OLPC country statistics
OLPC Demographics
Population
Population Structure
Country 2005 Pop. [ 0-19y] [ 0- 4y] [ 5-14y] [15-19y] 2010 Pop.
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Argentina 39,537,943 13,495,114 3,328,977 6,779,915 3,386,222 41,405,037
Brazil 186,112,794 66,049,790 15,591,177 33,041,033 17,417,580 195,579,661
Libya 5,765,563 2,557,922 724,075 1,228,561 605,286 6,447,047
Nigeria 128,765,768 68,124,293 21,304,234 33,204,475 13,615,584 145,032,482
Thailand 64,185,502 19,296,213 4,375,933 10,034,130 4,886,150 66,303,290
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TOTAL 424,367,570 169,523,332 45,324,396 84,288,114 39,910,822 454,767,517
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WORLD 6,451,392,455 2,410,015,743 612,591,522 1,192,025,870 605,398,351 6,838,181,208
Population Characteristics
[ HIV ]
Country Median Age Growth Life Expec. [Rate (est) Adult Pop. (est)] Literacy
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Argentina 29.7 years 0.96% 72.38 years 0.7% (2001) 130,000 (2001) 97.1%
Brazil 28.2 years 1.04% 71.97 years 0.7% (2003) 660,000 (2003) 86.4%
Libya 23.0 years 2.30% 76.69 years 0.3% (2001) 10,000 (2001) 82.6%
Nigeria 18.7 years 2.38% 47.08 years 5.4% (2003) 3,600,000 (2003) 68.0%
Thailand 31.9 years 0.68% 72.25 years 1.5% (2003) 570,000 (2003) 92.6%
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WORLD 27.6 years 1.14% 63.16 years -NA- -NA- 82%
Geography
[ Borders (km) ] [ Land Use % (2005) ]
Country Area km^2 [ Land Water] [Arable Perm Other] Irrig. km^2
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Argentina 2,766,890 9,665 4,989 10.30 0.36 89.61 15,500
Brazil 8,511,965 16,884 7,491 6.93 0.89 92.18 29,200
Libya 1,759,540 4,348 1,770 1.03 0.19 98.78 4,700
Nigeria 923,768 4,047 853 33.02 3.14 63.84 2,820
Thailand 514,000 4,863 3,219 27.54 6.93 65.53 49,860
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WORLD 148,940,000 250,708 356,000 13.31 4.71 81.98 2,770,980
Country [ Min. elevation (m) ] [ Max. elevation (m) ] Climate --------- ----- ------------------------- ------ --------------- ------- Argentina -105 Laguna del Carbon 6,960 Cerro Aconcagua mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest Brazil 0 Atlantic Ocean 3,014 Pico da Neblina mostly tropical, but temperate in south Libya -47 Sabkhat Ghuzayyil 2,267 Bikku Bitti Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior Nigeria 0 Atlantic Ocean 2,419 Chappal Waddi varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north Thailand 0 Gulf of Thailand 2,576 Doi Inthanon tropical; rainy, warm, cloudy southwest monsoon (mid-May to September); dry, cool northeast monsoon (November to mid-March); southern isthmus always hot and humid --------- ----- ------------------------- ------ --------------- ------- WORLD -2540 Bentley Subglacial Trench 8,850 Mount Everest
Economy
GDP per [ GDP by Sector ] Public Debt
Country GDP @ PPP GDP @ FX Growth Capita(PPP) [Agric. Ind. Serv.] (% of GDP)
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Argentina $ 543 $ 182 9.2% $ 13,700 9.5% 35.8% 54.7% 72.5%
Brazil $ 1,536 $ 619 2.3% $ 8,300 8.4% 40.0% 51.6% 51.6%
Libya $ 68 $ 31 8.4% $ 11,800 7.6% 49.9% 42.5% 8.2%
Nigeria $ 175 $ 77 6.9% $ 1,400 26.9% 48.7% 24.4% 11.0%
Thailand $ 550 $ 183 4.5% $ 8,600 9.9% 44.1% 46.0% 47.6%
