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  • Percent Urban
  • Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999
  • Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods)
  • Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
WORLD 46 1.1 60 53
MORE DEVELOPED 75 0.3 73 58
LESS DEVELOPED 40 1.4 57 51
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China) 41 1.9 47 40
AFRICA 33 6.7 26 19
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 30 8.6 19 13
NORTHERN AFRICA 45 0.2 48 41
Algeria 49 0.1 52 —
Egypt 43 z 56 54
Libya 86 0.1 49 26
Morocco 55 z 58 49
Sudan 27 1 10 7
Tunisia 62 z 60 49
Western Sahara 95 — — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
WESTERN AFRICA 35 4.6 15 8
Benin 39 2.5 16 3
Burkina Faso 15 6.4 12 5
Cape Verde 53 — 53 46
Côte d’Ivoire 46 10.8 15 7
Gambia 37 2 15 7
Ghana 37 3.6 22 13
Guinea 26 1.5 6 4
Guinea-Bissau 22 2.5 — —
Liberia 45 2.8 — —
Mali 26 2 7 5
Mauritania 54 0.5 4 1
Niger 17 1.4 8 5
Nigeria 36 5.1 15 9
Senegal 43 1.8 13 8
Sierra Leone 37 3 — —
Togo 31 6 24 7

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
EASTERN AFRICA 20 11 21 15
Burundi 8 11.3 — —
Comoros 29 0.1 21 11
Djibouti 83 11.8 — —
Eritrea 16 2.9 8 4
Ethiopia 15 10.6 8 6
Kenya 20 14 39 32
Madagascar 22 0.2 19 10
Malawi 20 16 31 26
Mauritius 43 0.1 75 60
Mayotte — — — —
Mozambique 28 13.2 6 5
Reunion 73 — 73 67
Rwanda 5 11.2 13 4
Seychelles 63 — — —
Somalia 28 — — —
Tanzania 22 8.1 25 17
Uganda 15 8.3 15 8
Zambia 38 20 26 14
Zimbabwe 32 25.1 54 50

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
MIDDLE AFRICA 33 5.4 10 3
Angola 32 2.8 — —
Cameroon 48 7.7 19 7
Central African Republic 39 13.8 15 3
Chad 21 2.7 4 1
Congo 41 6.4 — —
Congo, Dem. Rep. Of 29 5.1 8 3
Equatorial Guinea 37 0.5 — —
Gabon 73 4.2 33 12
Sao Tome and Principe 44 — — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
SOUTHERN AFRICA 50 20.7 53 51
Botswana 49 35.8 42 41
Lesotho 16 23.6 23 19
Namibia 27 19.5 29 26
South Africa 54 19.9 56 55
Swaziland 25 25.3 21 19

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
NORTH AMERICA 75 0.6 77 70
Canada 78 0.3 80 66
United States 75 0.6 76 71

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 74 0.6 70 61
CENTRAL AMERICA 66 0.5 64 56
Belize 49 2 47 44
Costa Rica 45 0.5 80 72
El Salvador 58 0.6 60 54
Guatemala 39 1.4 38 31
Honduras 46 1.9 50 41
Mexico 74 0.3 68 59
Nicaragua 57 0.2 60 57
Panama 56 1.5 — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
CARIBBEAN 61 2.1 — —
Antigua and Barbuda 37 — — —
Bahamas 84 4.1 — —
Barbados 38 1.2 — —
Cuba 75 z — —
Dominica 71 — — —
Dominican Republic 61 2.8 64 59
Grenada 34 — 54 49
Guadeloupe 48 — — —
Haiti 35 5.2 28 22
Jamaica 50 0.7 66 63
Martinique 93 — — —
Netherlands Antilles 70 — — —
Puerto Rico 71 — 78 68
St. Kitts-Nevis 43 — — —
Saint Lucia 30 — — —
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 44 — — —
Trinidad and Tobago 72 1.1 — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
SOUTH AMERICA 79 0.5 74 64
Argentina 90 0.7 — —
Bolivia 63 0.1 48 25
Brazil 81 0.6 77 70
Chile 86 0.2 — —
Colombia 71 0.3 77 63
Ecuador 62 0.3 66 52
French Guiana 79 — — —
Guyana 36 3 — —
Paraguay 52 0.1 57 48
Peru 72 0.4 69 50
Suriname 69 1.3 — —
Uruguay 92 0.3 — —
Venezuela 87 0.5 — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
ASIA 37 0.3 62 57
ASIA (Excl. China) 38 0.4 51 43
WESTERN ASIA 65 z 50 31
Armenia 67 z 61 22
Azerbaijan 51 z — —
Bahrain 88 0.2 62 31
Cyprus 66 0.1 — —
Georgia 56 z 41 20
Iraq 68 z — —
Israel 91 0.1 — —
Jordan 79 z 56 39
Kuwait 100 0.1 50 41
Lebanon 88 0.1 61 37
Oman 72 0.1 24 18
Palestinian Territory — — 51 37
Qatar 91 0.1 43 32
Saudi Arabia 83 z 32 29
Syria 50 z 49 32
Turkey 66 z 64 38
United Arab Emirates 84 0.2 28 24
Yemen 26 z 21 10

