Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 43; female 42; male 44
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 25
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 24
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 228
Death rate
comparison ranking: 1
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 1
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 133
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 141
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 173
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 224
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 61
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 77
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 43
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 63
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 46
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 41
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 117
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 167
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 82; industry 148; agriculture 94
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 33
Labor force
comparison ranking: 34
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 157
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 65
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 151
Public debt
comparison ranking: 82
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 107
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 195
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 45
Debt - external
comparison ranking: 11
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 182; imports 57; exports 37; consumption 36; installed generating capacity 24
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 41
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 85
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 59
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 36
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 28
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 48