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2008 WORLD
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
2. Most Populous Countries, 2008 and 2050
2008 2050
Population Population
Country (millions) Country (millions)
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 Largest percent decline
Country Percent Country Percent
Uganda 263 Bulgaria -35
Niger 261 Swaziland -33
Burundi 220 Georgia -28
Liberia 216 Ukraine -28
Guinea-Bissau 205 Japan -25
Congo, Dem. Rep. 185 Moldova -23
Timor-Leste (East Timor) 179 Russia -22
Mali 169 Serbia -21
Somalia 166 Belarus -20
Angola 155 Romania -20
Bosnia-Herzegovina -20
Note: Excludes countries with fewer than 1 million residents.
Lowest and Highest Infant Mortality Rates
Lowest Highest
Infant deaths Infant deaths
Country per 1,000 births Country per 1,000 births
China, Hong Kong SAR 1.6 Afghanistan 163
Singapore 2.4 Sierra Leone 158
Sweden 2.5 Liberia 133
Finland 2.7 Angola 132
Japan 2.8 Guinea-Bissau 117
Slovenia 3.1 Somalia 117
Norway 3.1 Guinea 113
Czech Republic 3.1 Mozambique 108
Ireland 3.1 Burundi 107
Portugal 3.5 Chad 106
Israel 3.5
Note: Excludes countries with fewer than 50 infant deaths annually.
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3. World PoPulation HigHligHts
Africa and Other Developing Regions Make Up an Increasing Share
of World Population.
As world population has risen Population (billions)
from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 6.7
billion in 2008, the proportion 10
living in the developing coun-
tries of Africa, Asia, and Latin 9
America and the Caribbean has
expanded from 68 percent to 8
India
more than 80 percent. India
7
and China, with a billion-plus
each in 2008, make up about
China
6
37 percent of the total. Projec-
tions for 2050 show this shift
5
to developing countries con-
Africa
tinuing. The share living in the
4
more developed countries is
projected to drop from about
3
18 percent in 2008 to less than
Other less developed countries
14 percent in 2050. Africa’s
2
population, currently growing
faster than any other major 1
region, is projected to account More developed countries
for 21 percent of world popula- 0
tion by 2050, up from just 9 1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
percent in 1950.
Source: 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 improve-
WORLD
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. Pub-
lic 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 complica-
95
tions. Such health care is often
East Asia 50
lacking in countries with poor
infrastructure and inadequate
180
health facilities. Latin America/Caribbean
130
Source: World Health Organiza-
tion et al., Maternal Mortality 11
in 2005 (2006; www.who.int, More developed countries
9
accessed May 1, 2008).
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4. 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 statisti-
cally, 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
Note: The total fertility rate measures the total number of children a woman would have given current birth rates.
Source: 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 Total fertility rate
fertility among developing countries. In Bangladesh, the
1950 –1955 Around 2008
total fertility rate dropped from 6.7 lifetime births per
woman in the early 1950s to 2.7 in 2008, aided by a strong
8.2 8.1
government commitment to population policies and
successful community-based family planning programs.
7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.7
Fertility also fell dramatically in Guatemala, from 7.0 to 6.7 6.7 6.5
6.2
4.4 children per woman, over the period. Mexico saw an
even more impressive decline, as that country developed 5.3
economically and embraced the idea of smaller families.
4.4
Ethiopia, Niger, and Uganda show much more modest
declines, helping explain why Africa’s population growth
continues to outstrip that in other regions.
2.7 2.7
2.3
Note: The total fertility rate measures the total number of
children a woman would have given current birth rates.
SourceS: UN Population Division and Population Reference
Bureau.
Yemen Niger Ethiopia Guatemala Uganda Bangladesh Mexico South Africa
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5. 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
Source: UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision (2008; CD-ROM).
Most Urbanites Live in Towns and 10 million
or more
Villages, Not Large Cities. 8%
5 million to
9.9 million
While about one-half of the world lives in urban areas, the vast
7%
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.
Source: UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects:
The 2007 Revision (2008; Cd-roM).
1 million to
4.9 million
22%
Fewer than
500,000 500,000 to
52% 0.9 million
10%
Urban popluation by size of urban area, 2005
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6. 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 Secondary or higher
47 47
39
36
30
28
23
22
20 19
17 17
10
8
5
India* Madagascar Nigeria Cambodia Haiti Colombia Egypt Senegal
2005–2006 2003–2004 2003 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005
* Children under age 5.
Note: Stunting occurs when a child’s height at a given age is below international standards for normal development.
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (www.measuredhs.com).
