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- Population Mid-2001 (millions)
- Births Per 1,000 Pop.
- Deaths Per 1,000 Pop.
- Rate of Natural Increase (%)
- Projected Pop. Change 2001–2050 (%)
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| WORLD |
6,137 |
22 |
9 |
1.3 |
47 |
| MORE
DEVELOPED |
1,193 |
11 |
10 |
0.1 |
4 |
| LESS
DEVELOPED |
4,944 |
25 |
8 |
1.6 |
58 |
| LESS
DEVELOPED (Excl. China) |
3,671 |
28 |
9 |
1.9 |
75 |
| AFRICA |
818 |
38 |
14 |
2.4 |
120 |
| SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA |
673 |
41 |
15 |
2.5 |
132 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| NORTHERN
AFRICA |
177 |
28 |
7 |
2.1 |
72 |
| Algeria |
31 |
25 |
6 |
1.9 |
66 |
| Egypt |
69.8 |
28 |
7 |
2.1 |
64 |
| Libya |
5.2 |
28 |
4 |
2.4 |
106 |
| Morocco |
29.2 |
26 |
6 |
2 |
66 |
| Sudan |
31.8 |
34 |
11 |
2.4 |
100 |
| Tunisia |
9.7 |
19 |
6 |
1.3 |
46 |
| Western
Sahara |
0.3 |
46 |
17 |
2.9 |
128 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| WESTERN
AFRICA |
240 |
42 |
15 |
2.7 |
142 |
| Benin |
6.6 |
45 |
15 |
3 |
174 |
| Burkina
Faso |
12.3 |
47 |
17 |
3 |
180 |
| Cape
Verde |
0.4 |
37 |
7 |
3 |
-6 |
| Côte
d’Ivoire |
16.4 |
36 |
16 |
2 |
118 |
| Gambia |
1.4 |
43 |
14 |
3 |
195 |
| Ghana
|
19.9 |
32 |
10 |
2.2 |
61 |
| Guinea |
7.6 |
41 |
19 |
2.3 |
138 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1.2 |
42 |
20 |
2.2 |
167 |
| Liberia |
3.2 |
49 |
17 |
3.1 |
210 |
| Mali |
11 |
50 |
20 |
3 |
230 |
| Mauritania |
2.7 |
43 |
15 |
2.8 |
208 |
| Niger |
10.4 |
53 |
24 |
2.9 |
175 |
| Nigeria |
126.6 |
41 |
14 |
2.8 |
140 |
| Senegal |
9.7 |
41 |
13 |
2.8 |
135 |
| Sierra
Leone |
5.4 |
47 |
20 |
2.6 |
189 |
| Togo |
5.2 |
40 |
11 |
2.9 |
89 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| EASTERN
AFRICA |
252 |
42 |
16 |
2.5 |
128 |
| Burundi |
6.2 |
42 |
17 |
2.5 |
158 |
| Comoros |
0.6 |
47 |
12 |
3.5 |
208 |
| Djibouti |
0.6 |
43 |
16 |
2.7 |
67 |
| Eritrea |
4.3 |
43 |
13 |
3 |
209 |
| Ethiopia |
65.4 |
44 |
15 |
2.9 |
164 |
| Kenya |
29.8 |
34 |
14 |
2 |
26 |
| Madagascar |
16.4 |
43 |
13 |
3 |
186 |
| Malawi |
10.5 |
46 |
23 |
2.3 |
110 |
| Mauritius |
1.2 |
17 |
7 |
1 |
24 |
| Mayotte |
0.2 |
41 |
10 |
3.1 |
259 |
| Mozambique |
19.4 |
43 |
22 |
2.1 |
18 |
| Reunion |
0.7 |
20 |
5 |
1.5 |
39 |
| Rwanda |
7.3 |
39 |
21 |
1.8 |
22 |
| Seychelles |
