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South America

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South America is a region. It is located in Americas. It comprises 12 countries for a land area of 17,369,961 km² and a population of 432,717,296 people.

Key facts

continent: Americas
number of countries: 12
land area: 17,369,961 km²
population: 432,717,296 people

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central government debt: 55.14 % of GDP
expense: 26.39 % of GDP
GDP: 4,573,522,648,075.41 current US$
self-employed workers: 38.77 % of total employment
tax revenue: 15.17 % of GDP
unemployment: 6.95 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 35.25 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 2,077,000 people
democracy score: 78.92
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 5,168,031 people
individuals using the Internet: 79.78 % of population
military expenditure: 1.35 % of GDP
net migration: -152,948 people
press freedom: 33.85
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.50 %
birth rate: 15.99 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.05 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 662.70 current US$
health expenditure: 7.69 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.97 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 72.83
suicide mortality rate: 11.65 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 5,332,456.59 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 9.19 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 1,083.28 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 99.01 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 5.14 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 21.91 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 54.31 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.62 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 11.97 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 5.98 % of total
net energy imports: -64.24 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.02 births per woman
forest area: 8,318,336 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 66.11 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 2,481.70 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 26.12
methane emissions: 1,072.08 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 277.18 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 218,901,694 people
male population: 213,815,602 people
renewable energy consumption: 29.07 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 17,389,681.72 km²
rural population: 64,549,164 people
urban land area: 82,514.33 km²
urban population: 368,168,132 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 10.20 % of total population

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South America is one of the regions in Americas and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical GDP in South America

Evolution of historical access to electricity in South America

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in South America

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in South America

Map of the density of countries in South America

Map of the distribution of cities in South America by population

Correlation of methane emissions and urban land area by countries yearly in South America

Correlation of methane emissions and population by countries yearly in South America

Correlation of population and urban land area by countries yearly in South America

Correlation of urban land area and urban population by countries yearly in South America

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