South America
Key facts
- continent: Americas
- number of countries: 12
- land area: 17,366,742 km²
- population: 440,202,980 people
Summary
The South America region is located in the Americas. It has a land area of 17,366,742 km² square kilometers and a population of 440,202,980 people. There are 12 countries in this region.
From the data
On environment:
South America is one of the regions in Americas.
- Agricultural land: 5,332,456.59 km²
- Alternative and nuclear energy: 9.19 % of total energy use
- Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 923,914.12 kt
- 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: 8,342,609 km²
- Fossil fuel energy consumption: 66.11 % of total
- Other greenhouse gas emissions, hfc, pfc and sf6: 9,941.67 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
- Median age: 25.89 years
- Methane emissions: 906,296.15 kt of CO2 equivalent
- Nitrous oxide emissions: 330,839.79 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent
- Female population: 223,137,425 people
- Male population: 217,065,555 people
- Renewable energy consumption: 29.29 % of total final energy consumption
- Rural land area: 17,389,681.72 km²
- Rural population: 65,507,429 people
- Urban land area: 82,514.33 km²
- Urban population: 374,695,551 people
- Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 10.20 % of total population
Geographical distribution of records in South America
Evolution of historical agricultural land in South America
Countries historical methane emissions per agricultural land in South America
Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land in South America
Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) in South America
Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America
Countries historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America
Countries historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America
Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America
Countries historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America
Countries historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in South America
Evolution of historical access to electricity in South America
Countries historical birth rate per access to electricity in South America
Countries historical fertility rate per access to electricity in South America
Countries historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity in South America
Countries historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity in South America
Countries historical self-employed workers per access to electricity in South America
Countries historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity in South America
Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in South America
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in South America
Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in South America
Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in South America
Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in South America
Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in South America
Evolution of historical net energy imports in South America
Evolution of historical fertility rate in South America
Countries historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate in South America
Countries historical median age per fertility rate in South America
Evolution of historical forest area in South America
Countries historical rural land area per forest area in South America
Evolution of historical fossil energy consumption (% of total) in South America
Countries historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption in South America
Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in South America
Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in South America
Evolution of historical internet access in South America
Evolution of historical total land area in South America
Countries historical methane emissions per land area in South America
Evolution of historical median age in South America
Evolution of historical methane emissions in South America
Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions in South America
Countries historical population per methane emissions in South America
Countries historical rural land area per methane emissions in South America
Countries historical urban land area per methane emissions in South America
Countries historical urban population per methane emissions in South America
Evolution of historical net migration in South America
Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in South America
Countries historical population per nitrous oxide emissions in South America
Countries historical rural population per nitrous oxide emissions in South America
Countries historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions in South America
Countries historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions in South America
Evolution of historical population in South America
Countries historical urban land area per population in South America
Evolution of historical female population in South America
Evolution of historical male population in South America
Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption (%) in South America
Evolution of historical total rural land area in South America
Evolution of historical rural population in South America
Countries historical urban land area per rural population in South America
Evolution of historical total urban land in South America
Countries historical urban population per urban land area in South America
Evolution of historical urban population in South America
Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in South America
On politics:
- Armed forces personnel: 2,077,000 people
- Democracy score: 6.58
- Military expenditure: 1.37 % of GDP
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 32.09 %
Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in South America
Countries historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel in South America
Countries historical nitrous oxide emissions per armed forces personnel in South America
Countries historical population per armed forces personnel in South America
Countries historical rural population per armed forces personnel in South America
Countries historical urban land area per armed forces personnel in South America
Countries historical urban population per armed forces personnel in South America
Evolution of historical military expenditure (% of GDP) in South America
Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in South America
On health:
- Birth rate: 15.99 per 1,000 people
- Death rate: 8.05 per 1,000 people
- Health expenditure per capita: 657.05 current US$
- Health expenditure: 7.66 % of GDP
- Incidence of hiv: 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population
- Hospital beds: 2.00 per 1,000 people
- Life expectancy at birth: 72 years
- Suicide mortality rate: 11.65 per 100,000 population
Evolution of historical birth rate in South America
Countries historical fertility rate per birth rate in South America
Countries historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate in South America
Countries historical self-employed workers per birth rate in South America
Countries historical vulnerable employment per birth rate in South America
Countries historical median age per birth rate in South America
Evolution of historical death rate in South America
Countries historical life expectancy at birth per death rate in South America
Evolution of average health expenditure per capita in South America
Evolution of historical health expenditure (% of GDP) in South America
Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in South America
Evolution of historical average hospital beds in South America
Evolution of historical life expectancy in South America
Countries historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth in South America
Countries historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth in South America
Evolution of historical average suicide rate in South America
On business:
- Central government debt: 54.38 % of GDP
- Expense: 26.56 % of GDP
- Gdp: 4,567,750,262,734.18 current US$
- Self-employed workers: 39.44 % of total employment
- Tax revenue: 15.24 % of GDP
- Unemployment: 7.06 % of total labor force
- Vulnerable employment: 35.98 % of total employment
Evolution of historical central government debt (% of GDP) in South America
Evolution of historical average expense (% of GDP) in South America
Evolution of historical GDP in South America
Evolution of median inflation in South America
Evolution of historical self employed (% of employment) in South America
Countries historical vulnerable employment per self-employed workers in South America
Evolution of historical tax revenue (% of GDP) in South America
Evolution of historical unemployment rate in South America
Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in South America
On culture:
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This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank
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