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7. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD
A Woman’s
Projected
Net Lifetime
Population
Migration
Rate of Risk of
Projected Population
Rate
Natural
Deaths per Dying From
Population Births per Infant Total
Change
(millions)
per 1,000
Increase Maternal
mid-2008 1,000 1,000 Mortality Fertilty
2008–2050
Population mid–2025 mid–2050
(%) Causes, 1 in:
(millions) Population Population Ratea Rateb
(%)
6,705 21 8 1.2 — 8,000 9,352 39 49 92 2.6
WORLD
1,227 12 10 0.2 3 1,269 1,294 5 6 6,000 1.6
MorE dEVEloPEd
5,479 23 8 1.5 -1 6,731 8,058 47 54 75 2.8
lEss dEVEloPEd
4,154 26 9 1.8 -1 5,255 6,621 59 59 55 3.2
lEss dEVEloPEd (Excl. China)
797 36 13 2.4 -0 1,139 1,664 109 85 22 4.7
lEast dEVEloPEd
967 37 14 2.4 -1 1,358 1,932 100 82 26 4.9
AFRICA
809 40 15 2.5 -0 1,161 1,698 110 88 22 5.4
suB-saHaran aFriCa
197 26 7 1.9 -1 251 307 56 45 145 3.0
nortHErn aFriCa
34.7 22 4 1.8 -1 43.3 50.1 44 27 220 2.3
Algeria
74.9 27 6 2.0 -1 95.9 117.9 57 33 230 3.1
Egypt
6.3 24 4 2.0 0 8.1 9.7 54 21 350 3.0
Libya
31.2 21 6 1.4 -3 36.6 42.4 36 43 150 2.4
Morocco
39.4 33 12 2.1 1 54.3 73.0 85 81 53 4.5
Sudan
10.3 17 6 1.2 -1 12.1 13.2 27 19 500 2.0
Tunisia
0.5 28 8 2.0 20 0.8 0.9 89 53 — 3.0
Western Sahara
291 42 15 2.6 -1 419 616 112 96 19 5.7
WEstErn aFriCa
9.3 42 12 3.0 1 14.5 22.5 142 98 20 5.7
Benin
15.2 45 15 3.0 -1 23.7 37.5 147 89 22 6.2
Burkina Faso
0.5 30 5 2.5 -2 0.7 0.9 83 28 120 3.5
Cape Verde
20.7 38 14 2.4 -2 26.2 34.7 68 100 27 4.9
Côte d'Ivoire
1.6 38 11 2.7 1 2.3 3.4 117 93 32 5.1
Gambia
23.9 32 10 2.2 -0 33.7 48.8 104 71 45 4.3
Ghana
10.3 42 14 2.9 -6 15.7 24.5 138 113 19 5.7
Guinea
1.7 50 19 3.1 0 2.9 5.3 205 117 13 7.1
Guinea-Bissau
3.9 50 18 3.1 3 6.8 12.5 216 133 12 6.8
Liberia
12.7 48 15 3.3 -3 20.6 34.2 169 96 15 6.6
Mali
3.2 35 9 2.7 1 4.5 6.4 99 77 22 4.8
Mauritania
14.7 46 15 3.1 -0 26.3 53.2 261 81 7 7.1
Niger
148.1 43 18 2.5 -0 205.4 282.2 91 100 18 5.9
Nigeria
12.7 39 10 3.0 -2 18.0 25.3 99 61 21 5.3
Senegal
5.5 48 23 2.5 -4 7.6 10.9 99 158 8 6.1
Sierra Leone
6.8 38 10 2.8 -0 9.9 14.1 108 91 38 5.1
Togo
301 41 15 2.5 -0 440 641 113 81 28 5.4
EastErn aFriCa
8.9 46 16 3.0 7 15.0 28.3 220 107 16 6.8
Burundi
0.7 36 8 2.8 0 1.1 1.8 151 69 52 4.9
Comoros
0.8 30 12 1.8 0 1.1 1.5 75 67 35 4.2
Djibouti
5.0 40 10 3.0 2 7.7 11.5 129 59 44 5.3
Eritrea
79.1 40 15 2.5 -0 110.5 147.6 87 77 27 5.3
Ethiopia
38.0 40 12 2.8 -1 51.3 65.2 72 77 39 4.9
Kenya
18.9 38 10 2.8 0 28.0 41.6 120 75 38 5.0
Madagascar
13.6 48 16 3.2 -0 20.4 30.5 124 80 18 6.3
Malawi
1.3 14 7 0.7 -0 1.4 1.5 17 15.4 3,300 1.7
Mauritius
0.2 39 3 3.6 5 0.3 0.5 174 — — 4.5
