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 Statistical profiles
 

 Less populous countries
   
The countries listed below are those with populations of less than 1 million.
                             
  League tables†  
Stunting
1990-1997		 DPT3
1998		 HIV/AIDS
prevalence
(15-24 years)
(%)
1999		 Total
population
(thousands)
1998		 Population
under 18
(thousands)
1998		 Annual
no. of
births
(thousands)
1998		 Annual
no. of
under-5
deaths
(thousands)
1998		 Under-5
mortality
rate
1998		 GNP
per
capita
($)
1998		 % of
under-5
children
under-
weight
1990-97		 Net
primary
school
enrolment/
attendance/a
(%)
1994-99		 Total
fertility
rate
1998		 Maternal
mortality
ratio/b
reported
1980-98
   
Female
Male		  
Andorra – 90 – – 72 14 1 0 6 **** – – – –
Antigua/Barbuda – 100 – – 67 24 1 0 20 8450 – 98 1.7 150
Bahamas – 89 2.7 3.9 296 107 6 0 21 11830 – 99 2.6 –
Bahrain 12 98 <0.01 <0.01 595 212 11 0 20 7640 9 97 2.8 46
Barbados – 93 0.8 1.2 268 71 3 0 15 7890 – 100 1.5 0
Belize – 87 0.9 2.2 230 109 7 0 43 2660 6 88 3.6 140
Brunei Darussalam – 97 <0.01 <0.01 315 122 6 0 9 25160 – 91 2.8 0
Cape Verde 16 80 – – 408 193 13 1 73 1200 14 99 3.5 55
Comoros 34 75 – – 658 332 23 2 90 370 26 60 4.8 500
Cook Islands – 95 – – 19 8 0 0 30 – – 98 – –
Cyprus – 98 0.07 0.1 771 223 10 0 9 11920 – 96 2.0 0
Djibouti 26 23 13.9 8.8 623 298 23 4 156 ** 18 33 5.3 –
Dominica – 99 – – 71 25 1 0 20 3150 – 89 1.9 65
Equatorial Guinea – 81 0.6 0.3 431 213 17 3 171 1110 – 89 5.5 –
Fiji 3 86 – – 796 317 17 0 23 2210 8 99 2.7 38
Grenada – 97 – – 93 33 2 0 28 3250 – 98 3.6 0
Guyana 10 90 2.3 3.9 850 313 18 1 79 780 12 87 2.3 190
Iceland – 98 0.06 0.1 276 78 4 0 5 27830 – 98 2.1 –
Kiribati – 88 – – 81 37 3 0 74 1170 – 71 4.5 –
Liechtenstein –

–

 – – 32 7 0 0 11 *** – – – –
Luxembourg – 94 – – 422 90 5 0 5 45100 – – 1.7 0
Maldives 27 97 – – 271 138 9 1 87 1130 43 93 5.3 350
Malta – 92 – – 384 98 4 0 7 10100 – 100 1.9 –
Marshall Islands – 86 – – 60 27 2 0 92 1540 – 100 – –
Micronesia (Fed. States of) – 80 – – 114 52 4 0 24 1800 – – 4.0 –
Monaco – 99 – – 33 7 0 0 5 **** – – – –
Nauru – 50 – – 11 – 0 0 30 – – 98 – –
Niue – 100 – – 2 1 0 – – – – 100 – –
Palau – 74 – – 19 9 1 0 34 *** –

–

 – –
Qatar 8 94 <0.01 <0.01 579 180 10 0 18 **** 6

94

 3.7 10
Saint Kitts and Nevis – 98 – – 39 14 1 0 37 6190 –

89

 2.4 130
Saint Lucia – 88 – – 150 54 3 0 21 3660 –

–

 2.4 30
Saint Vincent/Grenadines – 99 – – 112 40 2 0 23 2560 – 84 2.2 43
Samoa – 100 – – 174 80 4 0 27 1070 – 93 4.1 –
San Marino – 98 – – 26 5 0 0 6 – – – – –
Sao Tome/Principe 26 73 – – 141 75 6 0 77 270 16 93y 4.7 –
Seychelles – 99 – – 76 40 3 0 18 6420 – 100 2.1 –
Solomon Islands – 69 – – 417 210 14 0 26 760 – – 4.8 550
Suriname – 90 0.8 1.3 414 162 8 0 35 1660 – – 2.2 110
Swaziland – 76 28 13 952 477 36 3 90 1400 – 91 4.7 230
Tonga – 97 – – 98 41 2 0 23 1750 – 95 3.6 –
Tuvalu – 94 – – 11 5 0 0 56 – – 100 – –
Vanuatu –

93

 – – 182 89 5 0 49 1260

–

 90 4.3 –
† See appropriate chapter for full description.
a/, b/ and y/ See statistical profiles for definitions.
** GNP per capita estimated range $761 to $3030.
*** GNP per capita estimated range $3031 to $9360.
**** GNP per capita estimated range $9361 or more.
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