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA 30 0.5 47 40
Afghanistan 22 z — —
Bangladesh 21 z 54 43
Bhutan 15 z — 8
India 28 0.7 48 43
Iran 64 z 73 55
Kazakhstan 56 z 66 53
Kyrgyzstan 35 z 60 49
Maldives 25 0.1 18 —
Nepal 11 0.3 29 26
Pakistan 33 0.1 18 13
Sri Lanka 22 0.1 66 44
Tajikistan 27 z 21 —
Turkmenistan 44 z 62 53
Uzbekistan 38 z 56 51

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
SOUTHEAST ASIA 36 0.6 57 52
Brunei 67 0.2 — —
Cambodia 16 4 24 19
East Timor 8 — — —
Indonesia 39 0.1 57 55
Laos 17 0.1 25 21
Malaysia 57 0.4 — —
Myanmar 27 2 33 —
Philippines 47 0.1 47 32
Singapore 100 0.2 65 —
Thailand 30 2.2 72 70
Vietnam 24 0.2 75 56

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
EAST ASIA 42 0.1 80 77
China 36 0.1 83 81
China, Hong Kong SARe 100 0.1 86 —
China, Macao SARe 99 — — —
Japan 78 z 56 48
Korea, North 59 z 62 —
Korea, South 79 z 77 66
Mongolia 57 z 57 41
Taiwan 77 — — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
EUROPE 73 0.3 75 54
NORTHERN EUROPE 83 0.1 73 —
Denmark 72 0.2 — —
Estonia 69 z 70 56
Finland 60 0.1 79 —
Iceland 93 0.1 — —
Ireland 58 0.1 — —
Latvia 69 0.1 85 51
Lithuania 68 z 66 25
Norway 74 0.1 — —
Sweden 84 0.1 — —
United Kingdom 90 0.1 72 68

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
WESTERN EUROPE 79 0.2 81 —
Austria 65 0.2 68 53
Belgium 97 0.2 84 74
France 74 0.4 80 —
Germany 86 0.1 85 79
Liechtenstein 23 — — —
Luxembourg 88 0.2 — —
Monaco 100 — — —
Netherlands 62 0.2 74 71
Switzerland 68 0.5 82 —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
EASTERN EUROPE 68 0.3 68 41
Belarus 70 0.3 50 42
Bulgaria 68 z — —
Czech Republic 77 z 70 45
Hungary 64 0.1 73 68
Moldova 46 0.2 74 50
Poland 62 0.1 76 12
Romania 55 z 64 30
Russia 73 0.2 67 49
Slovakia 57 z 74 41
Ukraine 68 1 67 37

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
SOUTHERN EUROPE 70 0.4 — —
Albania 46 z — —
Andorra 93 — — —
Bosnia-Herzegovina 40 z — —
Croatia 54 z — —
Greece 59 0.2 — —
Italy 90 0.4 91 56
Macedoniaf 60 z — —
Malta 91 0.1 86 43
Portugal 48 0.7 — —
San Marino 89 — — —
Slovenia 50 z 84 54
Spain 64 0.6 72 71
Yugoslavia 52 0.1 — —

  Percent Urban Percent of Pop. 15-49 with HIV/AIDS End-1999 Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (All Methods) Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception* (Modern Methods)
OCEANIA 69 0.1 61 56
Australia 85 0.2 67 63
Federated States of Micronesia 27 — — —
Fiji 46 0.1 — —
French Polynesia 54 — — —
Guam 38 — — —
Kiribati 37 — — —
Marshall Islands 65 — — —
Nauru 100 — — —
New Caledonia 71 — — —
New Zealand 77 0.1 75 72
Palau 71 — — —
Papua-New Guinea 15 0.2 26 20
Solomon Islands 13 — — —
Tonga 32 — — —
Tuvalu 18 — — —
Vanuatu 21 — — 20
Western Samoa 33 — — —

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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