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POPULATION
Data Sheet
AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA NORTHERN AFRICA ALGERIA EGYPT LIBYA MOROCCO SUDAN TUNISIA WESTERN SAHARA WESTERN AFRICA BENIN
BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE CÔTE D’IVOIRE GAMBIA GHANA
GUINEA GUINEA–BISSAU LIBERIA MALI MAURITANIA NIGER NIGERIA SENEGAL
SIERRA LEONE TOGO EASTERN AFRICA BURUNDI COMOROS DJIBOUTI ERITREA ETHIOPIA KENYA MADAGASCAR MALAWI MAURITIUS MAYOTTE
MOZAMBIQUE REUNION RWANDA SEYCHELLES SOMALIA TANZANIA UGANDA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE MIDDLE AFRICA ANGOLA CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CONGO CONGO, DEM. REP. OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA GABON SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SOUTHERN AFRICA
BOTSWANA LESOTHO NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND NORTHERN AMERICA CANADA UNITED STATES LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CENTRAL
AMERICA BELIZE COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS MEXICO NICARAGUA PANAMA CARIBBEAN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
BAHAMAS BARBADOS CUBA DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GRENADA GUADELOUPE HAITI JAMAICA MARTINIQUE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
PUERTO RICO ST. KITTS–NEVIS SAINT LUCIA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL
CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR FRENCH GUIANA GUYANA PARAGUAY PERU SURINAME URUGUAY VENEZUELA ASIA WESTERN ASIA ARMENIA
AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN CYPRUS GEORGIA IRAQ ISRAEL JORDAN KUWAIT LEBANON OMAN PALESTINIAN TERRITORY QATAR SAUDI ARABIA SYRIA
TURKEY UNITED ARAB EMIRATES YEMEN SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH BHUTAN INDIA IRAN KAZAKHSTAN KYRGYZSTAN
MALDIVES NEPAL PAKISTAN SRI LANKA TAJIKISTAN TURKMENISTAN UZBEKISTAN SOUTHEAST ASIA BRUNEI CAMBODIA EAST TIMOR INDONESIA
LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM EAST ASIA CHINA CHINA, HONG KON CHINA, MACAO JAPAN KOREA,
NORTH KOREA, SOUTH MONGOLIA TAIWAN EUROPE NORTHERN EUROPE CHANNEL ISLANDS DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND ICELAND IRELAND
LATVIA LITHUANIA NORWAY SWEDEN UNITED KINGDOM WESTERN EUROPE AUSTRIA BELGIUM FRANCE GERMANY LIECHTENSTEIN LUXEMBOURG
MONACO NETHERLANDS SWITZERLAND EASTERN EUROPE BELARUS BULGARIA CZECH REPUBLIC HUNGARY MOLDOVA POLAND ROMANIA RUSSIA
SLOVAKIA UKRAINE SOUTHERN EUROPE ALBANIA ANDORRA BOSNIA–HERZEGOVINA CROATIA GREECE ITALY MACEDONIA MALTA MONTENEGRO
PORTUGAL SAN MARINO SERBIA SLOVENIA SPAIN OCEANIA AUSTRALIA FED. STATES OF MICRONESIA FIJI FRENCH POLYNESIA GUAM KIRIBATI
MARSHALL ISLANDS NAURU NEW CALEDONIA NEW ZEALAND PALAU PAPUA NEW GUINEA SAMOA SOLOMON ISLANDS TONGA TUVALU VANUATU
Most Populous Countries, 2008 and 2050
2008
2050
Population
(millions)
Country
Population
(millions)
Country
China
1,324.7
India
1,755.2
India
1,149.3
China
1,437.0
United States
304.5
United States
438.2
Indonesia
239.9
Indonesia
343.1
Brazil
195.1
Pakistan
295.2
Pakistan
172.8
Nigeria
282.2
Nigeria
148.1
Brazil
259.8
Bangladesh
147.3
Bangladesh
215.1
Russia
141.9
Congo, Dem. Rep.
189.3
Japan
127.7
Philippines
150.1
Largest Population Growth or Decline, 2008 to 2050
Largest percent increase
Country
Percent
Uganda
Niger
Burundi
Liberia
Guinea-Bissau
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Timor-Leste (East Timor)
Mali
Somalia
Angola
263
261
220
216
205
185
179
169
166
155
Largest percent decline
Country
Percent
Bulgaria
Swaziland
Georgia
Ukraine
Japan
Moldova
Russia
Serbia
Belarus
Romania
Bosnia-Herzegovina
-35
-33
-28
-28
-25
-23
-22
-21
-20
-20
-20
N ote : Excludes countries with fewer than 1 million residents.
Lowest and Highest Infant Mortality Rates
Lowest
Country
China, Hong Kong SAR
Singapore
Sweden
Finland
Japan
Slovenia
Norway
Czech Republic
Ireland
Portugal
Israel
Highest
Infant deaths
per 1,000 births
1.6
2.4
2.5
2.7
2.8
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.1
3.5
3.5
Country
Afghanistan
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Somalia
Guinea
Mozambique
Burundi
Chad
Infant deaths
per 1,000 births
163
158
133
132
117
117
113
108
107
106
N ote : Excludes countries with fewer than 50 infant deaths annually.
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2008 World Population Data Sheet 2
World Population Highlights
Africa and Other Developing Regions Make Up an Increasing Share
of World Population.
As world population has risen
from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 6.7
billion in 2008, the proportion
living in the developing countries of Africa, Asia, and Latin
America and the Caribbean has
expanded from 68 percent to
more than 80 percent. India
and China, with a billion-plus
each in 2008, make up about
37 percent of the total. Projections for 2050 show this shift
to developing countries continuing. The share living in the
more developed countries is
projected to drop from about
18 percent in 2008 to less than
14 percent in 2050. Africa’s
population, currently growing
faster than any other major
region, is projected to account
for 21 percent of world population by 2050, up from just 9
percent in 1950.
Population (billions)
10
9
8
India
7
China
6
5
Africa
4
3
Other less developed countries
2
1
0
More developed countries
1950
1970
1990
2010
2030
2050
S ource : UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision, Medium Variant (2007).
There Has Been Little Improvement in Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries.
A maternal death related to pregnancy or childbirth is a rare event in more developed countries: Just 9 women died for every 100,000 births in these
countries in 2005, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the UN Population Fund, and the World Bank. But the
ratio of maternal deaths to
births is shockingly high in
Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
sub-Saharan Africa and South
2005
1990
Asia. Even more worrisome,
430
there has been little improveWORLD
400
ment over the past 15 years in
developing regions as a whole,
480
despite concerted efforts to Less developed countries
450
improve mothers’ health. Public health experts emphasize
920
the importance of prenatal care
Sub-Saharan Africa
900
and skilled medical assistance
during childbirth, including
620
South Asia
the availability of emergency
490
care to deal with complica95
tions. Such health care is often
East Asia
50
lacking in countries with poor
infrastructure and inadequate
180
health facilities.
Latin America/Caribbean
130
S ource : World Health Organization et al., Maternal Mortality
in 2005 (2006; www.who.int,
More developed countries
accessed May 1, 2008).
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9
2008 World Population Data Sheet 3
World Population Highlights
Regional Patterns of Fertility Support Continued World Population Growth.
While Europeans opt to have one or two children at most, sub-Saharan Africans have more than five children, on average, and Asians have between
two and three. There are clear regional patterns of low or high fertility, but there is also wide variation within some regions. South Africa’s rates are well
below those of its neighbors, for example, while Bolivia’s fertility is above the level in other South American countries. In the Middle East, Iran stands
out as having low fertility, a contrast to much higher rates in Iraq and Yemen. In Asia, China’s below-2-child fertility rate dominates the region statistically, but fertility remains high in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Laos.
Total fertility rate around 2008
Fewer than 1.5 births per woman
1.5 to 2.1 births per woman
2.2 to 2.9 births per woman
3.0 to 4.9 births per woman
5.0 or more births per woman
N ote : The total fertility rate measures the total number of children a woman would have given current birth rates.
S ource : C. Haub and M.M. Kent, 2008 World Population Data Sheet.
Notable Decline in Some Countries, Not in Others.
