Demographics Rankings

• Countries by Fertility Rate

  240 countries · Chad leads at 6.03 births per woman

• Countries by Median Age

  240 countries · Vatican City leads at 57.4 years

• Countries by Urban Population

  240 countries · Hong Kong leads at 100.0%

• Fastest Growing Countries

  50 countries · United Arab Emirates leads at +4.68%

• Countries Losing Population

  30 countries · Marshall Islands leads at −3.43%

• Countries by Birth Rate

  213 countries · Central African Republic leads at 46.2 per 1,000

• Countries by Death Rate

  213 countries · Monaco leads at 20.1 per 1,000

• Population

  How many people live where, how fast that is changing, and how densely they are packed.

• Economics

  Output, incomes, prices, employment and inequality across the world economy.

• Health

  Life expectancy, mortality, medical capacity and health spending.

• Education

  Literacy, enrollment, years of schooling and public spending on education.

• Quality of Life

  Composite development, wellbeing and inequality measures.

• Environment

  Emissions, forests, protected land and renewable energy.

• Geography

  Land area, density and how much of each country is forest or protected.

• Infrastructure

  Connectivity and physical capacity — internet, mobile networks and hospital beds.

• Government

  Systems of government, independence dates and national administration.

• Military

  Defence expenditure as a share of national output.

• Travel

  Airports, time zones, driving sides and calling codes for every country.

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