Western Asia
Western Asia is a region. It is located in Asia. It comprises 17 countries for a land area of 4,784,516 km² and a population of 300,264,681 people.
Key facts
- continent: Asia
- number of countries: 17
- land area: 4,784,516 km²
- population: 300,264,681 people
- central government debt:
60.04 % of GDP
- expense:
24.00 % of GDP
- GDP:
4,257,848,136,519.49 current US$
- self-employed workers:
24.86 % of total employment
- tax revenue:
12.30 % of GDP
- unemployment:
9.17 % of total labor force
- vulnerable employment:
20.81 % of total employment
- armed forces personnel:
2,267,000 people
- democracy score:
62.97
- internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence:
16,947,600 people
- individuals using the Internet:
83.02 % of population
- military expenditure:
4.72 % of GDP
- net migration:
1,246,527 people
- press freedom:
30.77
- proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments:
17.02 %
- birth rate:
16.85 per 1,000 people
- death rate:
5.33 per 1,000 people
- health expenditure per capita:
1,043.46 current US$
- health expenditure:
5.96 % of GDP
- incidence of HIV:
0.06 per 1,000 uninfected population
- hospital beds:
2.28 per 1,000 people
- life expectancy at birth:
75.24
- suicide mortality rate:
4.69 per 100,000 population
- agricultural land:
2,721,775.78 km²
- alternative and nuclear energy:
3.63 % of total energy use
- carbon dioxide emissions (CO2):
2,032.20 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- access to electricity:
97.94 % of population
- electricity production from coal sources:
4.66 % of total
- electricity production from natural gas sources:
56.43 % of total
- electricity production from hydroelectric sources:
9.22 % of total
- electricity production from nuclear sources:
1.99 % of total
- electricity production from oil sources:
22.43 % of total
- electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric:
0.60 % of total
- net energy imports:
-98.18 % of energy use
- fertility rate:
2.37 births per woman
- forest area:
304,295 km²
- fossil fuel energy consumption:
93.50 % of total
- greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6):
2,859.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- median age:
24.85
- methane emissions:
622.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- nitrous oxide emissions:
72.64 Mt of CO2 equivalent
- female population:
143,202,296 people
- male population:
157,062,385 people
- renewable energy consumption:
5.57 % of total final energy consumption
- rural land area:
4,441,850.72 km²
- rural population:
83,061,358 people
- urban land area:
55,280.66 km²
- urban population:
217,203,323 people
- urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters :
5.26 % of total population
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Evolution of historical rural land area in Western Asia
Evolution of historical central government debt in Western Asia
Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Western Asia
Evolution of historical population in Western Asia
Map of the density of countries in Western Asia
Map of the distribution of cities in Western Asia by population
Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and urban population by countries yearly in Western Asia
Correlation of rural population and urban land area by countries yearly in Western Asia
Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Western Asia
Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and urban land area by countries yearly in Western Asia
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