The last quarter century has seen significant drops in
fertility among developing countries. In Bangladesh, the
total fertility rate dropped from 6.7 lifetime births per
woman in the early 1950s to 2.7 in 2008, aided by a strong
government commitment to population policies and
successful community-based family planning programs.
Fertility also fell dramatically in Guatemala, from 7.0 to
4.4 children per woman, over the period. Mexico saw an
even more impressive decline, as that country developed
economically and embraced the idea of smaller families.
Ethiopia, Niger, and Uganda show much more modest
declines, helping explain why Africa’s population growth
continues to outstrip that in other regions.
N ote : The total fertility rate measures the total number of
children a woman would have given current birth rates.
S ources : UN Population Division and Population Reference
Bureau.
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
Total fertility rate
1950 –1955
8.2
Around 2008
8.1
7.1
7.1
7.0
6.9 6.7
6.2
6.7
6.7
6.5
5.3
4.4
2.7
Yemen
Niger
2.3
2.7
Ethiopia Guatemala Uganda Bangladesh Mexico South Africa
2008 World Population Data Sheet 4
World Population Highlights
The Urban Population Is Now a Majority in Many of the Largest Countries.
The world will pass a milestone in 2008: One-half of the world’s residents will live in urban areas. This event is impressive when we consider that less
than 30 percent lived in urban areas in 1950. Less than 15 percent were urban in Nigeria and China in 1950, and just slightly more in India. But while
the urban share in these countries showed impressive increases, it is also somewhat surprising how rural they still are. India, known for its megacities
of Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi, is very much a rural country. Less than 30 percent live in urban areas.
Percent of population living in urban areas
100
Nigeria
90
United States
80
India
70
China
60
India
Nigeria
50
United Sta
40
China
30
20
10
0
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
2040
2050
S ource : UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision (2008; CD-ROM).
Most Urbanites Live in Towns and
Villages, Not Large Cities.
10 million
or more
8%
5 million to
9.9 million
7%
While about one-half of the world lives in urban areas, the vast
majority of these urbanites reside in small towns and villages,
not large modern cities. Just 37 percent of urban dwellers live in
cities with 1 million or more residents, and just 8 percent are in
megacities of 10 million or more.
S ource : UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects:
The 2007 Revision (2008; CD-ROM).
1 million to
4.9 million
22%
Fewer than
500,000
52%
500,000 to
0.9 million
10%
Urban popluation by size of urban area, 2005
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2008 World Population Data Sheet 5
World Population Highlights
Mother’s Education Is Key to Children’s Nutritional Status.
Long-term malnutrition among children can result in stunting, a failure to reach the biological potential for growth, and an especially low height for
their age. Stunting has been associated with lower IQs and fewer years in school for children, and lower productivity and incomes for adults. Efforts
to combat stunting focus on fetal development and the first two years of a child’s life, after which the damage may be irreversible. In most countries,
children with less-educated mothers are much more likely to become stunted than those with more-educated mothers. In Nigeria, nearly one-half, and
in India, nearly 60 percent of the children whose mothers had no education were stunted. The children of more-educated mothers tend to fare much
better, but not everywhere. In Madagascar, for example, stunting was surprisingly high even among children of more-educated mothers.
Percent of children under age 3 who are stunted, by mother’s education
57
No education
47
39
36
30
22
20
28
23
19
17
10
India*
2005–2006
Secondary or higher
47
Madagascar
2003–2004
Nigeria
2003
Cambodia
2005
Haiti
2005
17
8
Colombia
2005
5
Egypt
2005
Senegal
2005
* Children under age 5.
N ote : Stunting occurs when a child’s height at a given age is below international standards for normal development.
S ource : Demographic and Health Surveys (www.measuredhs.com).
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
2008 World Population Data Sheet 6
Demographic Data and Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China)
LEAST DEVELOPED
AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
MIDDLE AFRICA
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
Population
mid-2008
(millions)
Births per
1,000
Population
Deaths per
1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
(%)
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
Population
6,705
1,227
5,479
4,154
797
967
809
197
34.7
74.9
6.3
31.2
39.4
10.3
0.5
291
9.3
15.2
0.5
20.7
1.6
23.9
10.3
1.7
3.9
12.7
3.2
14.7
148.1
12.7
5.5
6.8
301
8.9
0.7
0.8
5.0
79.1
38.0
18.9
13.6
1.3
0.2
20.4
0.8
9.6
0.1
9.0
40.2
29.2
12.2
13.5
122
16.8
18.5
4.4
10.1
3.8
66.5
0.6
1.4
0.2
21
12
23
26
36
37
40
26
22
27
24
21
33
17
28
42
42
45
30
38
38
32
42
50
50
48
35
46
43
39
48
38
41
46
36
30
40
40
40
38
48
14
39
41
19
43
18
46
38
48
43
31
43
47
36
38
44
37
44
39
27
35
8
10
8
9
13
14
15
7
4
6
4
6
12
6
8
15
12
15
5
14
11
10
14
19
18
15
9
15
18
10
23
10
15
16
8
12
10
15
12
10
16
7
3
20
5
16
7
19
15
16
22
21
14
21
13
19
17
13
13
10
12
8
1.2
0.2
1.5
1.8
2.4
2.4
2.5
1.9
1.8
2.0
2.0
1.4
2.1
1.2
2.0
2.6
3.0
3.0
2.5
2.4
2.7
2.2
2.9
3.1
3.1
3.3
2.7
3.1
2.5
3.0
2.5
2.8
2.5
3.0
2.8
1.8
3.0
2.5
2.8
2.8
3.2
0.7
3.6
2.1
1.3
2.7
1.0
2.7
2.3
3.1
2.1
1.1
2.8
2.7
2.3
1.9
2.7
2.5
3.1
2.9
1.5
2.7
—
3
-1
-1
-0
-1
-0
-1
-1
-1
0
-3
1
-1
20
-1
1
-1
-2
-2
1
-0
-6
0
3
-3
1
-0
-0
-2
-4
-0
-0
7
0
0
2
-0
-1
0
-0
-0
5
-0
-0
1
6
3
-2
-1
-3
-1
-0
2
0
-1
2
-2
-1
0
1
-2
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
See Notes on page 14.