Mayotte
20.4 41 20 2.1 -0 27.5 37.2 83 108 45 5.4
Mozambique
0.8 19 5 1.3 -0 1.0 1.1 31 8 — 2.5
Reunion
9.6 43 16 2.7 1 14.6 21.7 126 86 16 6.0
Rwanda
11
0.1 18 7 1.0 6 0.1 0.1 37 — 2.2
Seychelles
9.0 46 19 2.7 3 14.3 23.8 166 117 12 6.7
Somalia
40.2 38 15 2.3 -2 58.2 82.5 105 75 24 5.3
Tanzania
29.2 48 16 3.1 -1 56.4 106.0 263 76 25 6.7
Uganda
12.2 43 22 2.1 -3 15.5 19.3 58 100 27 5.5
Zambia
13.5 31 21 1.1 -1 16.0 19.1 42 60 43 3.8
Zimbabwe
122 43 14 2.8 -0 189 306 151 97 20 6.1
MiddlE aFriCa
16.8 47 21 2.7 2 26.2 42.7 155 132 12 6.8
Angola
18.5 36 13 2.3 0 25.5 34.9 89 74 24 4.7
Cameroon
4.4 38 19 1.9 -1 5.5 6.5 47 102 25 5.0
Central African Republic
10.1 44 17 2.7 2 13.9 20.5 102 106 11 6.3
Chad
3.8 37 13 2.5 -2 5.6 8.8 130 75 22 5.3
Congo
66.5 44 13 3.1 -1 109.7 189.3 185 92 13 6.5
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0.6 39 10 2.9 0 0.9 1.4 132 91 28 5.4
Equatorial Guinea
1.4 27 12 1.5 1 1.7 2.1 54 58 53 3.2
Gabon
0.2 35 8 2.7 -2 0.2 0.3 85 77 — 4.1
Sao Tome and Principe
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8. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD
A Woman’s
Projected
Net Lifetime
Population
Migration
Rate of Risk of
Projected Population
Rate
Natural
Deaths per Dying From
Population Births per Infant Total
Change
(millions)
per 1,000
Increase Maternal
mid-2008 1,000 1,000 Mortality Fertilty
2008–2050
Population mid–2025 mid–2050
(%) Causes, 1 in:
(millions) Population Population Ratea Rateb
(%)
55 24 16 0.8 0 59 62 12 48 90 2.8
soutHErn aFriCa
1.8 24 14 0.9 6 2.2 2.4 29 44 130 2.9
Botswana
1.8 27 25 0.2 -4 1.7 1.6 -11 91 45 3.5
Lesotho
2.1 25 15 1.0 1 2.3 2.1 3 47 170 3.6
Namibia
48.3 23 15 0.8 0 51.5 54.8 13 45 110 2.7
South Africa
1.1 31 31 0.0 0 1.0 0.8 -33 85 120 3.8
Swaziland
915 18 7 1.2 0 1,080 1,258 37 18 420 2.3
AMERICAS
338 14 8 0.6 4 393 480 42 7 6,000 2.1
NORTHERN AMERICA
33.3 11 7 0.3 7 37.6 41.9 26 5.4 11,000 1.6
Canada
304.5 14 8 0.6 3 355.7 438.2 44 6.6 4,800 2.1
United States
577 21 6 1.5 -2 687 778 35 23 290 2.5
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
150 22 5 1.7 -5 180 203 35 22 320 2.5
CEntral aMEriCa
0.3 27 4 2.3 -1 0.4 0.5 57 18 560 3.1
Belize
4.5 16 4 1.3 4 5.6 6.3 40 9.7 1,400 1.9
Costa Rica
7.2 24 6 1.8 -1 9.1 11.2 55 24 190 2.8
El Salvador
13.7 34 6 2.8 -1 20.0 27.9 104 34 71 4.4
Guatemala
7.3 27 5 2.2 -4 9.8 12.4 69 23 93 3.3
Honduras
107.7 20 5 1.6 -6 123.8 131.6 22 19 670 2.3
Mexico
5.7 26 5 2.1 -7 6.8 7.9 40 29 150 2.9
Nicaragua
3.4 20 4 1.6 0 4.2 5.0 46 15 270 2.4
Panama
41 19 8 1.1 -3 46 50 24 33 130 2.5
CariBBEan
20
0.1 17 7 1.0 3 0.1 0.1 29 — 2.1
Antigua and Barbuda
