The total amount of data created, captured, copied, and consumed in the world is forecast to increase rapidly, reaching 59 zettabytes in 2020. The number, size, and distribution of farms, smallholder. Total net oda flows from oecd development assistance committee. Number of countries in each classification group, fy89. Percentage of oldestold aged 80 years or over among the older population aged 60. There has been a gradual upward trend in the combined share of the top five offices in the world total from 74% in 2006 to 84% in 2016. World gdp ranking 2015 data and charts ministry of. Unless you dont count taiwan taiwan is not considered an official country by many, which would bring the count down to 195 countries. Brazil is forecast to account for most of the gain as its arabica crop enters the on. International trade statistics 2015 world trade organization. Entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the iso 31661 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. Depending on the source, the number of countries can vary quite considerably, and there is no universal agreement on the total. Purchasing power parity ppp between two countries, a and b, is the ratio of the number of units of country as currency needed to purchase in country a the same quantity of a specific good or service as one unit of country bs currency will purchase in country b. World economic situation and prospects 2015 the united nations.
Countries list of world total count updated 2017 pdf. The total number of countries in the world was 57 in 1900s, which has now increased manifold. Development goals sdgs encourage every country to end poverty and enhance social. Great article but shouldnt anyway, that brings us to 196 countries in the world. Table reflects only those months for which there was trade. But if you count all independent pieces of territory the you have to include vatican city, kosovo and chinese taipei taiwan as well. For argentina, an alternative conversion factor has been calculated using a weighted average method for the period from 2012 to 2015. Know all the countries along with their capitals in this sciencestruck writeup. There are total 196 countries in world present in different continents.
The psma, which creates binding obligations, sets standards for the inspection of foreign vessels that seek to enter the port of another state. Besides economic damage, such practices can threaten local biodiversity and food security in many countries. Top suppliers include brazil 29 percent, vietnam 22 percent, colombia 7 percent, and honduras 6 percent. While working on the web site, a common need was a definitive list of the countries in the world. The united states was the leader of installed photovoltaics for many years, and its total capacity was 77 megawatts in 1996, more than any other country in the world at the time.
Is a country a country when it is recognized by the united nation then the answer is 192. World migration report 2015 international organization for. Sep 18, 2016 hi johnny, just came across your blog after doing a search for total number of countries in the world. The publication features a variety of charts to highlight the most noteworthy trends in world trade over the past 20 years. This is an important metric for a number of reasons, including the need for management and provision of adequate health services which is dependent on the total societal burden, not just. While it may seem like a straightforward task to come up with a list like this, the complexity of the modern political world is very difficult to unravel in a consistent manner. List of countries by number of internet users wikipedia. Whenever we come across some good investment crowdfunding industry statistics well add them to this page for easy reference. Ten countries or areas with the highest total fertility, 19701975, 19901995 and 2010 2015 the top ten lowest fertility countries or areas are no ten countries or areas with the lowest total.
For example, according to the world bank, africas middle class consumes will grow from approximately 355 million people in 20 34 percent of africas population to 1. For the entire 20th century it is estimated that around 100 million people died prematurely because of smoking, most of them in rich countries. Taiwan the united nations considers it represented by the peoples republic of china. Nov 25, 2015 if donors did this while simultaneously raising total official development assistance up to the 0. Table 2 lists the nations now generating geothermal power and several considered to have the potential for coming on line in the relatively near term future. Depending on the question what is a country, there are several answers.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the wto, international trade statistics 2015 looks back at world trade from 1995 to the end of 2014. The world banks debtor reporting system drs, from which the aggregate and country tables presented in this report are drawn, was established in 1951. Not included in this total count of 195 countries are. It shows the total value of all goods and services sold in a country. Although taiwan operates as an independent country, many countries including the u.