mid–2050
Projected
Population
Change
2008–2050
(%)
9,352
1,294
8,058
6,621
1,664
1,932
1,698
307
50.1
117.9
9.7
42.4
73.0
13.2
0.9
616
22.5
37.5
0.9
34.7
3.4
48.8
24.5
5.3
12.5
34.2
6.4
53.2
282.2
25.3
10.9
14.1
641
28.3
1.8
1.5
11.5
147.6
65.2
41.6
30.5
1.5
0.5
37.2
1.1
21.7
0.1
23.8
82.5
106.0
19.3
19.1
306
42.7
34.9
6.5
20.5
8.8
189.3
1.4
2.1
0.3
39
5
47
59
109
100
110
56
44
57
54
36
85
27
89
112
142
147
83
68
117
104
138
205
216
169
99
261
91
99
99
108
113
220
151
75
129
87
72
120
124
17
174
83
31
126
37
166
105
263
58
42
151
155
89
47
102
130
185
132
54
85
Projected Population
(millions)
mid–2025
8,000
1,269
6,731
5,255
1,139
1,358
1,161
251
43.3
95.9
8.1
36.6
54.3
12.1
0.8
419
14.5
23.7
0.7
26.2
2.3
33.7
15.7
2.9
6.8
20.6
4.5
26.3
205.4
18.0
7.6
9.9
440
15.0
1.1
1.1
7.7
110.5
51.3
28.0
20.4
1.4
0.3
27.5
1.0
14.6
0.1
14.3
58.2
56.4
15.5
16.0
189
26.2
25.5
5.5
13.9
5.6
109.7
0.9
1.7
0.2
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
A Woman’s
Lifetime
Risk of
Dying From
Maternal
Causes, 1 in:
Total
Fertilty
Rateb
49
6
54
59
85
82
88
45
27
33
21
43
81
19
53
96
98
89
28
100
93
71
113
117
133
96
77
81
100
61
158
91
81
107
69
67
59
77
77
75
80
15.4
—
108
8
86
11
117
75
76
100
60
97
132
74
102
106
75
92
91
58
77
92
6,000
75
55
22
26
22
145
220
230
350
150
53
500
—
19
20
22
120
27
32
45
19
13
12
15
22
7
18
21
8
38
28
16
52
35
44
27
39
38
18
3,300
—
45
—
16
—
12
24
25
27
43
20
12
24
25
11
22
13
28
53
—
2.6
1.6
2.8
3.2
4.7
4.9
5.4
3.0
2.3
3.1
3.0
2.4
4.5
2.0
3.0
5.7
5.7
6.2
3.5
4.9
5.1
4.3
5.7
7.1
6.8
6.6
4.8
7.1
5.9
5.3
6.1
5.1
5.4
6.8
4.9
4.2
5.3
5.3
4.9
5.0
6.3
1.7
4.5
5.4
2.5
6.0
2.2
6.7
5.3
6.7
5.5
3.8
6.1
6.8
4.7
5.0
6.3
5.3
6.5
5.4
3.2
4.1
2008 World Population Data Sheet 7
Demographic Data and Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
AMERICAS
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada
United States
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts-Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
ASIA
ASIA (Excl. China)
WESTERN ASIA
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Population
mid-2008
(millions)
Births per
1,000
Population
Deaths per
1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
(%)
55
1.8
1.8
2.1
48.3
1.1
915
338
33.3
304.5
577
150
0.3
4.5
7.2
13.7
7.3
107.7
5.7
3.4
41
0.1
0.3
0.3
11.2
0.1
9.9
0.1
0.4
9.1
2.7
0.4
0.2
4.0
0.05
0.2
0.1
1.3
387
39.7
10.0
195.1
16.8
44.4
13.8
0.2
0.8
6.2
27.9
0.5
3.3
27.9
4,052
2,728
225
3.1
8.7
0.8
1.1
4.6
29.5
24
24
27
25
23
31
18
14
11
14
21
22
27
16
24
34
27
20
26
20
19
17
17
14
10
16
24
19
15
29
17
13
14
12
18
15
17
14
20
19
29
20
14
20
26
32
21
27
21
17
14
25
19
23
25
15
18
20
12
11
34
16
14
25
15
15
31
7
8
7
8
6
5
4
4
6
6
5
5
5
4
8
7
6
8
7
9
6
7
7
11
6
7
7
8
8
7
8
8
6
8
8
6
5
6
6
4
9
6
6
7
9
4
7
7
6
9
6
3
7
10
10
0.8
0.9
0.2
1.0
0.8
0.0
1.2
0.6
0.3
0.6
1.5
1.7
2.3
1.3
1.8
2.8
2.2
1.6
2.1
1.6
1.1
1.0
1.1
0.6
0.3
0.7
1.8
1.2
0.8
1.8
1.1
0.7
0.7
0.5
1.0
0.8
0.9
0.6
1.4
1.1
2.1
1.3
0.9
1.4
2.0
2.8
1.2
2.1
1.5
1.1
0.5
2.1
1.2
1.5
1.9
0.5
1.2
1.7
0.6
0.1
2.4
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
Population
0
6
-4
1
0
0
0
4
7
3
-2
-5
-1
4
-1
-1
-4
-6
-7
0
-3
3
1
-1
-3
-5
-3
-10
-0
-3
-6
-0
17
-1
-6
6
-8
-3
-1
-0
0
0
0
-1
-4
5
-10
-2
-4
-7
-3
0
-0
-0
-0
-2
-0
7
10
-3
-4
See Notes on page 14.
mid–2025
mid–2050
Projected
Population
Change
2008–2050
(%)
59
2.2
1.7
2.3
51.5
1.0
1,080
393
37.6
355.7
687
180
0.4
5.6
9.1
20.0
9.8
123.8
6.8
4.2
46
0.1
0.4
0.3
11.2
0.1
12.1
0.1
0.5
11.7
3.0
0.4
0.2
4.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.4
461
46.3
13.3
228.9
19.1
53.8
17.5
0.3
0.8
8.0
34.0
0.5
3.5
34.9
4,793
3,317
290
3.3
9.7
1.0
1.1
4.2
43.3
62
2.4
1.6
2.1
54.8
0.8
1,258
480
41.9
438.2
778
203
0.5
6.3
11.2
27.9
12.4
131.6
7.9
5.0
50
0.1
0.5
0.3
9.9
0.1
14.0
0.1
0.5
15.1
3.4
0.4
0.2
3.8
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.3
524
52.5
16.7
259.8
20.2
59.2
20.4
0.4
0.5
10.1
39.3
0.5
3.7
41.1
5,427
3,990
363
3.3
11.6
1.2
1.1
3.3
61.9
12
29
-11
3
13
-33
37
42
26
44
35
35
57
40
55
104
69
22
40
46
24
29
34
-7
-11
-11
42
-10
21
65
25
-13
-4
-5
31
30
-13
-1
36
32
67
33
20
33
48
96
-29
62
41
-8
11
47
34
46
61
7
34
53
2
-28
110
Projected Population
(millions)
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
48
44
91
47
45
85
18
7
5.4
6.6
23
22
18
9.7
24
34
23
19
29
15
33
20
14
14
5.3
16
32
17
8
57
21
6
5
9.2
15
19.4
17.6
24
23
13.3
51
24
8.8
19
25
10.4
48
36
24
16
10.5
16.5
45
51
41
26
12
8
6
16
94
A Woman’s
Lifetime
Risk of
Dying From
Maternal
Causes, 1 in:
90
130
45
170
110
120
420
6,000
11,000
4,800
290
320
560
1,400
190
71
93
670
150
270
130
—
2,700
4,400
1,400
—
230
—
—
44
240
—
—
2,900
—
—
—
1,400
300
530
89
370
3,200
290
170
—
90
170
140
530
2,100
610
120
90
170
980
670
1,300
6,400
1,100
72
Total
Fertilty
Rateb
2.8
2.9
3.5
3.6
2.7
3.8
2.3
2.1
1.6
2.1
2.5
2.5
3.1
1.9
2.8
4.4
3.3
2.3
2.9
2.4
2.5
2.1
1.9
1.8
1.4
3.0
3.0
2.1
2.1
4.0
2.1
1.9
2.0
1.7
2.3
1.7
2.1
1.6
2.4
2.4
3.7
2.3
2.0
2.4
3.1
3.9
2.7
3.5
2.6
2.5
2.0
2.6
2.4
2.8
3.3
1.7
2.3
2.5
1.5
1.4
4.6
2008 World Population Data Sheet 8
Demographic Data and Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian Territory
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
EAST ASIA
China
China, Hong Kong SARe
China, Macao SARe
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Mongolia
Taiwan
EUROPE
NORTHERN EUROPE
Channel Islands
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
Population
mid-2008
(millions)
Births per
1,000
Population
Deaths per
1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
(%)
7.5
5.8
2.7
4.0
2.7
4.2
0.9
28.1
19.9
74.8
4.5
22.2
1,683
32.7
147.3
0.7
1,149.3
72.2
15.7
5.2
0.3
27.0
172.8
20.3
7.3
5.2
27.2
586
0.4
14.7
239.9
5.9
27.7
49.2
90.5
4.8
66.1
1.1
86.2
1,558
1,324.7
7.0
0.6
127.7
23.5
48.6
2.7
23.0
736
98
0.2
5.5
1.3
5.3
0.3
4.5
2.3
3.4
4.8
9.2
61.3
21
28
21
19
24
37
17
29
28
19
15
41
25
47
24
30
24
20
21
24
19
29
31
19
27
24
24
20
19
26
21
34
21
19
26
11
13
42
17
12
12
10
9
9
16
10
21
9
11
12
11
12
12
11
15
16
10
10
12
12
13
5
4
2
5
3
4
2
3
4
6
2
9
8
21
7
7
8
5
10
7
4
9
8
7
5
6
7
7
3
8
6
10
5
10
5
5
8
11
5
7
7
6
3
9
7
5
6
6
11
10
9
10
13
9
6
6
14
14
9
10
9
1.6
2.4
1.9
1.4
2.1
3.3
1.5
2.7
2.5
1.2
1.3
3.2
1.7
2.6
1.7
2.3
1.6
1.4
1.0
1.6
1.6
2.1
2.2
1.2
2.2
1.7
1.7
1.4
1.6
1.8
1.5
2.4
1.6
0.9
2.1
0.6
0.5
3.2
1.2
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
-0.0
0.9
0.5
1.5
0.3
-0.0
0.3
0.2
0.2
-0.1
0.2
0.8
0.9
-0.4
-0.4
0.4
0.2
0.3
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
Population
2
7
8
-0
5
0
36
-5
2
0
16
-1
-0
0
-1
2
-0
-1
1
-10
0
-1
-1
-2
-2
-3
-2
-0
3
-0
-1
-3
1
-0
-2
37
1
0
-1
-0
-0
3
41
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
6
5
-0
3
10
15
-0
-2
8
6
3
See Notes on page 14.