0.3 17 6 1.1 1 0.4 0.5 34 14 2,700 1.9
Bahamas
0.3 14 8 0.6 -1 0.3 0.3 -7 14 4,400 1.8
Barbados
11.2 10 7 0.3 -3 11.2 9.9 -11 5.3 1,400 1.4
Cuba
16
0.1 16 9 0.7 -5 0.1 0.1 -11 — 3.0
Dominica
9.9 24 6 1.8 -3 12.1 14.0 42 32 230 3.0
Dominican Republic
17
0.1 19 7 1.2 -10 0.1 0.1 -10 — 2.1
Grenada
8
0.4 15 7 0.8 -0 0.5 0.5 21 — 2.1
Guadeloupe
9.1 29 11 1.8 -3 11.7 15.1 65 57 44 4.0
Haiti
2.7 17 6 1.1 -6 3.0 3.4 25 21 240 2.1
Jamaica
6
0.4 13 7 0.7 -0 0.4 0.4 -13 — 1.9
Martinique
5
0.2 14 7 0.7 17 0.2 0.2 -4 — 2.0
Netherlands Antilles
4.0 12 8 0.5 -1 4.1 3.8 -5 9.2 2,900 1.7
Puerto Rico
15
0.05 18 8 1.0 -6 0.1 0.1 31 — 2.3
St. Kitts-Nevis
19.4
0.2 15 7 0.8 6 0.2 0.2 30 — 1.7
Saint Lucia
17.6
0.1 17 8 0.9 -8 0.1 0.1 -13 — 2.1
St. Vincent & the Grenadines
1.3 14 8 0.6 -3 1.4 1.3 -1 24 1,400 1.6
Trinidad and Tobago
387 20 6 1.4 -1 461 524 36 23 300 2.4
soutH aMEriCa
39.7 19 8 1.1 -0 46.3 52.5 32 13.3 530 2.4
Argentina
10.0 29 8 2.1 0 13.3 16.7 67 51 89 3.7
Bolivia
195.1 20 6 1.3 0 228.9 259.8 33 24 370 2.3
Brazil
16.8 14 5 0.9 0 19.1 20.2 20 8.8 3,200 2.0
Chile
44.4 20 6 1.4 -1 53.8 59.2 33 19 290 2.4
Colombia
13.8 26 6 2.0 -4 17.5 20.4 48 25 170 3.1
Ecuador
0.2 32 4 2.8 5 0.3 0.4 96 10.4 — 3.9
French Guiana
0.8 21 9 1.2 -10 0.8 0.5 -29 48 90 2.7
Guyana
6.2 27 6 2.1 -2 8.0 10.1 62 36 170 3.5
Paraguay
27.9 21 6 1.5 -4 34.0 39.3 41 24 140 2.6
Peru
0.5 17 7 1.1 -7 0.5 0.5 -8 16 530 2.5
Suriname
3.3 14 9 0.5 -3 3.5 3.7 11 10.5 2,100 2.0
Uruguay
27.9 25 4 2.1 0 34.9 41.1 47 16.5 610 2.6
Venezuela
4,052 19 7 1.2 -0 4,793 5,427 34 45 120 2.4
ASIA
2,728 23 7 1.5 -0 3,317 3,990 46 51 90 2.8
ASIA (Excl. China)
225 25 6 1.9 -0 290 363 61 41 170 3.3
WEstErn asia
3.1 15 9 0.5 -2 3.3 3.3 7 26 980 1.7
Armenia
8.7 18 6 1.2 -0 9.7 11.6 34 12 670 2.3
Azerbaijan
0.8 20 3 1.7 7 1.0 1.2 53 8 1,300 2.5
Bahrain
1.1 12 7 0.6 10 1.1 1.1 2 6 6,400 1.5
Cyprus
4.6 11 10 0.1 -3 4.2 3.3 -28 16 1,100 1.4
Georgia
29.5 34 10 2.4 -4 43.3 61.9 110 94 72 4.6
Iraq
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9. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD
A Woman’s
Projected
Net Lifetime
Population
Migration
Rate of Risk of
Projected Population
Rate
Natural
Deaths per Dying From
Population Births per Infant Total
Change
(millions)
per 1,000
Increase Maternal
mid-2008 1,000 1,000 Mortality Fertilty
2008–2050
Population mid–2025 mid–2050
(%) Causes, 1 in:
(millions) Population Population Ratea Rateb
(%)
7.5 21 5 1.6 2 9.3 11.2 49 3.5 7,800 2.9
Israel
5.8 28 4 2.4 7 7.7 9.7 65 24 450 3.6
Jordan
2.7 21 2 1.9 8 3.6 4.8 80 8 9,600 2.6
Kuwait
4.0 19 5 1.4 -0 4.6 5.0 26 19 290 1.9
Lebanon
2.7 24 3 2.1 5 3.1 3.9 42 10 420 3.4