0.1 |
18 |
7 |
1.1 |
15 |
| Somalia |
7.5 |
48 |
19 |
3 |
240 |
| Tanzania |
36.2 |
41 |
13 |
2.8 |
144 |
| Uganda |
24 |
48 |
19 |
2.9 |
251 |
| Zambia |
9.8 |
45 |
22 |
2.3 |
108 |
| Zimbabwe |
11.4 |
29 |
20 |
0.9 |
-18 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| MIDDLE
AFRICA |
99 |
46 |
16 |
2.9 |
203 |
| Angola |
12.3 |
50 |
25 |
2.4 |
141 |
| Cameroon |
15.8 |
39 |
12 |
2.7 |
119 |
| Central
African Republic |
3.6 |
38 |
18 |
2 |
78 |
| Chad |
8.7 |
49 |
16 |
3.3 |
282 |
| Congo |
3.1 |
46 |
16 |
3 |
245 |
| Congo,
Dem. Rep. Of |
53.6 |
47 |
16 |
3.1 |
239 |
| Equatorial
Guinea |
0.5 |
45 |
14 |
3.1 |
193 |
| Gabon |
1.2 |
32 |
16 |
1.6 |
49 |
| Sao
Tome and Principe |
0.2 |
43 |
8 |
3.5 |
204 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| SOUTHERN
AFRICA |
50 |
27 |
14 |
1.3 |
-18 |
| Botswana |
1.6 |
31 |
20 |
1 |
-26 |
| Lesotho |
2.2 |
33 |
13 |
2 |
31 |
| Namibia |
1.8 |
36 |
17 |
1.9 |
37 |
| South
Africa |
43.6 |
25 |
14 |
1.2 |
-25 |
| Swaziland |
1.1 |
41 |
20 |
2 |
84 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change |
|
NORTH AMERICA |
316 |
14 |
9 |
0.5 |
43 |
| Canada |
31 |
11 |
8 |
0.3 |
18 |
| United
States |
284.5 |
15 |
9 |
0.6 |
45 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| LATIN
AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
525 |
24 |
6 |
1.7 |
55 |
| CENTRAL
AMERICA |
138 |
26 |
5 |
2.1 |
65 |
| Belize |
0.3 |
25 |
6 |
1.9 |
132 |
| Costa
Rica |
3.7 |
22 |
4 |
1.8 |
51 |
| El
Salvador |
6.4 |
30 |
7 |
2.3 |
93 |
| Guatemala |
13 |
36 |
7 |
2.9 |
143 |
| Honduras |
6.7 |
33 |
6 |
2.8 |
81 |
| Mexico |
99.6 |
24 |
5 |
1.9 |
50 |
| Nicaragua |
5.2 |
35 |
6 |
3 |
122 |
| Panama |
2.9 |
25 |
5 |
2.1 |
48 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| CARIBBEAN |
37 |
21 |
8 |
1.3 |
36 |
| Antigua
and Barbuda |
0.1 |
22 |
6 |
1.6 |
3 |
| Bahamas |
0.3 |
21 |
5 |
1.5 |
46 |
| Barbados |
0.3 |
14 |
9 |
0.5 |
3 |
| Cuba |
11.3 |
14 |
7 |
0.6 |
-3 |
| Dominica |
0.1 |
16 |
8 |
0.8 |
14 |
| Dominican
Republic |
8.6 |
26 |
5 |
2.1 |
74 |
| Grenada |
0.1 |
21 |
8 |
1.3 |
-2 |
| Guadeloupe |
0.5 |
17 |
6 |
1.2 |
23 |
| Haiti
|
7 |
33 |
15 |
1.7 |
70 |
| Jamaica |
2.6 |
20 |
5 |
1.5 |
48 |
| Martinique |
0.4 |
14 |
6 |
0.8 |
14 |
| Netherlands
Antilles |
0.2 |
17 |
6 |
1.1 |
13 |
| Puerto
Rico |
3.9 |
15 |
7 |
0.8 |
8 |
| St.