mid–2025
mid–2050
Projected
Population
Change
2008–2050
(%)
9.3
7.7
3.6
4.6
3.1
6.2
1.1
35.7
26.8
87.8
6.2
35.2
2,089
50.3
180.1
0.9
1,407.7
88.0
17.1
6.5
0.4
36.5
228.9
23.2
9.5
6.5
33.3
709
0.5
20.6
291.9
8.7
34.6
55.4
120.2
5.3
70.2
1.7
100.1
1,705
1,476.0
8.0
0.6
119.3
25.8
49.1
3.3
23.1
726
108
0.2
5.6
1.2
5.6
0.4
4.9
2.1
3.1
5.6
9.9
68.8
11.2
9.7
4.8
5.0
3.9
8.8
1.4
49.8
34.0
88.7
7.8
55.8
2,605
81.9
215.1
1.0
1,755.2
100.2
17.4
8.1
0.5
48.7
295.2
25.4
11.5
7.6
37.6
826
0.6
30.5
343.1
12.3
40.4
58.7
150.1
5.3
68.9
3.0
112.8
1,633
1,437.0
8.8
0.6
95.2
26.4
42.3
3.8
18.9
685
117
0.1
5.5
1.1
5.7
0.4
5.1
1.9
2.9
6.6
10.4
76.9
49
65
80
26
42
113
48
77
71
19
75
151
55
150
46
45
53
39
11
54
73
81
71
25
57
47
38
41
67
108
43
110
46
19
66
10
4
179
31
5
8
26
5
-25
12
-13
45
-18
-7
19
-5
0
-18
8
37
13
-16
-14
38
13
26
Projected Population
(millions)
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
3.5
24
8
19
10
25
7
16
19
23
7
77
61
163
52
40
57
32
29
50
16
48
75
15
65
74
48
31
7
67
34
70
9
70
25
2.4
16
88
16
21
23
1.6
2
2.8
21
4
41
4.6
6
4
3.7
4.0
4.9
2.7
1.3
3.1
7.6
5.9
3.1
2.5
4.9
A Woman’s
Lifetime
Risk of
Dying From
Maternal
Causes, 1 in:
7,800
450
9,600
290
420
—
2,700
1,400
210
880
1,000
39
61
8
51
55
70
300
360
240
200
31
74
850
160
290
1,400
130
2,900
48
97
33
560
110
140
6,200
500
35
280
1,200
1,300
—
—
11,600
140
6,100
840
—
9,400
7,800
—
17,800
2,900
8,500
12,700
47,600
8,500
7,800
7,700
17,400
8,200
Total
Fertilty
Rateb
2.9
3.6
2.6
1.9
3.4
4.6
2.6
4.0
3.5
2.2
2.0
6.2
3.0
6.8
2.7
3.6
2.8
2.1
2.5
2.8
2.2
3.1
4.1
2.4
3.3
2.9
2.7
2.5
2.0
3.5
2.6
4.5
2.6
2.2
3.3
1.4
1.6
6.7
2.1
1.6
1.6
1.0
1.0
1.3
2.0
1.3
2.3
1.1
1.5
1.8
1.4
1.8
1.7
1.8
2.1
2.1
1.5
1.4
1.9
1.9
1.9
2008 World Population Data Sheet 9
Demographic Data and Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World
Population
mid-2008
(millions)
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Italy
Kosovof
Macedoniag
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
OCEANIA
Australia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
188
8.4
10.7
62.0
82.2
0.04
0.5
0.03
16.4
7.6
295
9.7
7.6
10.4
10.0
4.1
38.1
21.5
141.9
5.4
46.2
155
3.2
0.1
3.8
4.4
11.2
59.9
2.2
2.0
0.4
0.6
10.6
0.03
7.4
2.0
46.5
Births per
1,000
Population
Deaths per
1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
(%)
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
Population
10
9
12
13
8
10
11
25
11
10
11
11
10
11
10
11
10
10
12
10
10
10
13
10
9
9
10
9
21
11
10
12
10
10
10
10
11
9
9
10
8
10
6
8
16
8
8
14
14
15
10
13
12
10
12
15
10
16
9
6
3
9
12
9
10
7
10
8
10
10
7
14
9
9
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.4
-0.2
0.4
0.3
0.9
0.3
0.2
-0.3
-0.3
-0.5
0.1
-0.4
-0.1
0.0
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
-0.6
0.1
0.7
0.7
0.0
-0.3
0.1
-0.0
1.4
0.2
0.2
0.3
-0.0
0.3
-0.4
0.1
0.2
1
4
5
1
1
3
12
8
1
1
1
6
-0
8
1
-1
-1
-0
2
1
0
9
-3
26
-0
2
4
8
—
0
5
-1
1
10
0
6
16
35
18
7
1.1
5
21.3
0.1
0.9
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.2
4.3
0.02
6.5
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.01
0.2
14
26
21
18
19
27
38
31
18
15
13
31
29
34
26
26
31
7
6
6
4
4
9
6
10
5
7
7
10
6
8
6
10
6
0.7
2.0
1.5
1.3
1.5
1.8
3.2
2.1
1.3
0.8
0.6
2.1
2.4
2.6
2.0
1.6
2.5
9
-17
-7
1
2
0
-16
-18
5
1
2
0
-11
-2
-17
-8
0
See Notes on page 14.