Oman
4.2 37 4 3.3 0 6.2 8.8 113 25 — 4.6
Palestinian Territory
0.9 17 2 1.5 36 1.1 1.4 48 7 2,700 2.6
Qatar
28.1 29 3 2.7 -5 35.7 49.8 77 16 1,400 4.0
Saudi Arabia
19.9 28 4 2.5 2 26.8 34.0 71 19 210 3.5
Syria
74.8 19 6 1.2 0 87.8 88.7 19 23 880 2.2
Turkey
4.5 15 2 1.3 16 6.2 7.8 75 7 1,000 2.0
United Arab Emirates
22.2 41 9 3.2 -1 35.2 55.8 151 77 39 6.2
Yemen
1,683 25 8 1.7 -0 2,089 2,605 55 61 61 3.0
soutH CEntral asia
32.7 47 21 2.6 0 50.3 81.9 150 163 8 6.8
Afghanistan
147.3 24 7 1.7 -1 180.1 215.1 46 52 51 2.7
Bangladesh
0.7 30 7 2.3 2 0.9 1.0 45 40 55 3.6
Bhutan
1,149.3 24 8 1.6 -0 1,407.7 1,755.2 53 57 70 2.8
India
72.2 20 5 1.4 -1 88.0 100.2 39 32 300 2.1
Iran
15.7 21 10 1.0 1 17.1 17.4 11 29 360 2.5
Kazakhstan
5.2 24 7 1.6 -10 6.5 8.1 54 50 240 2.8
Kyrgyzstan
0.3 19 4 1.6 0 0.4 0.5 73 16 200 2.2
Maldives
27.0 29 9 2.1 -1 36.5 48.7 81 48 31 3.1
Nepal
172.8 31 8 2.2 -1 228.9 295.2 71 75 74 4.1
Pakistan
20.3 19 7 1.2 -2 23.2 25.4 25 15 850 2.4
Sri Lanka
7.3 27 5 2.2 -2 9.5 11.5 57 65 160 3.3
Tajikistan
5.2 24 6 1.7 -3 6.5 7.6 47 74 290 2.9
Turkmenistan
27.2 24 7 1.7 -2 33.3 37.6 38 48 1,400 2.7
Uzbekistan
586 20 7 1.4 -0 709 826 41 31 130 2.5
soutHEast asia
0.4 19 3 1.6 3 0.5 0.6 67 7 2,900 2.0
Brunei
14.7 26 8 1.8 -0 20.6 30.5 108 67 48 3.5
Cambodia
239.9 21 6 1.5 -1 291.9 343.1 43 34 97 2.6
Indonesia
5.9 34 10 2.4 -3 8.7 12.3 110 70 33 4.5
Laos
27.7 21 5 1.6 1 34.6 40.4 46 9 560 2.6
Malaysia
49.2 19 10 0.9 -0 55.4 58.7 19 70 110 2.2
Myanmar
90.5 26 5 2.1 -2 120.2 150.1 66 25 140 3.3
Philippines
4.8 11 5 0.6 37 5.3 5.3 10 2.4 6,200 1.4
Singapore
66.1 13 8 0.5 1 70.2 68.9 4 16 500 1.6
Thailand
1.1 42 11 3.2 0 1.7 3.0 179 88 35 6.7
Timor-Leste
86.2 17 5 1.2 -1 100.1 112.8 31 16 280 2.1
Vietnam
1,558 12 7 0.5 -0 1,705 1,633 5 21 1,200 1.6
East asia
1,324.7 12 7 0.5 -0 1,476.0 1,437.0 8 23 1,300 1.6
China
7.0 10 6 0.5 3 8.0 8.8 26 1.6 — 1.0
China, Hong Kong SARe
2
0.6 9 3 0.6 41 0.6 0.6 5 — 1.0
China, Macao SARe
127.7 9 9 -0.0 0 119.3 95.2 -25 2.8 11,600 1.3
Japan
23.5 16 7 0.9 0 25.8 26.4 12 21 140 2.0
Korea, North
48.6 10 5 0.5 1 49.1 42.3 -13 4 6,100 1.3
Korea, South
2.7 21 6 1.5 0 3.3 3.8 45 41 840 2.3
Mongolia
23.0 9 6 0.3 1 23.1 18.9 -18 4.6 — 1.1
Taiwan
736 11 11 -0.0 3 726 685 -7 6 9,400 1.5
EUROPE
98 12 10 0.3 4 108 117 19 4 7,800 1.8
nortHErn EuroPE
3.7
0.2 11 9 0.2 6 0.2 0.1 -5 — 1.4
Channel Islands
5.5 12 10 0.2 5 5.6 5.5 0 4.0 17,800 1.8
Denmark
1.3 12 13 -0.1 -0 1.2 1.1 -18 4.9 2,900 1.7
Estonia
5.3 11 9 0.2 3 5.6 5.7 8 2.7 8,500 1.8
Finland
1.3
0.3 15 6 0.8 10 0.4 0.4 37 12,700 2.1
Iceland
4.5 16 6 0.9 15 4.9 5.1 13 3.1 47,600 2.1
Ireland
