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References :: Guide to Country Comparisons

Country Comparison pages are presorted lists of data from selected Factbook data fields. Country Comparison pages are generally given in descending order - highest to lowest - such as Population and Area. The two exceptions are Unemployment Rate and Inflation Rate, which are in ascending - lowest to highest - order. Country Comparison pages are available for the following fields in seven of the ten Factbook categories.

organized by category, field, then subfield

Geography::
Area:
People and Society::
Population:

Median age:

Population growth rate:

Birth rate:

Death rate:

Net migration rate:

Maternal mortality rate:

Infant mortality rate:

Life expectancy at birth:

Total fertility rate:

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:

Children under the age of 5 years underweight:

Education expenditures:

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:
Economy::
GDP real growth rate:

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

GDP - per capita (PPP):

Gross national saving:

Industrial production growth rate:

Labor force:

Unemployment rate:

Taxes and other revenues:

Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):

Public debt:

Current account balance:

Exports:

Imports:

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

Debt - external:
Energy::
Electricity - production:

Electricity - consumption:

Electricity - exports:

Electricity - imports:

Electricity - installed generating capacity:

Electricity - from fossil fuels:

Electricity - from nuclear fuels:

Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:

Electricity - from other renewable sources:

Crude oil - production:

Crude oil - exports:

Crude oil - imports:

Crude oil - proved reserves:

Refined petroleum products - production:

Refined petroleum products - consumption:

Refined petroleum products - exports:

Refined petroleum products - imports:

Natural gas - production:

Natural gas - consumption:

Natural gas - exports:

Natural gas - imports:

Natural gas - proved reserves:

Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
Communications::
Telephones - fixed lines:

Telephones - mobile cellular:

Internet users:

Broadband - fixed subscriptions:
Transportation::
Airports:

Railways:

Roadways:

Waterways:

Merchant marine:
Military and Security::
Military expenditures: