Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 15; female 15; male 15
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 177
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 65
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 73
Death rate
comparison ranking: 212
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 115
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 128
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 88
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 132
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 63
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 19
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 175
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 39
Education expenditure
comparison ranking: Education expenditure (% GDP) 114
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 17
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 86
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 114
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 208
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 139; industry 53; agriculture 69
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 158
Labor force
comparison ranking: 20
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 133
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 66
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 112
Public debt
comparison ranking: 20
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 158
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 194
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 50
Debt - external
comparison ranking: 8
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 205; imports 109; exports 62; consumption 25; installed generating capacity 26
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 29
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 109
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 15
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 17
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 18
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 45