2.3 10 14 -0.4 -0 2.1 1.9 -16 7.6 8,500 1.5
Latvia
3.4 10 14 -0.4 -2 3.1 2.9 -14 5.9 7,800 1.4
Lithuania
4.8 12 9 0.4 8 5.6 6.6 38 3.1 7,700 1.9
Norway
9.2 12 10 0.2 6 9.9 10.4 13 2.5 17,400 1.9
Sweden
61.3 13 9 0.3 3 68.8 76.9 26 4.9 8,200 1.9
United Kingdom
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10. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD
A Woman’s
Projected
Net Lifetime
Population
Migration
Rate of Risk of
Projected Population
Rate
Natural
Deaths per Dying From
Population Births per Infant Total
Change
(millions)
per 1,000
Increase
1,000 Maternal
mid-2008 1,000 Mortality Fertilty
2008–2050
Population mid–2025 mid–2050
(%)
Population Causes, 1 in:
(millions) Population Ratea Rateb
(%)
188 10 9 0.1 1 191 187 -0 4 11,000 1.6
WEstErn EuroPE
8.4 9 9 0.0 4 8.8 9.5 14 3.7 21,500 1.4
Austria
10.7 12 10 0.2 5 10.8 11.0 2 3.7 7,800 1.7
Belgium
62.0 13 8 0.4 1 66.1 70.0 13 3.6 6,900 2.0
France
82.2 8 10 -0.2 1 79.6 71.4 -13 3.9 19,200 1.3
Germany
2.6
0.04 10 6 0.4 3 0.04 0.04 17 — 1.4
Liechtenstein
4.4
0.5 11 8 0.3 12 0.5 0.6 29 5,000 1.6
Luxembourg
0.03 25 16 0.9 8 0.04 0.04 9 — — —
Monaco
16.4 11 8 0.3 1 16.9 16.8 2 4.4 10,200 1.7
Netherlands
7.6 10 8 0.2 1 8.1 8.1 6 4.0 13,800 1.5
Switzerland
295 11 14 -0.3 1 272 231 -22 9 3,500 1.4
EastErn EuroPE
9.7 11 14 -0.3 6 9.0 7.7 -20 6 4,800 1.4
Belarus
7.6 10 15 -0.5 -0 6.6 5.0 -35 9.2 7,400 1.4
Bulgaria
10.4 11 10 0.1 8 10.2 9.4 -9 3.1 18,100 1.4
Czech Republic
10.0 10 13 -0.4 1 9.6 8.9 -11 5.9 13,300 1.3
Hungary
4.1 11 12 -0.1 -1 3.8 3.2 -23 12 3,700 1.3
Moldova
38.1 10 10 0.0 -1 36.7 31.4 -18 6.0 10,600 1.3
Poland
21.5 10 12 -0.2 -0 19.7 17.1 -20 12.0 3,200 1.3
Romania
141.9 12 15 -0.3 2 129.3 110.1 -22 9 2,700 1.4
Russia
5.4 10 10 0.0 1 5.2 4.7 -12 6.1 13,800 1.2
Slovakia
46.2 10 16 -0.6 0 41.7 33.4 -28 11 5,200 1.3
Ukraine
155 10 9 0.1 9 156 150 -3 5 9,400 1.4
soutHErn EuroPE
3.2 13 6 0.7 -3 3.5 3.6 11 8 490 1.6
Albania
2.5
0.1 10 3 0.7 26 0.1 0.1 -4 — 1.2
Andorra
3.8 9 9 0.0 -0 3.7 3.1 -20 8 29,000 1.2
Bosnia-Herzegovina
4.4 9 12 -0.3 2 4.3 3.8 -14 5.7 10,500 1.4
Croatia
11.2 10 9 0.1 4 11.3 10.8 -4 3.7 25,900 1.4
Greece
59.9 9 10 -0.0 8 62.0 61.7 3 4.2 26,600 1.3
Italy
2.2 21 7 1.4 — 2.7 3.2 45 33 — 2.5
Kosovof
2.0 11 10 0.2 0 2.0 1.7 -15 13 6,500 1.5
Macedoniag
3.6
0.4 10 8 0.2 5 0.4 0.4 -6 8,300 1.4
Malta
0.6 12 10 0.3 -1 0.6 0.6 -4 11.0 — 1.6
Montenegro
10.6 10 10 -0.0 1 10.5 9.3 -12 3.5 6,400 1.3
Portugal
3.3
0.03 10 7 0.3 10 0.04 0.04 13 — 1.2
San Marino
7.4 10 14 -0.4 0 6.7 5.8 -21 7.4 4,500h 1.4
Serbia
2.0 10 9 0.1 6 2.1 1.9 -7 3.1 14,200 1.4
Slovenia
46.5 11 9 0.2 16 46.2 43.9 -6 3.7 16,400 1.4
Spain