Kitts-Nevis |
0.04 |
20 |
11 |
0.9 |
33 |
| Saint
Lucia |
0.2 |
19 |
6 |
1.3 |
50 |
| St.
Vincent and the Grenadines |
0.1 |
19 |
7 |
1.2 |
-19 |
| Trinidad
and Tobago |
1.3 |
14 |
8 |
0.7 |
6 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| SOUTH
AMERICA |
350 |
23 |
7 |
1.6 |
53 |
| Argentina |
37.5 |
19 |
8 |
1.1 |
45 |
| Bolivia |
8.5 |
32 |
9 |
2.4 |
100 |
| Brazil |
171.8 |
22 |
7 |
1.5 |
44 |
| Chile |
15.4 |
18 |
5 |
1.3 |
26 |
| Colombia |
43.1 |
24 |
6 |
1.8 |
66 |
| Ecuador |
12.9 |
28 |
6 |
2.2 |
92 |
| French
Guiana |
0.2 |
27 |
4 |
2.3 |
78 |
| Guyana |
0.7 |
21 |
8 |
1.3 |
-34 |
| Paraguay |
5.7 |
32 |
5 |
2.7 |
155 |
| Peru |
26.1 |
24 |
6 |
1.8 |
62 |
| Suriname |
0.4 |
26 |
7 |
1.9 |
-11 |
| Uruguay |
3.4 |
16 |
10 |
0.7 |
34 |
| Venezuela |
24.6 |
25 |
5 |
2 |
63 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| ASIA |
3,720 |
22 |
8 |
1.4 |
41 |
| ASIA
(Excl. China) |
2,447 |
25 |
8 |
1.7 |
59 |
| WESTERN
ASIA |
193 |
28 |
7 |
2.1 |
107 |
| Armenia |
3.8 |
9 |
6 |
0.3 |
0 |
| Azerbaijan |
8.1 |
15 |
6 |
0.9 |
42 |
| Bahrain |
0.7 |
21 |
3 |
1.9 |
300 |
| Cyprus |
0.9 |
13 |
8 |
0.6 |
10 |
| Georgia |
5.5 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
-23 |
| Iraq |
23.6 |
37 |
10 |
2.7 |
127 |
| Israel |
6.4 |
22 |
6 |
1.6 |
64 |
| Jordan |
5.2 |
27 |
5 |
2.2 |
128 |
| Kuwait |
2.3 |
20 |
2 |
1.8 |
181 |
| Lebanon |
4.3 |
23 |
7 |
1.7 |
35 |
| Oman |
2.4 |
39 |
4 |
3.5 |
218 |
| Palestinian
Territory |
3.3 |
42 |
5 |
3.7 |
239 |
| Qatar |
0.6 |
31 |
4 |
2.7 |
45 |
| Saudi
Arabia |
21.1 |
35 |
6 |
2.9 |
185 |
| Syria |
17.1 |
31 |
6 |
2.6 |
106 |
| Turkey |
66.3 |
22 |
7 |
1.5 |
47 |
| United
Arab Emirates |
3.3 |
18 |
4 |
1.4 |
54 |
| Yemen |
18 |
44 |
11 |
3.3 |
295 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| SOUTH
CENTRAL ASIA |
1,505 |
27 |
9 |
1.8 |
66 |
| Afghanistan |
26.8 |
43 |
19 |
2.4 |
151 |
| Bangladesh |
133.5 |
28 |
8 |
2 |
56 |
| Bhutan |
0.9 |
40 |
9 |
3.1 |
127 |
| India |
1,033.00 |
26 |
9 |
1.7 |
58 |
| Iran |
66.1 |
18 |
6 |
1.2 |
52 |
| Kazakhstan |
14.8 |
15 |
10 |
0.5 |
-5 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
5 |
20 |
7 |
1.3 |
52 |
| Maldives |
0.3 |
41 |
9 |
3.2 |
162 |
| Nepal |
23.5 |
35 |
11 |
2.4 |
111 |
| Pakistan |
145 |
39 |
11 |
2.8 |
138 |
| Sri
Lanka |
19.5 |
18 |
6 |
1.2 |
19 |
| Tajikistan |
6.2 |
19 |
4 |
1.4 |
40 |
| Turkmenistan |
5.5 |
19 |
5 |
1.3 |
29 |