Projected Population
(millions)
mid–2025
mid–2050
191
8.8
10.8
66.1
79.6
0.04
0.5
0.04
16.9
8.1
272
9.0
6.6
10.2
9.6
3.8
36.7
19.7
129.3
5.2
41.7
156
3.5
0.1
3.7
4.3
11.3
62.0
2.7
2.0
0.4
0.6
10.5
0.04
6.7
2.1
46.2
187
9.5
11.0
70.0
71.4
0.04
0.6
0.04
16.8
8.1
231
7.7
5.0
9.4
8.9
3.2
31.4
17.1
110.1
4.7
33.4
150
3.6
0.1
3.1
3.8
10.8
61.7
3.2
1.7
0.4
0.6
9.3
0.04
5.8
1.9
43.9
42
49
24.7
0.1
0.9
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.3
4.9
0.02
8.6
0.2
0.7
0.1
0.01
0.4
28.1
0.1
0.9
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.02
0.4
5.5
0.03
11.2
0.2
1.0
0.1
0.02
0.5
Projected
Population
Change
2008–2050
(%)
-0
14
2
13
-13
17
29
9
2
6
-22
-20
-35
-9
-11
-23
-18
-20
-22
-12
-28
-3
11
-4
-20
-14
-4
3
45
-15
-6
-4
-12
13
-21
-7
-6
40
32
21
8
34
38
99
101
49
46
28
27
73
14
88
-27
74
109
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
4
3.7
3.7
3.6
3.9
2.6
4.4
—
4.4
4.0
9
6
9.2
3.1
5.9
12
6.0
12.0
9
6.1
11
5
8
2.5
8
5.7
3.7
4.2
33
13
3.6
11.0
3.5
3.3
7.4
3.1
3.7
25
4.7
40
17
6.8
10.7
52
23
42
7
5.0
20
62
20
48
12
35
27
A Woman’s
Lifetime
Risk of
Dying From
Maternal
Causes, 1 in:
Total
Fertilty
Rateb
11,000
21,500
7,800
6,900
19,200
—
5,000
—
10,200
13,800
3,500
4,800
7,400
18,100
13,300
3,700
10,600
3,200
2,700
13,800
5,200
9,400
490
—
29,000
10,500
25,900
26,600
—
6,500
8,300
—
6,400
—
4,500h
14,200
16,400
1.6
1.4
1.7
2.0
1.3
1.4
1.6
—
1.7
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.6
1.2
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.3
2.5
1.5
1.4
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.4
1.4
1.4
160
2.4
13,300
—
160
—
—
—
—
—
—
5,900
—
55
—
100
—
—
—
1.9
4.1
2.6
2.2
2.6
3.5
4.4
3.4
2.3
2.2
1.9
3.9
4.4
4.5
3.7
3.7
4.0
2008 World Population Data Sheet 10
Demographic Data and Estimates
Percent
Percent of
in Urban
Population
Life Expectancy
Areas of
of Ages
at Birth (years)
Percent 750,000+
2005
<15 65+ Total Males Females Urban
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China)
LEAST DEVELOPED
AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
MIDDLE AFRICA
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
28
17
30
34
41
41
43
33
30
33
30
29
41
25
31
44
44
46
38
40
42
40
46
48
47
48
40
49
45
44
42
43
44
45
42
39
43
43
42
44
46
23
42
43
27
44
23
45
44
49
46
40
46
46
42
43
46
42
47
42
36
42
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
7
16
6
5
3
3
3
5
5
5
4
6
4
6
2
3
3
3
6
2
3
4
3
3
2
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
3
7
2
3
7
3
8
3
3
3
2
4
3
2
4
4
3
3
3
4
5
4
68
77
67
65
55
54
50
69
72
72
73
70
58
74
64
51
56
51
71
52
58
59
54
45
46
56
60
57
47
62
48
58
49
49
64
54
57
49
53
58
46
72
74
43
76
47
72
48
51
48
38
40
51
43
52
43
47
53
53
59
57
64
67
74
65
63
53
53
49
67
71
70
71
68
56
72
62
50
54
49
68
50
57
58
52
43
45
54
59
58
46
60
48
56
48
47
62
53
54
48
53
57
45
69
72
42
72
47
67
47
50
47
38
40
48
41
51
43
46
52
49
59
56
63
70
81
68
66
56
55
51
71
74
74
76
72
59
76
66
52
57
52
74
53
59
59
55
47
47
59
62
56
47
64
49
60
50
50
66
55
59
51
53
60
47
76
76
44
80
48
77
49
52
48
37
40
52
44
52
44
48
54
55
60
58
66
49
74
44
44
27
38
35
50
63
43
77
56
38
65
81
42
41
16
59
48
54
48
30
30
58
31
40
17
47
41
37
40
22
10
28
87
21
16
19
30
17
42
28
29
92
18
53
37
25
13
37
37
41
57
57
38
27
60
33
39
84
58
21
30
19
18
10
14
13
19
12
21
54
22
12
18
—
15
9
8
—
19
—
16
16
—
33
12
—
6
16
21
14
21
6
—
—
—
—
4
10
9
—
—
—
7
—
8
—
17
7
5
11
12
18
27
18
—
9
34
17
—
—
—
Nutrition Environment Economy Density
Percent of
Percent of
% of Pop.
Motor
Population Married Women
Percent of Vehicles With Access
Ages 15–49
15–49 Using
Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP
With HIV/ Contraception*
Water
Pop.
Underper Capita Population
AIDS
Sources,
2000–
per Sq.
(US$)
All
Modern nourished
2006
2005
Kilometer
2007
2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004
0.8
0.4
1.2
1.6
3.2
4.3
5.7
0.3
0.1
—
­—
0.1
1.4
<0.1
­—
2.7
1.3
2.1
­—
6.0
0.9
2.3
1.2
1.8
1.4
1.5
0.7
0.7
3.2
0.4
1.3
3.6
6.6
3.5
<0.1
3.1
1.2
2.4
6.7c
0.1
13.3
0.3
—
10.3
—
4.3
—
0.5
7.0
7.9
15.4
26.0
2.6
1.6
6.0
6.4
3.4
4.4
d
3.7
5.6
­—
0.8
0.5
1.0
1.4
3.0
4.0
5.0
0.3
0.1
—
—
0.1
1.4
0.1
—
2.5
1.2
1.6
—
3.9
0.9
1.9
1.6
1.8
1.7
1.5
0.8
0.8
3.1
1.0
1.7
3.3
5.8
2.0
<0.1
3.1
1.3
2.1
7.8c
0.1
11.9
1.7
—
12.5
—
2.8
—
0.5
6.2
5.4
15.2
15.3
2.5
2.1
5.1
6.3
3.5
3.5
d
3.4
5.9
—
See Notes on page 14.
62
69
61
51
27
28
21
50
61
59
49
63
8
63
—
13
17
14
53
13
10
17
9
10
11
8
9
11
12
12
5
17
26
16
26
18
8
15
39
27
42
76
—
17
67
17
—
15
26
24
34
60
19
6
26
28
3
44
21
—
33
29
55
58
55
43
21
22
16
44
52
57
26
55
6
53
—
8
6
9
46
8
9
14
6
6
10
6
8
5
8
10
4
11
20
10
19
17
5
14
32
17
39
42
—
12
64
10
—
1
20
18
23
58
7
5
13
7
2
13
6
—
12
27
14
<2.5
17
18
35
26
31
8
4
4
<2.5
6
26
<2.5
—
15
12
15
—
13
29
11
24
39
50
29
10
32
9
20
51
24
40
66
60
24
75
46
31
38
35
5
—
44
—
33
9
—
44
19
46
47
55
35
26
44
35
33
74
—
5
10
153
536
43
52
—
—
—
61
91
39
137
60
—
86
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
10
—
—
1
17
3
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
18
—
—
133
—
8
513
3
102
—
—
6
—
54
—
—
14
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
86
97
84
82
62
64
58
87
85
98
71
83
70
94
—
58
65
72
80
81
86
80
70
57
64
60
60
42
47
77
53
59
54
71
85
92
60
42
57
47
76
100
—
42
—
65
87
29
55
64
58
81
52
51
70
66
48
71
46
43
87
86
$ 9,600
31,200
4,760
4,560
1,060
2,430
1,830
4,760
5,490
5,400
11,500
3,990
1,880
7,130
—
1,480
1,310
1,120
2,940
1,590
1,140
1,330
1,120
470
290
1,040
2,010
630
1,770
1,640
660
800
940
330
1,150
2,260
400
780
1,540
920
750
11,390
—
690
—
860
8,670
—
1,200
920
1,220
—
1,550
4,400
2,120
740
1,280
2,750
290
21,230
13,080
1,630
49
27
66
57
38
32
33
23
15
75
4
70
16
63
2
47
83
56
125
64
138
100
42
48
35
10
3
12
160
64
76
119
47
318
328
37
43
72
65
32
115
622
500
25
324
365
191
14
43
121
16
34
18
13
39
7
8
11
28
22
5
164
2008 World Population Data Sheet 11
Demographic Data and Estimates
Percent
Percent of
in Urban
Population
Life Expectancy
Areas of
of Ages
at Birth (years)
Percent 750,000+
2005
<15 65+ Total Males Females Urban
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
AMERICAS
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada
United States
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts-Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
ASIA
ASIA (Excl. China)
WESTERN ASIA
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
33
38
39
41
32
41
26
20
17
20
30
33
39
28
34
43
38
32
38
30
28
28
28
22
18
29
33
29
24
38
30
22
23
21
28
28
29
24
29
26
38
28
25
30
33
35
32
36
32
30
24
31
27
31
34
21
24
27
18
18
42
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
4
3
5
3
4
4
9
13
14
13
6
5
5
6
5
4
4
6
4
6
8
7
6
12
12
10
6
6
11
4
8
12
10
13
8
7
7
7
6
10
4
6
8
5
6
4
5
5
6
7
13
5
7
6
5
11
7
3
11
15
3
49
49
36
47
50
33
75
78
80
78
73
74
73
78
71
69
72
75
71
75
71
73
72
76
77
75
72
68
79
58
72
80
75
78
70
73
72
69
73
75
65
72
78
72
75
75
65
71
71
69
76
73
69
68
70
71
72
75
78
74
58
48
50
35
48
48
33
72
76
78
75
70
72
71
76
68
66
69
73
68
73
69
71
69
73
75
72
69
66
75
56
70
76
71
74
68
71
70
67
69
71
63
69
75
69
72
72
63
69
68
66
72
70
68
66
68
68
70
73
75
70
56
50
49
36
47
52
34
78
81
83
81
76
77
74
81
74
73
74
78
74
78
74
75
75
79
79
77
75
69
82
60
75
83
79
82
72
76
74
71
76
79
67
75
81
76
78
79
68
73
73
73
79
76
71
69
72
75
75
77
80
79
60
56
57
24
35
59
24
78
79
81
79
77
70
50
59
60
47
46
76
59
64
64
31
83
38
76
73
67
31
100
43
52
98
92
94
32
28
40
12
81
91
64
83
87
72
62
76
28
57
76
74
94
88
42
40
64
64
52
100
62
53
67
28
—
—
—
32
—
40
47
43
47
36
34
—
28
21
8
13
40
17
38
22
—
—
—
19
—
22
—
—
20
—
—
—
66
—
—
—
—
38
43
31
40
40
36
31
—
—
30
31
—
46
32
18
17
30
37
22
—
—
24
30
Nutrition Environment Economy Density
Percent of
Percent of
% of Pop.
