Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 153; female 151; male 155
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 17
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 232
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 211
Death rate
comparison ranking: 4
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 201
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 128
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 179
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 110
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 192
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 65
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 2
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 10
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 44
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 110
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 151
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 65
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 37
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 79; industry 127; agriculture 128
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 48
Labor force
comparison ranking: 147
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 129
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 106
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 86
Public debt
comparison ranking: 147
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 118
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 138
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 107
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 74; imports 50; exports 46; consumption 120; installed generating capacity 105
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 128
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 76
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 127
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 148
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 98
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 97