The State of the World's Children 2000

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Statistical Tables

Table 1: Basic indicators

    Under-5
mortality
rate
Infant
mortality
rate
(under 1)

Total
Population
(thousands)
Annual
no. of
births
(thousands)
Annual
no. of
under-5
deaths
(thousands)
GNP
per capita
(US$)
Life
expectancy
at birth
(years)
Total
adult
literacy
rate
Primary
school
enrolment
ratio
(gross)
% share
of household
income
1990-96*

  Under-5
mortality
rank
19601998196019981998199819981997199819951990-96*lowest
40%
highest
20%
 
Afghanistan4360257215165213541113286250x463249--
Albania901513711230311963276073-101--
Algeria8825540152353008187535150069581071943
Andorra165-6-57210d-----
Angola2345292208170120925831702604742x88--
Antigua and Barbuda133-20-17671073807695x100x--
Argentina12672226019361237151689507396113--
Armenia1044830382535364515607110086--
Australia1752452051852024612065078-1031941x
Austria17543537581408202792077-10025x33x
Azerbaijan80744655367669122651070100107--
Bahamas130682151182966011830x7496100--
Bahrain13320320130165951108640x7385106--
Bangladesh482471061517912477434683683605838692338
Barbados14690157413268306590x769790--
Belarus110472737221031598321506899982633
Belgium1653563161014110612673077-1032435
Belize831044374352307026707570x121--
Benin22300165176101578123839380533276--
Bhutan41300116175842004759430614225x--
Bolivia5725585152667957262229706282951548
Bosnia and Herzegovina13716019105163675371a73----
Botswana77170481173815705233310477311211x59x
Brazil851774211536165851334014047906783123864
Brunei Darussalam1568796383156025160x7689107--
Bulgaria14470174914833671111707198992139
Burkina Faso223151651811091130551986250451940--
Burundi17255176151106645727148140434251--
Cambodia2421716314610410716364593005365x131--
Cameroon27255153151941430556286620556388--
Canada165336286305633442196407997x1022039
Cape Verde65164731105440813110906969131--
Central African Rep.18327173187113348513022320454058--
Chad13325198195118727031863230474865--
Chile1481381210711148242913482075951011061
China79209471403812556982013494686070801201548
Colombia1041303082254080398830218071901181062
Comoros532659020067658232400595774--
Congo47220108143812785121136704974114--
Congo, Dem. Rep.9302207175128491392264469110517772--
Cook Islands104-30-261900--99x98--
Costa Rica1451121680143841891268076951071352
Côte d'Ivoire2830015019590142925338071047407118x44x
Croatia15698970844814704060739787--
Cuba1605483971111614311170x7696106--
Cyprus15636930877110010260x7895100--
Czech Rep.16525622510282881524074-1042437
Denmark17525522552706303489076-1002535
Djibouti26289156186111623234b514638--
Dominica133-20-177110304076----
Dominican Rep.7514951102438232196101750718210312x56x
Ecuador8918039115301217530912157070891271453
Egypt682826918951659781726119120067511022141
El Salvador9721034130306032166618106976941254
Equatorial Guinea2031617118810843117310605078149x--
Eritrea452501121707035771441623051-54--
Estonia12652224018142912033606998941746
Ethiopia1828017317511059649265245911043333721x41x
Fiji1209723711979617024607391128--
Finland17528522451545702479077-1002436
France1753452955868371342630078-10620x40x
Gabon3028714417185116743641205263---
Gambia5936482207641229494340473977--
Georgia120702352195059692860739984--
Germany1754053458213374942828077-10323x37x
Ghana492151051276719162711753906064762042
Greece1626475361060097111640789694--
Grenada109-28-23932031407296x88x--
Guatemala742025213641108013932015806465848x63x
Guinea143801972151247337309615504736481150
Guinea-Bissau1133620520013011614810230453164959
Guyana601267910058850181800659895--
Haiti3625313016991795225333380544456--
Holy See--------------
Honduras8120444137336147203974070701111158
Hungary1495711511010116971451071991042438
Iceland1752251752764026470x79-98--
India492361051446998222324671259037063501012239
Indonesia7121656128402063384662261111065841142043
Iran1002333314529657581389461780697190--
Iraq371711251171032180079299b635885--
Ireland16236731636815201779076-10318x43x
Israel16539632659841171161807895991843
Italy165506446573695123201707898992139
Jamaica149761158102538541155075851071648
Japan189404314126281126153816080-10222x38x
Jordan931393697306304218815207086941650
Kazakhstan83744355361631929813135068100962040
Kenya4020511712275290089871153405277851062
Kiribati62-74-5481309106093x91--
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.1041203085232334848515970x72-104x--
Korea, Rep. of17512759054610968231055073979420x42x
Kuwait147128138912181139120190x767975--
Kyrgyzstan6918066135564643117848068971071842
Lao People's Dem. Rep.412351161559651632022340053571112340
Latvia126442235182424200243069100962337
Lebanon9485356529319174333507083111--
Lesotho3320313613794206272106805681979x60x
Liberia6288235190157266611728490x484535x--
Libya1172702415920533915645540x7074110--
Liechtenstein149-11-103200d-100x---
Lithuania12070235219369436122607099982042
Luxembourg1754153354225044690x77-99--
Madagascar253641572199515057600942505846731650
Malawi7361213205134103464891042103956135--
Malaysia15310510739214105255453072849113x54x
Maldives5630087180622719111806595125--
Mali551723729314410694499118260543237--
Malta1624273763844093307791110--
Marshall Islands52-92-6360201610-91x95--
Mauritania1631018318012025291021944054378314x47x
Mauritius12092236719114117038707282107--
Mexico9713434942895831233579370072891151255
Micronesia, Fed. States of117-24-201144019206781x100--
Moldova, Rep. of948835642843785624606898961942
Monaco175-5-53300d-----
Mongolia2818515012810525795893906683892041
Morocco672207013557273777064912606744841746
Mozambique1031320618012918880817168140443860--
Myanmar442521131698044497943107220x6083100--
Namibia622067412957166059421105178131--
Nauru104-30-251100------
Nepal5129710019972228477797822058361101945
Netherlands1752251851567817912583078-1072140
New Zealand16526622537965701583077-10316x45x
Nicaragua7719348130394807172841068661101255
Niger3354280211166100784881372004913291944
Nigeria1520718712311210640941147692805057891349
Niue-----20---99x---
Norway18923419444195703610078-992435
Oman140280181641523828314940x716477--
Pakistan332261361399514816653067225006439742140
Palau97-34-281910c-98x103--
Panama133104206718276761130807491104860
Papua New Guinea45204112137794600146169305872801257
Paraguay100903366275222162520007092112862
Peru7323454142432479761133261068881221450
Philippines8111044803272944206491120068941171650
Poland14970116210387184185359073100962337
Portugal156112981898691031110107590128--
Qatar140239181451557910011340x727986--
Romania11782246921224742025141070981042435
Russian Federation11564254821147434142036268067991082038
Rwanda2121017012410566042824821041608223x39x
Saint Kitts and Nevis90-37-30391062607090x---
Saint Lucia130-21-1815030351070-95x--
Saint Vincent/Grenadines120-23-201122024207382x95x--
Samoa11021027134221744011407198x107--
San Marino165-6-62600