Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 58; female 57; male 58
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 29
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 191
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 220
Death rate
comparison ranking: 88
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 66
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 191
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 43
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 227
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 30
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 116
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 47
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 14
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 77; industry 38; agriculture 164
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 83
Labor force
comparison ranking: 52
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 71
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 96
Public debt
comparison ranking: 150
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 127
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 7
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 8
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 175; consumption 18; installed generating capacity 23
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 22
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 18
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 17
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 48
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 33
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 44