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General Information

Region		World
Population (000, 2025)		1 549 868^a
Pop. density (per km2, 2025)		52.4^a
Surface area (km2)		29 648 481^b
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		99.8^a

Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	2 417 147	2 481 548	2 807 066^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3.4	-2.7	3.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	1 984.0	1 799.0	1 898.0^b
Employment in agriculture^c (% of employed)	48.4	47	45.5^b
Employment in industry^c (% of employed)	13.2	13.7	14.3^b
Employment in services^c (% employed)	38.4	39.3	40.3^b
Unemployment^c (% of labour force)	6.7	7.3	6.4
Labour force participation rate^c (female/male pop. %)	57.0 / 75.5	53.9 / 73.4	55.2 / 73.7
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	116	121^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	421 507	400 595	640 136^d
International trade: imports (million current US$)	547 969	512 182	688 913^d
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 126 462	- 111 588	- 48 777^d

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	2.6	2.4	2.3^a
Urban population (% of total population)	41.2	43^e	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	3.7^f	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	4.6	4.2	4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	62.6 / 59.1	64.3 / 60.2	66.3 / 62.1^a
Population age distribution^g (0-14/60+ years old, %)	41.3 / 5.2	40.3 / 5.5	38.8 / 5.8^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	22 683.9 / 1.9	25 267.4 / 1.8	29 180.4 / 1.9^d
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	17 067.3	32 536.2	47 088.4^d
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	81	69	61.5^a
Intentional homicide rate^c (per 100 000 pop.)	12.4	10.9	10.7^b

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Forested area (% of land area)	21.9^c	21.3	21^c,h
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	1 200.4 / 1.0	1 236.9 / 0.9	1 317.7 / 0.9^h
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	41 485	40 413	41 689^h
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	23	22	22^h
Net Official Development Assist. receivedⁱ (% of GNI)	2.15	3.01	2.41^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Estimate.
d		2024
e		2019
f		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
g		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
h		2022
i		Including regional aid disbursements in addition to the disbursements made to individual countries and areas.