Introduction
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Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: total 28; female 28; male 28
Languages
Median age
comparison ranking: total 15
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 175
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 223
Death rate
comparison ranking: 105
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 43
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 153
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 212
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 15
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 226
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 184
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 48
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 82
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
comparison ranking: 118
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 90
Environment
Revenue from forest resources
comparison ranking: 148
Revenue from coal
comparison ranking: 148
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 14
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 155
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 41
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 69
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 102; industry 56; agriculture 171
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 127
Labor force
comparison ranking: 24
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 32
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 176
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income
comparison ranking: 104
Public debt
comparison ranking: 102
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 97
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 16
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 10
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 189; consumption 7; installed generating capacity 10
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 9
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 13
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 11
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 22
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 11
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 12