Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 38; female 36; male 40
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 38
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 230
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 207
Death rate
comparison ranking: 14
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 210
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 184
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 177
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 101
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 217
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 68
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 13
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 59
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 69
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 19
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 187
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 54
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 122
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 108; industry 64; agriculture 142
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 159
Labor force
comparison ranking: 37
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 27
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 128
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 135
Public debt
comparison ranking: 106
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 101
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 23
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 17
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 178; imports 15; exports 22; consumption 26; installed generating capacity 22
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 25
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 46
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 28
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 34
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 25
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 75