It is forecasted to increase to 50 mt of ewaste in 2018. A nation can be defined as group of people who are bound to. The energy sector is the largest contributor 72% in 2019 to emissions, followed by the agriculture sector %, the industrial processes and product use 11% and waste 3%. The index measures the amount of human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by age 18, given the risks of poor health and poor education that. The 2011 fao assessment of global food losses and waste 1 estimated that each year, onethird of all food produced in the world for. Number of women and men aged 18 years and older who were married or in union before ages 15 and 18. The number of countries in the world science struck. List of countries and dependencies by area wikipedia.
All 193 member states of the united nations plus the vatican city are given a rank number. Within the nafta area usa, canada and mexico, the total number of newly installed industrial robots rose by 17 percent to a new record of some 36,000 units 2015. World plastics production 1950 2015 plastics are a global success story. Apr, 2015 remittances to developing countries in the europe and central asia region will continue to decline sharply for a second consecutive year in 2015. Calculating the number of countries in the world may seem like it should be a simple task, but it is one that quickly becomes fraught with political, geographical, and socioeconomic difficulties. Geothermal power generation in the world 20152020 update. At the end of 2020, the country s renewable capacity stood at 56 gw, including 21. The world bank systematically assesses the appropriateness of official exchange rates as conversion factors. According to the united nations, there are 195 sovereign states. Countries with expected decline of at least 1 million in total population from 2015 to 2050. It is estimated that the total amount ewaste generated in 2014 was 41.
Geological survey, assessment of potential oil and gas resources in source rocks of the alaska north slope, fact sheet 201230, february 2012. Key findings in 2010 2015, the median total fertility rate tfr was 2. General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health. The total one of the smallest since amnesty began tracking executions in 1979 was a 5% decrease from the at least 690 executions recorded in 2018 and was down 60% from the 25yearhigh total of 1,634 reported executions in 2015. World gdp ranking 2020 gdp by country data and charts. The terms country economy as used in this report also refer, as appropriate. This is a list of the world s countries and their dependent territories by area, ranked by total area entries in this list include, but are not limited to, those in the iso 31661 standard, which includes sovereign states and dependent territories. And since 2014 there have been two more contenders for the list, the donetsk peoples republic and the lugansk peoples republic. Amnesty international recorded at least 657 executions in 20 countries worldwide in 2019. Asia includes 50 countries, and it is the most populated continent, the 60% of the total population of the earth live here africa comprises 54 countries.
India ind exports, imports, and trade partners oec. Lebanon hosted the largest number of refugees in relation to its national population. Feb 19, 2021 according to the united nations food and agriculture organization, the average rice price index remained relatively stable over the past few years, after it had declined in 2015 and 2016. It has been a major health problem for many decades. The figures are incidents per 100,000 people, not the total number. World employment and social outlook january 2015 ilo. The 2015 revision medium fertility variant projection for 2016. World intellectual property indicators 2017 patents.
In 2015 alone, almost 500 nps were on the market worldwide core group of about 80 persistent nps innovation continues but at slower pace nps with stimulant properties expand in number recent emergence of nps mimicking medicines fentanyl analogues, benzodiazepine derivatives with high potential to cause harm. The eu in the world 2015 is the third edition of this. In english only, for now adolescent fertility rate births per 1,000 women ages 1519. Tobacco smoking is one of the world s largest health problems.
Selected world geothermal industry statistics 2015 2020 total number of wells drilled for power projects 1159. Fao, at the request of its member countries, regularly monitors the world. This is a list of the world s countries and their dependent territories by area, ranked by total area. There are few questions that are more difficult to answer than the total number of countries in the world, as there is no single correct answer. Women in parliament in 2015 interparliamentary union. World country has information on population, language, religion, olympic achievements. The leader of the pack was the usa, accounting for threequarters of all units sold. Massolution crowdfunding industry 2015 report total global crowdfunding industry estimated fundraising volume in 2015. Trend in patent applications for the top five offices hi s japan rep epo 1,200,000 200,000 400,000.
