Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 1; female 1; male 2
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 61
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 172
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 183
Death rate
comparison ranking: 95
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 100
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 117
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 167
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 75
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 193
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 169
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 89
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 44
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
comparison ranking: 92
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 133
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 1
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 42
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 97
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 9
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 125; industry 29; agriculture 98
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 57
Labor force
comparison ranking: 1
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 87
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 87
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 70
Public debt
comparison ranking: 114
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 188
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 2
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 1
Debt - external
comparison ranking: 1
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 211; imports 36; exports 13; consumption 1; installed generating capacity 1
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 1
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 38
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 1
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 1
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 1
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 2