Americas
General Information
Region
World
Population (000, 2025)
1 055 417
a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)
27.1
a
Surface area (km2)
38 791 038
b,c
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)
98.3
a
Economic indicators
2015
2020
2025
GDP: Gross domestic product
(million current US$)
25 412 160
27 702 234
36 834 562
c
GDP growth rate
(annual %, const. 2015 prices)
2.1
-3.4
2.7
c
GDP per capita
(current US$)
25 904.0
27 073.0
35 397.0
c
Employment in agriculture
d
(% of employed)
9.5
9.7
8.6
c
Employment in industry
d
(% of employed)
20.8
20
20.2
c
Employment in services
d
(% employed)
69.8
70.3
71.2
c
Unemployment
d
(% of labour force)
6.2
9.4
5.6
Labour force participation rate
d
(female/male pop. %)
53.0 / 73.6
51.1 / 70.1
53.3 / 71.7
Agricultural production index
(2014-2016=100)
99
107
110
c
International trade: exports
(million current US$)
2 822 984
2 767 893
4 061 918
e
International trade: imports
(million current US$)
3 756 634
3 725 008
5 362 969
e
International trade: balance
(million current US$)
- 933 649
- 957 115
-1 301 051
e
Social indicators
2015
2020
2025
Population growth rate
(average annual %)
0.9
0.5
0.6
a
Fertility rate, total
(live births per woman)
2
1.8
1.7
a
Life expectancy at birth
(females/males, years)
79.3 / 73.7
78.2 / 71.9
80.4 / 74.9
a
Population age distribution
(0-14/60+ years old, %)
23.2 / 14.6
b
21.8 / 16.5
b
20.2 / 18.4
a
Under five mortality rate
(per 1000 live births)
15.4
13.7
12.3
a
Intentional homicide rate
d
(per 100 000 pop.)
16
15
14.4
c
Environment and infrastructure indicators
2015
2020
2025
Forested area
d
(% of land area)
41.7
41.3
41.4
f
Net Official Development Assist. received
g
(% of GNI)
0.2
0.3
0.2
c
Sources and References
Technical Notes
Footnotes
a
Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b
Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
c
2023
d
Estimate.
e
2024
f
2022
g
Including regional aid disbursements in addition to the disbursements made to individual countries and areas.
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