OCEANIA 35 18 7 1.1 5 42 49 40 25 160 2.4
21.3 14 7 0.7 9 24.7 28.1 32 4.7 13,300 1.9
Australia
0.1 26 6 2.0 -17 0.1 0.1 21 40 — 4.1
Federated States of Micronesia
0.9 21 6 1.5 -7 0.9 0.9 8 17 160 2.6
Fiji
6.8
0.3 18 4 1.3 1 0.3 0.4 34 — 2.2
French Polynesia
10.7
0.2 19 4 1.5 2 0.2 0.2 38 — 2.6
Guam
0.1 27 9 1.8 0 0.1 0.2 99 52 — 3.5
Kiribati
23
0.1 38 6 3.2 -16 0.1 0.1 101 — 4.4
Marshall Islands
42
0.01 31 10 2.1 -18 0.01 0.02 49 — 3.4
Nauru
7
0.2 18 5 1.3 5 0.3 0.4 46 — 2.3
New Caledonia
4.3 15 7 0.8 1 4.9 5.5 28 5.0 5,900 2.2
New Zealand
20
0.02 13 7 0.6 2 0.02 0.03 27 — 1.9
Palau
6.5 31 10 2.1 0 8.6 11.2 73 62 55 3.9
Papua New Guinea
0.2 29 6 2.4 -11 0.2 0.2 14 20 — 4.4
Samoa
0.5 34 8 2.6 -2 0.7 1.0 88 48 100 4.5
Solomon Islands
12
0.1 26 6 2.0 -17 0.1 0.1 -27 — 3.7
Tonga
35
0.01 26 10 1.6 -8 0.01 0.02 74 — 3.7
Tuvalu
27
0.2 31 6 2.5 0 0.4 0.5 109 — 4.0
Vanuatu
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11. Demographic Data anD estimates nutrition environment economy Density
Percent of Percent of % of Pop.
Motor
Population Married Women Percent of Vehicles With Access
Percent
Ages 15–49 15–49 Using
Percent of Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP
in Urban
With HIV/ Contraception*
Population Life Expectancy Water
Areas of Under- Pop. per Capita Population
AIDS
of Ages at Birth (years) Sources,
Percent 750,000+ Modern nourished 2000– (US$) per Sq.
All
2006
2005 2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004 2005 2007 Kilometer
<15 65+ Total Males Females Urban
28 7 68 67 70 49 21 0.8 0.8 62 55 14 153 86 $ 9,600 49
WORLD
17 16 77 74 81 74 30 0.4 0.5 69 58 <2.5 536 97 31,200 27
MorE dEVEloPEd
30 6 67 65 68 44 19 1.2 1.0 61 55 17 43 84 4,760 66
lEss dEVEloPEd
34 5 65 63 66 44 18 1.6 1.4 51 43 18 52 82 4,560 57
lEss dEVEloPEd (Excl. China)
41 3 55 53 56 27 10 3.2 3.0 27 21 35 — 62 1,060 38
lEast dEVEloPEd
41 3 54 53 55 38 14 4.3 4.0 28 22 26 64 32
— 2,430
AFRICA
43 3 50 49 51 35 13 5.7 5.0 21 16 31 — 58 1,830 33
suB-saHaran aFriCa
33 5 69 67 71 50 19 0.3 0.3 50 44 8 61 87 4,760 23
nortHErn aFriCa
30 5 72 71 74 63 12 0.1 0.1 61 52 4 91 85 5,490 15
Algeria
33 5 72 70 74 43 21 — — 59 57 4 39 98 5,400 75
Egypt
49 26 71
30 4 73 71 76 77 54 — — <2.5 137 11,500 4
Libya
29 6 70 68 72 56 22 0.1 0.1 63 55 6 60 83 3,990 70
Morocco
41 4 58 56 59 38 12 1.4 1.4 8 6 26 — 70 1,880 16
Sudan
63 53
25 6 74 72 76 65 18 <0.1 0.1 <2.5 86 94 7,130 63
Tunisia
31 2 64 62 66 81 — — — — — — — — — 2
Western Sahara
44 3 51 50 52 42 15 2.7 2.5 13 8 15 — 58 1,480 47
WEstErn aFriCa
44 3 56 54 57 41 9 1.3 1.2 17 6 12 — 65 1,310 83
Benin
46 3 51 49 52 16 8 2.1 1.6 14 9 15 — 72 1,120 56
Burkina Faso