Feb 27, 2020 this total is often cited inaccurately as the actual number of countries in the world. The human capital index hci database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the human capital index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. The years shown in the map and table above are the year the survey was released, the data shown covers the prior calendar year. Data learn how the world bank group is helping countries with covid19 coronavirus. Global forced displacement has increased in 2015, with record. These two selfproclaimed countries still arent as wellestablished and organized as the. A growing number of countries and regions are working.
As a result of rounding, numbers in tables may not add to totals and percentages in. The least developed countries report 2015 world reliefweb. World ertility atterns 2015 3 global fertility is now 2. The world investment report 2015 wir15 was prepared by a team led by james x. The total estimated number of deaths by country from 1990 to 2017 are found here. In principle, world exports and imports should increase at roughly the same rate, with some discrepancies due to differences in data recording across countries.
The global ewaste monitor united nations university. Gross domestic product, or gdp, measures the economic size of a country. This total comprises 193 countries that are member states of the united nations and 2 countries that are nonmember observer states. The second volume of the ilo world report on child labour series highlights the close linkages between child labour and good youth employment outcomes, and the consequent need for common policy approaches to addressing challenges arising in countries where both. Global trends in estimated number of drug users and people with drug user disorders, 2006 2015 global trends in the estimated prevalence of drug use and prevalence of people with drug use problems, 2006 2015. Executions around the world death penalty information center.
Most of the increase in world population can be attributed to a short list of countries. Estimates are based on a subset of countries covering around 50 per cent of the. Migrants and cities, new partnerships to manage mobility the eighth report in ioms world migration report wmr series focuses on how migration and migrants are shaping cities and how the life of migrants is shaped by cities, their people, organizations and rules. Ppps can be expressed in the currency of either of the countries.
Finance and world debt tables, is designed to respond to user demand for timely, comprehensive data on trends in external debt in low and middleincome countries. The widely recognized all the 7 continents are listed by size below, from biggest to smallest. Both the vatican officially known as the holy see, which is an independent nation, and the palestinian authority, which is a quasigovernmental body, have been granted permanent. In table below, all the list of countries are displayed. Nigeria nga exports, imports, and trade partners oec. Global forced displacement has increased in 2015, with.
English analysis on world and 17 other countries about protection and human rights. Its estimated that globally, around 185,000 people died directly from alcohol use disorders in 2017. The 194 countries does not include kosovo, or palestine or western sahara or taiwan or greenland or many other partly recognized states. It is the hottest continent and home of the world s largest desert, the sahara, occupying the 25% of the total area of. During the last five reported years the exports of nigeria have changed by. World robotics report 2016 international federation of. Internet users in 2015 as a percentage of a countrys population. Energy information administration, annual energy outlook 2015 assumptions report. It is a rate that is normalized across the different countries, so you can compare them without correcting for population. Turkey greenhouse gas ghg emissions decreased by 3. United states department of agriculture foreign coffee. Country status and ratings overview 19732016, number and percentages of electoral democracies 19892016, freedom in the world 2018 report covering 2017.
The world as a whole has been making progress towards improved food security and nutrition. From the late 1990s, japan was the world s leader of solar electricity production until 2005, when germany took the lead and by 2016 had a capacity of over 40 gigawatts. United nations world population estimates and projections united nations, department of. For most countries this rate ranges from 1 to 5 deaths per 100,000 individuals. Each country of world has some or the other feature, specialty, language, currency, history, culture, geographic conditions etc. Compound annual growth rate cagr from 1950 to 2015 is about 8. What is the total number of countries in the world. The total number of countries in the world is widely debated for various reasons, hence the answer varies. Before i come to the number of nations, it is important we realize that a nation and a state not to be confused with state are not the same.
Over 54 per cent of people across the globe were living in urban areas in 2014. World drug report 2017 prebriefing to the member states vienna, 16 june 2017. We are already unable to cope with the amount of plastic. World bank annual report 2015 open knowledge repository. Geothermal power generation in the world 20152020 update report. The least developed countries provided asylum to 4. Total ghgs emissions excluding lulucf top 20 of countries year 2011 vs.
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