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WORLD $ 60,630 $ 43,070 4.7% $ 9,500 4% 32% 64%
NOTES: (1) All numbers are 2005 estimates (2) "GDP @" numbers are in billions
Socio-Economic
Country Unemployment Pop. Below Poverty GINI Idx Inflation --------- ------------- ------------------ ------------- ------------ Argentina 11.6% (2005) 38.5% (June 2005) 52.2 (2001) 9.6% (2005) Brazil 9.8% (2005) 22.0% (1998 est) 59.7 (2004) 6.9% (2005) Libya 30.0% (2004) -NA- -NA- 3.4% (2005) Nigeria 2.9% (2005) 60.0% (2000 est) 50.6 (1996-7) 13.5% (2005) Thailand 1.8% (2005) 10.0% (2004 est) 51.1 (2002) 4.5% (2005) --------- ------------- ------------------ ------------- ------------ WORLD 30% 1-4% Dev / 5-20% Rest
Activity Indicators
[Electricity(bill. kWh)] [ Trade (billion)(fob) ]
Country [ Produced Consumed ] [ Exports Imports ]
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Argentina 87.16 82.97 $ 40.0 $ 28.8
Brazil 387.50 359.60 $ 115.1 $ 78.0
Libya 14.40 13.39 $ 30.8 $ 10.8
Nigeria 15.59 14.46 $ 52.2 $ 26.0
Thailand 114.70 107.30 $ 105.8 $ 107.0
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WORLD 16,540.00 15,450.00 $ 10,330.0 $ 10,300.0
Communications
[ Telephones (thousands) ] [ Radios ] TV [ Internet ]
Country [ Main line Cellular ] [ AM FM SW] Stations [Hosts(2006) Users(2005)]
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Argentina 8,800 (2005) 22,100 (2005) 260 >1000? 6 42 (1997) 1,612,423 10,000,000
Brazil 42,382 (2004) 86,210 (2005) 1,365 296 161 138 (1997) 6,508,431 25,900,000
Libya 750 (2003) 235 (2004) 16 3 3 12 (1999) 31 205,000
Nigeria 1,223 (2005) 21,571 (2006) 83 36 11 3 (2002) 1,549 5,000,000
Thailand 7,035 (2005) 27,379 (2005) 204 334 6 111 (2006) 938,784 8,420,000
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WORLD 1,263,367,600 2,168,433,600 1,018,057,389
Transportation
Total Paved
Country Airport Rail(km) Roads (km) Roads (km) Water(km) Ports
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Argentina 1,381 31,902 229,144 68,809 11,000 8
Brazil 4,276 29,252 1,724,929 94,871 50,000 9
Libya 141 (2,757)* 83,200 47,590 -NA- 6
Nigeria 69 3,505 194,394 60,068 8,600 4
Thailand 108 4,071 57,403 56,542 4,000 4
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WORLD 49,024 1,115,205 32,345,165 19,403,061 671,886
NOTES: (*) Libya has no railway system, it's currently under construction and planned to be finished by 2008. (1) Airports is the total number that includes paved & unpaved, regardless of length. (2) Ports represents the number enumerated by the CIA factbook, and has no real value.
Military
Country Expend. % GDP Service
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Argentina 1.3% (2000) Voluntary, no conscription
Brazil 1.3% (2005 est) Compulsory, conscription
Libya 3.9% 1999 -NA-
Nigeria 0.8% (2005 est) Voluntary
Thailand 1.8% (2003) Compulsory, conscription
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GLOBAL ~2% of Global GDP (2005 est)
References
Sources: Population Structure: U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbacc.html http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbsprd.html Table: 094 Midyear Population, by Age and Sex
All other data from: The World Factbook Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria, Thailand, and globally.
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