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Southern Africa

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Southern Africa is a region. It is located in Africa. It comprises 5 countries for a land area of 2,650,670 km² and a population of 72,197,701 people.

Key facts

continent: Africa
number of countries: 5
land area: 2,650,670 km²
population: 72,197,701 people

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central government debt: 50.52 % of GDP
expense: 31.90 % of GDP
GDP: 419,007,219,618.31 current US$
self-employed workers: 31.99 % of total employment
tax revenue: 25.59 % of GDP
unemployment: 25.28 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 27.48 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 119,000 people
democracy score: 30.97
internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence: 620 people
individuals using the Internet: 65.42 % of population
military expenditure: 1.82 % of GDP
net migration: 219,693 people
press freedom: 14.99
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 28.96 %
birth rate: 23.74 per 1,000 people
death rate: 11.27 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 378.44 current US$
health expenditure: 8.24 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 2.92 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.11 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 58.80
suicide mortality rate: 30.22 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 1,646,430.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 6.82 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 411.43 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 70.18 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 63.18 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 32.70 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 1.84 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 1.81 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 0.65 % of total
net energy imports: 34.82 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.82 births per woman
forest area: 390,267 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 45.64 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 553.61 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 19.10
methane emissions: 102.73 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 23.98 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 37,033,402 people
male population: 35,164,299 people
renewable energy consumption: 33.34 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 2,651,734.47 km²
rural population: 24,253,891 people
urban land area: 16,693.19 km²
urban population: 47,943,810 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.05 % of total population

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Dataset of cities in Southern Africa

Dataset of countries in Southern Africa

Southern Africa is one of the regions in Africa and 22 regions in our database.

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Evolution of historical rural land area in Southern Africa

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Southern Africa

Evolution of historical inflation in Southern Africa

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Southern Africa

Map of the distribution of cities in Southern Africa by population

Map of the density of countries in Southern Africa

Correlation of methane emissions and population by countries yearly in Southern Africa

Correlation of birth rate and median age by countries yearly in Southern Africa

Correlation of population and agricultural land by country in Southern Africa

Correlation of access to electricity and renewable energy consumption by countries yearly in Southern Africa

This dashboard is based on data from: World Bank.

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