Motor
Population Married Women
Percent of Vehicles With Access
Ages 15–49
15–49 Using
Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP
With HIV/ Contraception*
Water
Pop.
Underper Capita Population
AIDS
Sources,
2000–
per Sq.
(US$)
All
Modern nourished
2006
2005
Kilometer
2007
2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004
17.6
26.5
23.9
14.6
16.9
26.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.6
0.5
0.4
2.1
0.2
0.8
0.8
0.9
0.3
0.2
1.0
1.1
­—
3.1
1.2
<0.1
­—
1.3
­—
—
2.2
1.4
­—
—
­—
—
­—
—
1.4
0.5
0.5
0.1
0.6
0.3
0.5
0.3
­—
2.5
0.4
0.4
1.3
0.4
­—
0.3
—
—
0.1
—
—
—
—
—
18.5
23.9
23.2
15.3
18.1
26.1
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.5
0.4
2.1
0.4
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.3
0.2
1.0
1.1
—
3.0
1.2
0.1
—
1.1
—
—
2.2
1.6
—
—
—
—
—
—
1.5
0.6
0.5
0.2
0.6
0.3
0.6
0.3
—
2.5
0.6
0.5
2.4
0.6
—
0.2
0.3
—
0.1
0.2
—
—
0.1
—
See Notes on page 14.
58
44
37
44
60
51
72
73
75
73
71
68
56
80
67
43
65
71
72
—
62
—
—
—
73
—
73
—
—
32
69
—
—
78
—
—
—
38
73
65
58
76
61
78
73
—
35
73
71
42
77
70
67
56
52
53
51
62
—
47
50
58
42
35
43
60
48
66
69
73
68
64
63
49
72
61
34
56
67
70
—
55
—
—
—
72
—
60
—
—
25
66
—
—
68
—
—
—
33
66
—
35
70
58
68
59
—
34
61
48
41
75
67
61
47
34
20
14
31
—
27
33
4
32
13
24
<2.5
22
7
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
10
9
4
5
11
22
23
5
27
23
21
—
8
<2.5
<2.5
8
29
7
—
46
9
—
13
—
10
5
10
10
9
3
23
7
4
13
6
—
8
15
12
8
<2.5
18
15
17
8
24
7
—
<2.5
9
—
—
106
—
—
—
108
—
768
584
787
—
185
157
201
64
107
—
211
37
102
—
—
—
—
2
265
113
197
—
—
—
—
—
580
247
216
159
295
—
181
52
—
146
—
—
—
—
72
55
236
160
—
57
74
146
—
72
339
575
71
43
92
96
78
93
93
60
94
99
100
99
91
93
91
98
84
96
84
95
79
92
84
91
97
100
91
97
95
94
98
58
93
—
—
—
99
98
—
94
91
96
86
91
95
93
95
84
93
77
84
92
100
—
88
88
89
98
78
—
100
99
77
9,140
12,420
1,890
5,120
9,560
4,930
22,260
44,790
35,310
45,850
9,080
10,340
5,100
8,340
4,840
4,120
3,160
12,580
2,080
8,340
—
12,610
—
10,880
—
5,650
5,050
6,010
—
1,050
5,050
—
—
—
10,430
7,090
5,720
14,580
9,290
12,990
4,140
9,370
12,590
6,640
7,040
—
2,600
4,380
7,240
6,000
11,040
11,920
$ 5,650
5,780
10,160
5,900
6,370
34,310
26,370
4,770
—
21
3
59
3
40
65
22
16
3
32
28
60
14
88
343
126
65
55
44
45
174
195
24
650
101
97
203
308
246
328
245
368
249
446
184
317
284
261
22
14
9
23
22
39
49
2
4
15
22
3
19
31
127
122
47
103
100
1,124
115
67
67
2008 World Population Data Sheet 12
Demographic Data and Estimates
Percent
Percent of
in Urban
Population
Life Expectancy
Areas of
of Ages
at Birth (years)
Percent 750,000+
2005
<15 65+ Total Males Females Urban
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian Territory
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
EAST ASIA
China
China, Hong Kong SARe
China, Macao SARe
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Mongolia
Taiwan
EUROPE
NORTHERN EUROPE
Channel Islands
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
28
37
24
27
30
46
23
38
37
28
19
45
33
45
34
32
32
26
27
32
32
37
39
27
38
35
35
29
30
36
29
44
32
27
35
19
22
45
26
19
19
13
13
13
25
18
29
18
16
18
16
18
15
17
21
20
14
15
19
17
18
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10
3
2
8
2
3
1
2
3
6
1
3
5
2
4
5
5
5
8
6
5
4
4
6
4
4
5
6
3
4
6
4
4
6
4
9
7
3
7
9
8
13
7
22
8
10
4
10
16
16
15
16
17
17
12
11
17
16
15
18
16
80
72
78
72
74
72
75
76
73
72
78
61
65
43
63
66
65
71
66
66
73
64
63
71
67
62
67
70
75
62
70
61
74
61
69
81
72
60
73
74
73
82
79
82
71
79
64
78
75
79
78
78
73
79
81
79
72
71
80
81
79
79
71
77
69
73
72
74
74
71
69
77
60
64
43
62
66
65
69
61
62
72
63
62
67
64
58
63
68
72
59
69
59
72
58
66
78
68
59
71
72
71
79
78
79
68
76
61
75
72
76
76
76
67
76
79
77
66
65
78
79
77
82
73
79
74
75
73
76
78
75
74
81
62
65
43
64
67
66
72
72
70
73
64
64
75
69
67
70
72
77
66
72
63
76
64
72
83
75
61
75
76
75
85
82
86
73
82
67
81
79
81
81
80
78
83
83
82
77
77
83
83
81
92
83
98
87
71
72
100
81
50
62
83
30
30
20
24
31
28
67
53
35
27
17
35
15
26
47
36
45
72
15
48
27
68
31
63
100
36
22
27
50
45
100
100
79
60
82
59
78
71
77
31
72
69
63
93
60
68
67
79
84
80
60
19
70
44
—
—
—
43
31
29
31
15
13
12
12
—
13
26
8
16
—
3
18
12
—
—
8
12
—
10
11
—
12
10
16
100
10
—
13
24
21
100
—
48
22
54
33
18
19
24
—
20
—
21
—
25
—
—
18
14
29
Nutrition Environment Economy Density
Percent of
Percent of
% of Pop.
Motor
Population Married Women
Percent of Vehicles With Access
Ages 15–49
15–49 Using
Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP
With HIV/ Contraception*
Water
Pop.
Underper Capita Population
AIDS
Sources,
2000–
per Sq.
(US$)
All
Modern nourished
2006
2005
Kilometer
2007
2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004
0.1
0.1
—
—
—
—
0.1
0.1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.5
0.3
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
0.5
0.3
0.1
0.2
<0.1
0.1
<0.1
0.1
—
—
0.5
0.5
—
0.1
—
—
0.1
0.3
— <0.1
—
0.1
0.5
0.5
—
—
1.5
0.8
0.1
0.2
<0.1
0.2
0.3
0.5
0.9
0.7
—
—
0.1
0.2
1.7
1.4
—
—
0.3
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
<0.1 <0.1
—
0.1
—
—
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.2
—
—
0.1
0.2
0.5
1.3
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
See Notes on page 14.