53 46 80
38 6 71 68 74 59 — — — — — 2,940 125
Cape Verde
40 2 52 50 53 48 19 6.0 3.9 13 8 13 — 81 1,590 64
Côte d'Ivoire
10 9
42 3 58 57 59 54 — 0.9 0.9 29 — 86 1,140 138
Gambia
40 4 59 58 59 48 16 2.3 1.9 17 14 11 — 80 1,330 100
Ghana
46 3 54 52 55 30 16 1.2 1.6 9 6 24 — 70 1,120 42
Guinea
48 3 45 43 47 30 — 1.8 1.8 10 6 39 — 57 470 48
Guinea-Bissau
47 2 46 45 47 58 33 1.4 1.7 11 10 50 — 64 290 35
Liberia
48 4 56 54 59 31 12 1.5 1.5 8 6 29 10 60 1,040 10
Mali
40 4 60 59 62 40 — 0.7 0.8 9 8 10 — 60 2,010 3
Mauritania
49 3 57 58 56 17 6 0.7 0.8 11 5 32 — 42 630 12
Niger
45 3 47 46 47 47 16 3.2 3.1 12 8 9 1 47 1,770 160
Nigeria
44 4 62 60 64 41 21 0.4 1.0 12 10 20 17 77 1,640 64
Senegal
42 4 48 48 49 37 14 1.3 1.7 5 4 51 3 53 660 76
Sierra Leone
43 3 58 56 60 40 21 3.6 3.3 17 11 24 — 59 800 119
Togo
44 3 49 48 50 22 6 6.6 5.8 26 20 40 — 54 940 47
EastErn aFriCa
16 10
45 3 49 47 50 10 — 3.5 2.0 66 — 71 330 318
Burundi
26 19
42 3 64 62 66 28 — <0.1 <0.1 60 — 85 1,150 328
Comoros
39 3 54 53 55 87 — 3.1 3.1 18 17 24 — 92 2,260 37
Djibouti
43 2 57 54 59 21 — 1.2 1.3 8 5 75 — 60 400 43
Eritrea
43 3 49 48 51 16 4 2.4 2.1 15 14 46 2 42 780 72
Ethiopia
42 2 53 53 53 19 10 6.7c 7.8c 39 32 31 18 57 1,540 65
Kenya
44 3 58 57 60 30 9 0.1 0.1 27 17 38 — 47 920 32
Madagascar
46 3 46 45 47 17 — 13.3 11.9 42 39 35 — 76 750 115
Malawi
23 7 72 69 76 42 — 0.3 1.7 76 42 5 133 100 11,390 622
Mauritius
42 2 74 72 76 28 — — — — — — — — — 500
Mayotte
43 3 43 42 44 29 7 10.3 12.5 17 12 44 8 42 690 25
Mozambique
67 64
27 7 76 72 80 92 — — — — 513 — — 324
Reunion
44 3 47 47 48 18 8 4.3 2.8 17 10 33 3 65 860 365
Rwanda
87
23 8 72 67 77 53 — — — — — 9 102 8,670 191
Seychelles
45 3 48 47 49 37 17 0.5 0.5 15 1 — — 29 — 14
Somalia
44 3 51 50 52 25 7 7.0 6.2 26 20 44 — 55 1,200 43
Tanzania
49 3 48 47 48 13 5 7.9 5.4 24 18 19 6 64 920 121
Uganda
46 2 38 38 37 37 11 15.4 15.2 34 23 46 — 58 1,220 16
Zambia
40 4 40 40 40 37 12 26.0 15.3 60 58 47 54 81 — 34
Zimbabwe
46 3 51 48 52 41 18 2.6 2.5 19 7 55 — 52 1,550 18
MiddlE aFriCa
6 5
46 2 43 41 44 57 27 1.6 2.1 35 — 51 4,400 13
Angola
42 4 52 51 52 57 18 6.0 5.1 26 13 26 14 70 2,120 39
Cameroon
28 7
43 4 43 43 44 38 — 6.4 6.3 44 — 66 740 7
Central African Republic
46 3 47 46 48 27 9 3.4 3.5 3 2 35 — 48 1,280 8
Chad
42 3 53 52 54 60 34 4.4 3.5 44 13 33 — 71 2,750 11
Congo
47 3 53 49 55 33 17 d d 21 6 74 — 46 290 28
Congo, Dem. Rep.
42 4 59 59 60 39 — 3.7 3.4 — — — — 43 21,230 22
Equatorial Guinea
33 12
36 5 57 56 58 84 — 5.6 5.9 5 — 87 13,080 5
Gabon
29 27
42 4 64 63 66 58 — — — 10 — 86 1,630 164
Sao Tome and Principe
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