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cia_factbook

Country-level statistics from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Variables

• country - Country name.
• area - Landarea, in square kilometers. (1 square kilometer is 0.386 square miles
• birth_rate - Birth rate, in births per 1,000 people.
• death_rate - Death rate, in deaths per 1,000 people.
• infant_mortality_rate - Infant mortality, in deaths per 1,000live births.
• internet_users - Total number of internet users.
• life_exp_at_birth - Live expectancy at birth, in years.
• maternal_mortality_rate - Number of female deaths per 100,000live births where the death is related to pregnancy or birth.
• net_migration_rate - Net migration rate.
• population - Total population.
• population_growth_rate - Population growth rate.

Source

CIA Factbook, Country Comparisons, 2014.https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/rankorderguide.html

Taken from: https://www.openintro.org/data/index.php?data=cia_factbook.