—
57
52
58
24
50
43
32
58
71
28
23
54
10
56
—
56
79
66
60
39
48
30
68
38
62
65
60
—
40
61
32
—
37
51
62
72
10
78
86
90
—
—
52
69
81
66
71
69
81
—
—
70
79
—
—
85
47
—
75
84
—
42
39
34
18
39
32
29
47
43
24
13
46
9
48
31
49
60
53
49
34
44
22
53
33
53
59
54
—
27
57
29
—
33
36
55
70
9
67
85
90
—
—
44
58
67
61
—
56
75
—
—
56
78
—
—
60
30
—
65
79
<2.5
6
5
3
—
16
—
4
4
3
<2.5
38
21
—
30
—
20
4
6
4
10
17
24
22
56
7
25
12
4
33
6
19
3
5
18
—
22
9
16
11
12
—
—
<2.5
33
<2.5
27
—
<2.5
<2.5
—
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
3
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
302
107
420
386
176
—
510
432
41
115
—
50
20
6
—
—
18
—
117
39
15
5
13
41
22
—
—
44
701
1
42
—
21
7
34
140
154
—
2
84
24
71
156
579
—
312
—
293
418
521
—
452
435
535
724
479
376
465
544
512
537
100
98
—
100
82
89
100
—
89
97
100
66
87
22
80
81
89
94
96
89
83
89
90
82
67
—
88
86
—
65
80
60
99
80
93
—
98
62
92
89
88
—
—
100
100
92
72
—
99
100
—
100
100
100
100
—
99
—
100
100
100
25,930
5,160
49,970
10,050
19,740
—
—
22,910
4,370
12,090
—
2,200
2,940
—
1,340
4,980
2,740
10,800
9,700
1,950
5,040
1,040
2,570
4,210
1,710
6,640
1,680
4,440
49,900
1,690
3,580
1,940
13,570
—
3,730
48,520
7,880
3,190
2,550
8,380
5,370
44,050
—
34,600
—
24,750
3,160
—
24,320
34,490
—
36,740
19,680
35,270
34,060
37,040
16,890
17,180
53,690
35,840
34,370
338
65
150
383
9
690
84
13
108
95
54
42
156
50
1,023
14
350
44
6
26
1,040
183
217
309
51
11
61
130
66
81
126
25
84
73
302
7,013
129
73
260
132
139
6,360
21,192
338
195
488
2
639
32
54
784
127
30
16
3
64
35
51
12
20
252
2008 World Population Data Sheet 13
Demographic Data and Estimates
Percent
Percent of
in Urban
Population
Life Expectancy
Areas of
of Ages
at Birth (years)
Percent 750,000+
2005
<15 65+ Total Males Females Urban
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Italy
Kosovof
Macedoniag
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
OCEANIA
Australia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
16
15
17
18
14
17
18
13
18
15
15
15
13
14
15
18
16
15
15
16
14
15
27
15
18
16
14
14
33
20
17
20
15
15
16
14
14
25
19
37
31
28
29
36
41
39
28
21
24
40
41
39
35
36
41
18
17
17
17
19
12
14
22
15
16
14
15
17
15
16
10
14
15
14
12
16
18
8
12
13
17
19
20
6
11
14
13
17
16
17
16
17
10
13
4
5
5
6
4
2
1
7
13
6
2
4
3
6
6
3
NOTES
a Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. Rates
shown with decimals indicate national
statistics reported as completely registered,
while those without are estimates from the
sources cited on reverse. Rates shown in
italics are based upon fewer than 50 annual
infant deaths and, as a result, are subject to
considerable yearly variability.
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
80
80
80
81
79
80
80
—
80
82
69
70
73
77
73
69
75
71
67
74
68
79
75
—
74
76
79
81
69
74
79
73
79
82
73
78
80
76
81
67
68
75
78
61
66
55
76
80
71
57
73
62
71
64
67
77
77
77
78
77
79
78
—
78
79
64
63
69
74
69
65
71
68
60
70
62
76
72
—
71
73
77
79
67
71
77
71
75
80
71
74
77
73
79
67
66
73
75
59
64
53
73
78
69
54
72
62
70
62
66
83
83
82
85
82
82
83
—
82
84
75
76
76
80
77
72
80
75
73
78
74
82
79
—
77
79
81
84
71
76
81
75
82
85
76
81
83
78
84
67
71
77
82
63
67
58
80
82
73
60
74
63
72
65
69
75
67
97
77
73
15
83
100
66
68
68
73
71
74
66
41
61
55
73
56
68
67
45
90
46
56
60
68
—
65
94
64
55
84
56
48
77
70
87
22
51
53
93
44
68
100
58
86
77
13
22
17
24
47
21
17
27
26
27
9
—
—
—
12
15
16
18
15
11
17
—
8
9
21
—
17
21
—
—
—
—
37
19
—
—
—
—
39
—
14
—
25
40
61
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
29
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
b Average number of children born to a
woman during her lifetime.
c Data are from national surveys taken in 2003
and 2007.
d For the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
the estimated range is 1.2 to 1.5 for both
2001 and 2007.
Nutrition Environment Economy Density
Percent of
Percent of
% of Pop.
Motor
Population Married Women
Percent of Vehicles With Access
Ages 15–49
15–49 Using
Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP
With HIV/ Contraception*
Water
Pop.
Underper Capita Population
AIDS
Sources,
2000–
per Sq.
(US$)
All
Modern nourished
2006
2005
Kilometer
2007
2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.1
—
0.2
—
0.2
0.6
0.4
0.2
—
—
0.1
<0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
—
0.8
0.4
—
—
—
—
0.1
0.4
—
—
0.1
—
0.5
—
0.1h
—
0.5
0.2
0.1
—
0.1
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
—
0.3
—
—
—
—
—
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.1
—
0.2
—
0.2
0.6
0.9
0.2
—
—
0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
1.1
<0.1
1.6
0.4
—
—
<0.1
<0.1
0.2
0.4
—
<0.1
0.1
—
0.5
—
0.1h
<0.1
0.5
0.4
0.2
—
0.1
—
—
—
—
—
—
0.1
—
1.5
—
—
—
—
—
77
67
79
79
75
—
—
—
79
82
64
50
41
67
77
68
49
70
67
74
67
63
75
—
48
—
61
60
44
14
86
—
67
—
41h
71
72
—
85
—
—
—
—
—
34
36
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
74
65
75
76
72
—
—
—
76
78
44
42
26
58
68
44
19
38
49
41
48
46
8
—
16
—
34
39
18
10
43
—
63
—
19h
57
67
59
75
70
40
—
—
21
—
25
—
72
17
9
54
16
23
29
15
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
—
<2.5
—
<2.5
<2.5
3
4
8
<2.5
<2.5
11
<2.5
<2.5
3
7
<2.5
<2.5
6
—
9
7
<2.5
<2.5
—
5
<2.5
—
<2.5
—
9h
3
<2.5
<2.5
<2.5
—
5
4
—
7
—
—
10
<2.5
—
—
4
21
—
—
11
e Special Administrative Region.
f Kosovo declared independence from Serbia
on Feb. 17, 2008. Serbia has not recognized
Kosovo’s independence.
g The former Yugoslav Republic.
h Includes Kosovo.
(—) Indicates data unavailable or inapplicable.
See Notes on page 14.
