Nicaragua

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Nicaragua
Misc
Country CodeNI
Geography
Area (sq km)130,370
Coastline (km)910
Highest Point (m)2,085 (Mogoton)
Average Elevation (m)298
People
Population6,085,213
Median Age26.20
Growth Rate0.97 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)17.50
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)5.20
Urban Population58.50 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth19.20
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)150.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)17.70
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)9.00 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.01
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)0.90
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)23.70 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)4.30 %
School life (years)
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)8.50 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)36.400 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)4.90 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)5,900
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)24.00 %

See Also

North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere.
Central America
Central America is a region found in the southern tip of North America and is sometimes defined as a subcontinent of the Americas.