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Key facts
- Continent: Americas
- Number of countries: 12
- Land area: 17,366,700 km²
- Population: 437,232,783
Latest news (see all)
Research group runs simulations capable of describing South America's climate with unprecedented accuracy
Read: Phys
2024-04-17
Dragons, sea toads and the longest creature ever seen found on undersea peaks off South America
Read: The Guardian
2024-04-15
Hardest Geezer eyes next record-breaking challenge after running length of Africa: 'South America is too easy'
Read: Independent
2024-04-10
Novels from Asia, Europe and South America vie for International Booker Prize
Read: ABC News
2024-04-09
How a sculpture of Lionel Messi's left boot is cleaning up rivers in South America
Read: Euronews
2024-04-05
Metrics
General information
Business
| Central government debt | 54.72 % of GDP |
| Expense | 27.57 % of GDP |
| GDP | 4,211,170,000,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 377.03 annual % |
| Self Employed Pct | 39.44 |
| Tax Revenue Pct Gdp | 15.11 |
| Unemployment Pct | 6.87 |
| Vulnerable Employment Pct | 35.98 |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 5,332,460.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 9.19 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 923,914.00 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 | 2.04 births per woman |
| Forest area | 8,339,810 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 | 25.60 years |
| Methane emissions | 906,296.00 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 330,840.00 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Population Female | 221,576,366 |
| Population Male | 215,656,417 |
| Renewable Energy Consumption Pct | 29.92 |
| Rural Land | 17,389,700.00 |
| Rural Population | 65,965,026 |
| Urban Land | 82,514.30 |
| Urban Population | 371,267,757 |
| Urban Population Under 5M | 10.20 |
Health
| Birth Rate | 16.21 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 8.64 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 620.33 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 7.82 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.26 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital Beds | 2.00 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 72 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 11.65 |
Other
| Access to electricity | 98.78 % of population |
| Internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence | 4,844,631 |
| Individuals using the Internet | 76.73 % of population |
| Net migration | -20,298 |
| Press freedom | 33.85 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 2,077,000 |
| Democracy score | 78.92 |
| Military expenditure | 1.37 % of GDP |
| Women Parliament Seats Pct | 31.78 |
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