544
546
536
490
591
—
756
—
495
568
232
181
376
436
329
77
378
180
209
279
137
569
85
750
—
341
497
670
—
138
731
—
765
—
163h
517
580
636
663
—
176
—
468
—
—
—
457
661
—
—
59
—
142
—
55
100
100
—
100
100
—
100
—
100
100
97
100
99
100
100
90
—
88
97
100
97
—
97
100
99
99
100
—
—
100
100
98
99
—
99h
—
100
85
100
94
47
100
100
65
88
—
—
—
89
40
88
70
100
93
59
34,910
38,090
35,110
33,470
33,820
—
64,400
—
39,500
43,080
13,210
10,740
11,180
21,820
17,430
2,930
15,590
10,980
14,400
19,330
6,810
26,230
6,580
—
7,280
15,050
32,520
29,900
—
8,510
20,990
10,290
20,640
37,080
10,220h
26,640
30,110
23,910
33,340
3,710
4,370
—
—
2,190
—
—
—
26,340
—
1,500
3,570
1,400
3,430
—
2,890
170
100
350
113
230
225
189
34,000
396
185
16
47
69
132
108
122
122
90
8
110
77
117
113
182
75
78
85
199
201
80
1,304
45
115
507
95
100
92
4
3
154
47
66
322
134
294
479
13
16
44
14
66
18
136
399
20
* Data prior to 2002 are shown in italics.
For additional notes and sources, see page 15.
Data prepared by PRB demographers Carl Haub and
Mary Mederios Kent.
© August 2008. Population Reference Bureau.
All rights reserved.
2008 World Population Data Sheet 14
Acknowledgments, Notes, Sources, and Definitions
Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the valuable
assistance of PRB staff members Donna Clifton, Jennay
Ghowrwal, Zuali Malsawma, and Kelvin Pollard; staff of
the International Programs Center of the U.S. Census
Bureau; the United Nations (UN) Population Division;
the Institut national d’etudes démographiques (INED),
Paris; and the World Bank in the preparation of this
year’s World Population Data Sheet. This publication is
funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the U.S.
Agency for International Development (Cooperative
Agreement GPO-A-oo-o3-oooo4-oo), and supporters.
The information in this Data Sheet was not provided
by and does not represent the views of the United
States government or the U.S. Agency for International
Development.
Notes
The Data Sheet lists all geopolitical entities with populations of 150,000 or more and all members of the UN.
These include sovereign states, dependencies, overseas
departments, and some territories whose status or
boundaries may be undetermined or in dispute. More
developed regions, following the UN classification, comprise all of Europe and North America, plus Australia,
Japan, and New Zealand. All other regions and countries
are classified as less developed. The least developed
countries consist of 50 countries with especially low
incomes, high economic vulnerability, and poor human
development indicators. The criteria and list of countries,
as defined by the United Nations, can be found at www.
unohrlls.org/en/ldc/.
Sub-Saharan Africa: All countries of Africa except the
northern African countries of Algeria, Egypt, Libya,
Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara.
World and Regional Totals: Regional population totals
are independently rounded and include small countries
or areas not shown. Regional and world rates and percentages are weighted averages of countries for which
data are available; regional averages are shown when
data or estimates are available for at least three-quarters
of the region’s population.
World Population Data Sheets from different years should
not be used as a time series. Fluctuations in values
from year to year often reflect revisions based on new
data or estimates rather than actual changes in levels.
Additional information on likely trends and consistent
time series can be obtained from PRB, and are also available in UN and U.S. Census Bureau publications.
Sources
Birth and Death Rate
The annual number of births and deaths per 1,000 total
population. These rates are often referred to as “crude
rates” since they do not take a population’s age structure
into account. Thus, crude death rates in more developed
countries, with a relatively large proportion of highmortality older population, are often higher than those in
less developed countries with lower life expectancy.
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
The birth rate minus the death rate, implying the annual
rate of population growth without regard for migration.
Expressed as a percentage.
Net Migration
The estimated rate of net immigration (immigration
minus emigration) per 1,000 population for a recent
year based upon the official national rate or derived as
a residual from estimated birth, death, and population
growth rates. Migration rates can vary substantially from
year to year for any particular country as well as the
definition of an immigrant.
Projected Population 2025 and 2050
Projected populations based upon reasonable assumptions on the future course of fertility, mortality, and
migration. Projections are based upon official country
projections, series issued by the UN or the U.S. Census
Bureau, or PRB projections.
Infant Mortality Rate
The annual number of deaths of infants under age 1 per
1,000 live births. Rates shown with decimals indicate
national statistics reported as completely registered, while
those without are estimates from the sources cited above.
Rates shown in italics are based upon fewer than 50 annual
infant deaths and, as a result, are subject to considerable
yearly variability.
Lifetime Risk of Maternal Death, 2005
The chance of a woman dying during her lifetime from a
pregnancy-related cause. Data are from Maternal Mortality
in 2005, Estimates Developed by WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA
and the World Bank. Some regional averages were calculated by PRB.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
The average number of children a woman would have
assuming that current age-specific birth rates remain
constant throughout her childbearing years (usually
considered to be ages 15 to 49).
Population Under Age 15/Age 65+
The percentage of the total population in these ages,
which are often considered the “dependent ages.”
Life Expectancy at Birth
The rates and figures are primarily compiled from the
following sources: official country statistical yearbooks,
bulletins, and websites; United Nations Demographic
Yearbook, 2005 of the UN Statistics Division; World
Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision of the UN
Population Division; Recent Demographic Developments
in Europe, 2005 of the Council of Europe; and the
International Data Base and library resources of the
International Programs Center, U.S. Census Bureau.
Other sources include recent demographic surveys such
as the Demographic and Health Surveys, Reproductive
Health Surveys, special studies, and direct communication with demographers and statistical bureaus in the
United States and abroad. Specific data sources may be
obtained by contacting the authors of the 2008 World
Population Data Sheet.
The average number of years a newborn infant can
expect to live under current mortality levels.
For countries with complete registration of births and deaths,
rates are those most recently reported. For more developed
countries, nearly all vital rates refer to 2007 or 2006.
The estimated percentage of adults living with HIV/AIDS
in 2001 and 2007 by UNAIDS, 2008 Report on the Global
AIDS Epidemic, accessed at www.unaids.org. Some
regional averages were calculated by PRB.
Definitions
Contraceptive Use
Mid-2008 Population
Estimates are based on a recent census, official national data,
or PRB, UN, and U.S. Census Bureau projections. The effects
of refugee movements, large numbers of foreign workers,
and population shifts due to contemporary political events
are taken into account to the extent possible.
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Percent Urban
Percentage of the total population living in areas termed
“urban” by that country. Countries define urban in many
different ways, from population centers of 100 or more
dwellings to only the population living in national and
provincial capitals.
Percent of Population Living in Urban
Agglomerations of 750,000 or More, 2005
Data are from the UN Population Division,
World Urbanization Prospects, 2007, accessed online
at http://esa.un.org/unup.
Percent of Adult Population Ages 15 to 49
With HIV/AIDS
The percentage of currently married or “in-union” women
of reproductive age who are currently using any form of
contraception. “Modern” methods include clinic and supply methods such as the pill, IUD, condom, and sterilization. Data are from the most recently available national-level
surveys, such as Demographic and Health Surveys,
Reproductive Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster
Surveys, regional survey programs, national surveys, the
UN Population Division World Contraceptive Use 2007, and
the International Data Base of the U.S. Census Bureau. For
more developed countries, data refer to some point in the
1990s and early 2000s; and for less developed countries,
from 1995. Data prior to 2002 are shown in italics.
Percent of Population Undernourished, 2002–2004
Undernourishment refers to the condition of people
whose dietary energy consumption is continuously
below a minimum dietary energy requirement for
maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical
activity. Data are from the Statistics Division of the
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization,
accessed at www.fao.org/es/ess/faostat/foodsecurity/Files/
PrevalenceUndernourishment_en.xls.
Motor Vehicles in Use per 1,000 Population, 2000–2005
Includes motorized vehicles of all types and for all
purposes. Data are from the Transport Statistics Division
of the UN and taken from the UN Population Division,
Urban Population, Development and the Environment,
2007. Data refer to entire national populations.
Population Using Improved Drinking Water
Sources, 2006
Data are from the World Health Organization and
UNICEF, accessed at http://mdgs.un.org/unsd/mdg/.
Data in italics are for a prior year.
GNI PPP per Capita, 2007 (US$)
GNI PPP per capita is gross national income in purchasing
power parity (PPP) divided by midyear population. GNI PPP
refers to gross national income converted to “international”
dollars using a purchasing power parity conversion factor.
International dollars indicate the amount of goods and
services one could buy in the United States with a given
amount of money. Data are from the World Bank. Figures in
italics are for 2005 or 2006.
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