Western Asia

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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.

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continent: Asia
number of countries: 17
land area: 4,784,516 km²
population: 300,264,681 people

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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 greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) in Western Asia

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Western Asia

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Evolution of historical population in Western Asia

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Correlation of birth rate and vulnerable employment of countries yearly in Western Asia

Correlation of carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions of countries yearly in Western Asia

Correlation of greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions by countries yearly in Western Asia

Correlation of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and GDP by countries yearly in Western Asia

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