Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 47; female 46; male 48
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 139
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 151
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 96
Death rate
comparison ranking: 26
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 146
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 88
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 125
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 185
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 90
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 110
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 76
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 149
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
comparison ranking: 95
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 114
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 48
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 196
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 123
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 56
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 141; industry 44; agriculture 97
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 169
Labor force
comparison ranking: 35
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 89
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 140
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 44
Public debt
comparison ranking: 153
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 128
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 45
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 35
Debt - external
comparison ranking: 22
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 169; imports 118; consumption 51; installed generating capacity 54
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 53
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 114
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 57
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 41
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 46
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 85