per woman
forest area: 6,566,491 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 78.26 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 6,708.48 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 35.20
methane emissions: 985.53 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 244.83 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 186,814,176 people
male population: 188,198,480 people
renewable energy consumption: 17.35 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 18,100,236.90 km²
rural population: 63,210,418 people
urban land area: 200,556.56 km²
urban population: 311,802,238 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.18 % of total population

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Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Northern America

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Northern America

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Northern America

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Northern America

Map of the distribution of cities in Northern America by population

Map of the density of countries in Northern America

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban population by countries yearly in Northern America

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area by countries yearly in Northern America

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

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions by countries yearly in Northern America

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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