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General Information

Region		World
Population (000, 2024)		4 806 898^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2024)		153.3^a
Surface area (km2)		31 033 131^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		103.4^a

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	26 966 511	32 632 452	38 004 625^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	5	-0.9	3.6^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	6 048.0	6 997.3	8 048.6^b
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	100	109	114^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	6 833 752	7 468 175	8 960 865^c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	6 233 938	6 806 604	8 472 431^c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	599 814	661 571	488 434^c

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1	0.7	0.6^a
Urban population (% of total population)	48	50.5^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	2.4^e	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.2	2	1.9^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	75.5 / 70.6	76.3 / 71.1	77.4 / 72.3^a
Population age distribution^f (0-14/60+ years old, %)	25.2 / 11.6	24.0 / 13.1	22.6 / 14.5^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	77 191.2 / 1.7	85 618.5 / 1.8	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	28 420.7	28 625.5	30 447.6^b
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	33.2	27.9	25.8^a
Intentional homicide rate^g (per 100 000 pop.)	2.4	2	2^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	17.8	19.5^h	20.7^h

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Forested area^g (% of land area)	19.8	20	20.1ⁱ
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	17 459.4 / 3.9	18 681.6 / 4.0	19 692.1 / 4.2ⁱ
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	259 494	275 223	287 716ⁱ
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	60	64	67ⁱ
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	77.1 / 61.0	79.2 / 68.5	79.6 / 71.5^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	40.1 / 35.3	46.0 / 46.0	46.5 / 49.8^b
Net Official Development Assist. received^j (% of GNI)	0.24	0.25	0.21ⁱ

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		2023
d		2019
e		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
f		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
g		Estimate.
h		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
i		2021
j		Including regional aid disbursements in addition to the disbursements made to individual countries and areas.

	
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