| Uzbekistan |
25.1 |
22 |
5 |
1.7 |
61 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| SOUTHEAST
ASIA |
519 |
23 |
7 |
1.6 |
49 |
| Brunei |
0.3 |
22 |
3 |
2 |
73 |
| Cambodia |
13.1 |
28 |
11 |
1.7 |
38 |
| East
Timor |
0.8 |
33 |
16 |
1.6 |
84 |
| Indonesia |
206.1 |
23 |
6 |
1.7 |
48 |
| Laos |
5.4 |
39 |
14 |
2.5 |
72 |
| Malaysia |
22.7 |
25 |
4 |
2 |
94 |
| Myanmar |
47.8 |
28 |
12 |
1.6 |
43 |
| Philippines |
77.2 |
29 |
6 |
2.2 |
67 |
| Singapore |
4.1 |
14 |
5 |
0.9 |
151 |
| Thailand |
62.4 |
14 |
6 |
0.8 |
15 |
| Vietnam |
78.7 |
20 |
6 |
1.4 |
49 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| EAST
ASIA |
1,503 |
15 |
7 |
0.8 |
5 |
| China |
1,273.30 |
15 |
6 |
0.9 |
8 |
| China,
Hong Kong SARe |
6.9 |
8 |
5 |
0.3 |
8 |
| China,
Macao SARe |
0.4 |
9 |
3 |
0.6 |
82 |
| Japan |
127.1 |
9 |
8 |
0.2 |
-21 |
| Korea,
North |
22 |
21 |
7 |
1.5 |
20 |
| Korea,
South |
48.8 |
14 |
5 |
0.9 |
5 |
| Mongolia |
2.4 |
20 |
7 |
1.4 |
61 |
| Taiwan |
22.5 |
14 |
6 |
0.8 |
12 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| EUROPE |
727 |
10 |
11 |
-0.1 |
-9 |
| NORTHERN
EUROPE |
96 |
11 |
10 |
0.1 |
5 |
| Denmark |
5.4 |
13 |
11 |
0.2 |
16 |
| Estonia |
1.4 |
9 |
13 |
-0.4 |
-36 |
| Finland |
5.2 |
11 |
10 |
0.2 |
-8 |
| Iceland |
0.3 |
15 |
7 |
0.8 |
18 |
| Ireland |
3.8 |
14 |
9 |
0.6 |
18 |
| Latvia |
2.4 |
8 |
14 |
-0.6 |
-25 |
| Lithuania |
3.7 |
9 |
11 |
-0.1 |
-16 |
| Norway |
4.5 |
13 |
10 |
0.3 |
15 |
| Sweden |
8.9 |
10 |
11 |
0 |
7 |
| United
Kingdom |
60 |
12 |
11 |
0.1 |
7 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| WESTERN
EUROPE |
184 |
11 |
10 |
0.1 |
-2 |
| Austria |
8.1 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| Belgium |
10.3 |
11 |
10 |
0.1 |
-3 |
| France |
59.2 |
13 |
9 |
0.4 |
10 |
| Germany |
82.2 |
9 |
10 |
-0.1 |
-14 |
| Liechtenstein |
0.03 |
12 |
7 |
0.6 |
18 |
| Luxembourg |
0.4 |
13 |
9 |
0.4 |
33 |
| Monaco |
0.03 |
20 |
17 |
0.3 |
15 |
| Netherlands |
16 |
13 |
9 |
0.4 |
12 |
| Switzerland |
7.2 |
11 |
9 |
0.2 |
2 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| EASTERN
EUROPE |
303 |
9 |
14 |
-0.5 |
-14 |
| Belarus |
10 |
9 |
14 |
-0.4 |
-15 |
| Bulgaria |
8.1 |
9 |
14 |
-0.5 |
-35 |
| Czech
Republic |
10.3 |
9 |
11 |
-0.2 |
-9 |
| Hungary |
10 |
10 |
14 |
-0.4 |
-19 |
| Moldova |
4.3 |
11 |
11 |
-0.1 |
0 |
| Poland |
38.6 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
-12 |
