The indicators used to construct the main league tables in The Progress
of Nations 1996 include: the maternal mortality rate; the percentage of
primary school age girls not in school; and the percentage of under-five
children underweight. Using these same indicators, the following table shows the
progress of those countries with populations less than 1 million. The regional
standing of these less populous countries can be assessed by comparing the
figures here with the relevant league tables. For better display and printing, the table below is available in a self-executing 
Lotus 1-2-3 file.
Population (thousands) 1994 |
Annual no. of births (thousands) |
Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands) |
Under-5 mortality rate |
GNP per capita ($) |
% of under-5 children under- weight |
% of children reaching grade 5 |
Maternal mortality rate |
% of primary school age girls not in school |
Total fertility rate |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 16 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1994 | 1976-94 | 1986-94 | 1990 | 1990-94 | 1994 | |
| Antigua/Barbuda | 65 | 27 | 1 | 0.0 | 23 | 6970 | 10 | - | - | - | 1.7 |
| Bahamas | 272 | 86 | 5 | 0.1 | 28 | 11790 | - | 100 | 100 | 4 | 2.0 |
| Bahrain | 549 | 187 | 15 | 0.3 | 20 | 7500 | - | 99 | 60 | 0 | 3.7 |
| Barbados | 261 | 66 | 4 | 0.0 | 10 | 6530 | 5 | 80 | 43 | 22 | 1.8 |
| Belize | 210 | 95 | 7 | 0.3 | 41 | 2550 | - | - | - | - | 4.0 |
| British Virgin Islands | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0.0 | 29 | 8500 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brunei Darussalam | 280 | 102 | 7 | 0.1 | 10 | 14240 | - | 100 | 60 | 11 | 3.0 |
| Cape Verde | 381 | 171 | 14 | 1.0 | 73 | 910 | 19 | - | - | - | 4.2 |
| Comoros | 630 | 320 | 30 | 3.8 | 126 | 510 | - | 58 | 950 | 54 | 6.9 |
| Cook Islands | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 28 | 1550 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cyprus | 734 | 204 | 13 | 0.1 | 10 | 10380 | - | 84 | 5 | 3 | 2.4 |
| Djibouti | 566 | 251 | 21 | 3.3 | 158 | 780 | 23 | 34 | 570 | 74 | 5.7 |
| Dominica | 71 | 26 | 2 | 0.0 | 21 | 2830 | 5 | 93 | - | - | 2.4 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 389 | 176 | 17 | 3.0 | 177 | 430 | - | - | 820 | - | 5.8 |
| Fiji | 771 | 291 | 18 | 0.5 | 27 | 2320 | - | 87 | 90 | 0 | 2.9 |
| Grenada | 92 | 35 | 2 | 0.1 | 34 | 2620 | - | - | - | - | 2.8 |
| Guyana | 825 | 284 | 20 | 1.2 | 61 | 530 | 18 | 97 | - | - | 2.5 |
| Iceland | 266 | 69 | 5 | 0.0 | 5 | 24590 | - | - | 0 | - | 2.2 |
| Kiribati | 77 | 30 | 2 | 0.2 | 78 | 730 | - | 83 | - | 0 | 3.7 |
| Luxembourg | 401 | 73 | 5 | 0.1 | 9 | 39850 | - | - | 0 | - | 1.7 |
| Maldives | 246 | 121 | 10 | 0.8 | 78 | 900 | 39 | - | - | 39 | 6.6 |
| Malta | 364 | 87 | 5 | 0.1 | 12 | 7970 | - | 100 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 |
| Marshall Islands | 52 | 22 | 1 | 0.1 | 92 | 1680 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Micronesia, Fed. States | 121 | 50 | 4 | 0.1 | 29 | 1890 | - | - | - | - | 4.7 |
| Montserrat | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 14 | 3330 | - | - | - | 0 | 2.3 |
| Palau | 17 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 790 | - | - | - | 0 | - |
| Qatar | 540 | 157 | 11 | 0.3 | 24 | 14540 | - | 56 | - | 20 | 4.2 |
| Saint Kitts/Nevis | 41 | 13 | 1 | 0.0 | 41 | 4760 | - | 88 | - | - | 2.5 |
| Saint Lucia | 141 | 69 | 4 | 0.1 | 22 | 3450 | 14 | 95 | - | 9 | 3.1 |
| Saint Vincent/Grenadines | 111 | 45 | 2 | 0.1 | 23 | 2120 | - | - | - | - | 2.4 |
| Samoa | 169 | 84 | 6 | 0.3 | 55 | 970 | - | - | 35 | - | 4.4 |
| Sao Tome/Principe | 130 | 53 | 5 | 0.4 | 82 | 250 | 17 | 88 | - | - | 4.8 |
| Seychelles | 73 | 26 | 2 | 0.0 | 20 | 6210 | 6 | 99 | - | - | 2.6 |
| Solomon Islands | 366 | 172 | 14 | 0.5 | 32 | 800 | - | 81 | - | - | 5.3 |
| Suriname | 418 | 155 | 10 | 0.3 | 33 | 870 | - | 99 | - | - | 2.6 |
| Swaziland | 832 | 381 | 32 | 3.4 | 107 | 1160 | 10 | 78 | 560 | 7 | 4.7 |
| Tonga | 98 | 35 | 3 | 0.1 | 24 | 1640 | - | 92 | - | 3 | 3.5 |
| Turks/Caicos Islands | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 31 | 780 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuvalu | 9 | 4 | - | - | 56 | 650 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| Vanuatu | 165 | 76 | 6 | 0.4 | 59 | 1150 | 20 | 61 | 280 | 28 | 4.6 |