Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 11; female 11; male 11
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 3
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 218
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 225
Death rate
comparison ranking: 18
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 70
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 173
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 222
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 4
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 212
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 186
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 39
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 89
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 142
Environment
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 5
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 152
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 52
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 84
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 33; industry 78; agriculture 182
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 168
Labor force
comparison ranking: 10
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 31
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 178
Public debt
comparison ranking: 1
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 16
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 3
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 2
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 203; consumption 5; installed generating capacity 4
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 5
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 29
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 3
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 7
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 4
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 4