| Romania |
22.4 |
10 |
12 |
-0.1 |
-14 |
| Russia |
144.4 |
9 |
15 |
-0.7 |
-12 |
| Slovakia |
5.4 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
-13 |
| Ukraine |
49.1 |
8 |
15 |
-0.7 |
-22 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| SOUTHERN
EUROPE |
145 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
-16 |
| Albania |
3.4 |
17 |
5 |
1.2 |
51 |
| Andorra |
0.1 |
13 |
4 |
0.9 |
118 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
3.4 |
12 |
8 |
0.4 |
-1 |
| Croatia |
4.7 |
10 |
11 |
-0.2 |
-16 |
| Greece |
10.9 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
-11 |
| Italy |
57.8 |
9 |
10 |
0 |
-20 |
| Macedoniaf |
2 |
14 |
8 |
0.5 |
3 |
| Malta |
0.4 |
11 |
8 |
0.3 |
11 |
| Portugal |
10 |
12 |
11 |
0.1 |
-18 |
| San
Marino |
0.03 |
12 |
8 |
0.4 |
11 |
| Slovenia |
2 |
9 |
10 |
-0.1 |
-15 |
| Spain |
39.8 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
-23 |
| Yugoslavia |
10.7 |
12 |
11 |
0.1 |
-4 |
| |
Population
Mid-2001 (millions) |
Births Per 1,000 Pop. |
Deaths
Per 1,000 Pop. |
Rate of
Natural Increase (%) |
Projected
Pop. Change 2001-2050 (%) |
| OCEANIA |
31 |
18 |
7 |
1.1 |
49 |
| Australia |
19.4 |
13 |
7 |
0.6 |
29 |
| Federated States of Micronesia |
0.1 |
31 |
6 |
2.5 |
108 |
| Fiji |
0.8 |
25 |
6 |
1.9 |
9 |
| French
Polynesia |
0.2 |
21 |
5 |
1.6 |
58 |
| Guam |
0.2 |
29 |
4 |
2.5 |
71 |
| Kiribati |
0.1 |
32 |
8 |
2.4 |
148 |
| Marshall
Islands |
0.1 |
26 |
4 |
2.2 |
343 |
| Nauru |
0.01 |
19 |
5 |
1.4 |
100 |
| New
Caledonia |
0.2 |
22 |
5 |
1.7 |
54 |
| New
Zealand |
3.9 |
15 |
7 |
0.8 |
29 |
| Palau
|
0.02 |
18 |
8 |
1 |
38 |
| Papua-New
Guinea |
5 |
34 |
11 |
2.3 |
124 |
| Solomon
Islands |
0.5 |
41 |
7 |
3.4 |
217 |
| Tonga |
0.1 |
27 |
6 |
2.1 |
86 |
| Tuvalu |
0.01 |
30 |
9 |
2.1 |
82 |
| Vanuatu |
0.2 |
36 |
6 |
3 |
51 |
| Western
Samoa |
0.2 |
30 |
6 |
2.4 |
0 |
Notes
(—) indicates data unavailable or inapplicable
z = Less than 0.5 percent
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 less than 50 annual infant deaths and, as a result, are subject to considerable yearly variability.
b Average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime
c A = complete data … D = little or no data
d H = too high; S = satisfactory; L = too low
e Special Administrative Region
f The former Yugoslav Republic
* Data prior to 1995 are shown in italics.
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