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Statistical Tables

Table 5: Demographic indicators

		Population (thousands) 1998		Population annual growth rate (%)		Crude death rate		Crude birth rate		Life expectancy		Total fertility rate	% population urbanized	Average annual growth rate of urban population (%)
	Under-5 mortality rank	under 18	under 5	1970-90	1990-98	1970	1998	1970	1998	1970	1998	1998	1998	1970-90	1990-98
Afghanistan	4	10321	4014	0.4	4.6	27	21	53	52	37	46	6.8	20	2.9	6.2
Albania	90	1117	314	2.2	-0.7	8	6	33	20	67	73	2.5	38	2.7	0.1
Algeria	88	13395	4022	3.0	2.3	16	6	49	29	53	69	3.8	56	4.3	3.3
Andorra	165	14	4	5.3	4.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	92	5.0	3.7
Angola	2	6542	2339	2.5	3.4	27	19	49	48	37	47	6.7	31	5.6	4.8
Antigua and Barbuda	133	24	7	0.6	0.6	7	5	26	18	67	76	1.7	36	1.0	0.5
Argentina	126	12175	3469	1.5	1.3	9	8	23	20	66	73	2.6	87	2.1	1.4
Armenia	104	1132	244	1.7	0.0	6	8	23	13	72	71	1.7	70	2.3	0.5
Australia	175	4675	1267	1.5	1.2	9	8	20	13	71	78	1.8	84	1.5	1.0
Austria	175	1708	444	0.2	0.7	13	10	15	10	70	77	1.4	64	0.2	0.5
Azerbaijan	80	2759	682	1.6	0.9	7	7	29	16	68	70	2.0	56	2.0	1.3
Bahamas	130	107	33	2.0	1.9	7	5	30	23	66	74	2.6	85	2.8	2.1
Bahrain	133	212	63	4.0	2.4	9	4	40	20	62	73	2.8	89	4.5	2.5
Bangladesh	48	55857	14697	2.5	1.6	21	10	48	28	44	58	3.1	19	5.9	3.8
Barbados	146	71	18	0.4	0.5	9	8	22	12	69	76	1.5	48	1.4	1.2
Belarus	110	2542	522	0.6	0.1	9	13	16	10	71	68	1.4	72	2.7	1.0
Belgium	165	2129	561	0.2	0.2	12	10	15	11	71	77	1.6	97	0.3	0.2
Belize	83	109	34	2.1	2.6	8	4	40	31	66	75	3.6	45	1.8	1.7
Benin	22	3109	1015	2.7	2.7	25	13	53	41	43	53	5.8	39	6.2	4.3
Bhutan	41	980	332	2.4	2.1	22	10	42	38	42	61	5.5	6	4.9	4.9
Bolivia	57	3694	1188	2.2	2.4	20	9	46	33	46	62	4.3	61	3.8	3.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	137	905	192	0.9	-2.0	7	7	23	10	66	73	1.4	41	2.8	-1.2
Botswana	77	784	241	3.5	2.6	15	16	50	34	52	47	4.3	64	11.8	7.9
Brazil	85	60185	16008	2.2	1.4	10	7	35	20	59	67	2.3	78	3.6	2.0
Brunei Darussalam	156	122	36	3.4	2.5	7	3	36	22	67	76	2.8	69	3.7	3.0
Bulgaria	144	1776	381	0.1	-0.6	9	14	16	9	71	71	1.2	69	1.3	0.0
Burkina Faso	22	6128	2137	2.6	2.8	25	19	53	46	39	45	6.5	16	6.8	4.8
Burundi	17	3438	1150	2.2	2.1	20	20	44	42	44	43	6.2	8	7.7	6.2
Cambodia	24	5110	1602	1.1	2.7	19	13	42	34	43	53	4.6	21	2.8	5.2
Cameroon	27	7213	2416	2.8	2.8	21	12	45	39	44	55	5.3	46	6.2	4.4
Canada	165	7178	1857	1.3	1.2	7	7	17	11	73	79	1.6	76	1.4	1.1
Cape Verde	65	193	60	1.2	2.2	12	6	40	32	57	69	3.5	56	5.4	5.3
Central African Rep.	18	1723	557	2.3	2.1	22	19	43	37	42	45	4.9	39	3.4	2.8
Chad	13	3805	1314	2.3	2.9	26	18	49	44	38	47	6.0	22	5.1	3.7
Chile	148	5046	1455	1.6	1.5	10	6	29	20	62	75	2.4	83	2.1	1.6
China	79	380453	98570	1.6	1.0	8	7	33	16	61	70	1.8	31	3.8	3.4
Colombia	104	16113	4793	2.2	1.9	9	6	38	24	61	71	2.8	72	3.2	2.4
Comoros	53	332	104	3.2	2.8	18	9	50	36	48	59	4.8	31	5.2	3.8
Congo	47	1470	513	2.8	2.8	20	16	46	44	46	49	6.0	59	5.2	4.1
Congo, Dem. Rep.	9	26744	9554	3.1	3.4	20	15	48	46	45	51	6.4	29	2.7	3.7
Cook Islands	104	8	2	-0.8	0.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	63	0.0	1.1
Costa Rica	145	1515	432	2.8	2.9	6	4	34	23	67	76	2.8	49	3.6	3.4
Côte d'Ivoire	28	7340	2266	3.7	2.6	20	16	52	37	44	47	5.0	44	5.7	3.7
Croatia	156	988	234	0.4	-0.1	10	11	15	11	69	73	1.6	57	1.9	0.5
Cuba	160	2861	746	1.1	0.6	7	7	30	13	69	76	1.6	76	2.1	1.1
Cyprus	156	223	57	0.5	1.6	10	7	19	14	71	78	2.0	54	1.6	2.4
Czech Rep.	165	2226	503	0.2	0.0	13	11	16	9	70	74	1.2	65	1.4	0.1
Denmark	175	1098	329	0.2	0.3	10	12	16	12	73	76	1.7	85	0.5	0.3
Djibouti	26	298	97	6.3	2.3	24	15	48	37	40	51	5.3	82	7.5	2.6
Dominica	133	25	7	0.1	0.0	11	6	26	22	-	76	1.9	69	1.9	0.3
Dominican Rep.	75	3292	948	2.4	1.8	11	5	42	24	58	71	2.8	62	4.2	2.7
Ecuador	89	5036	1463	2.7	2.1	12	6	42	25	58	70	3.1	59	4.3	3.0
Egypt	68	28569	8024	2.3	2.0	17	7	40	26	51	67	3.3	45	2.6	2.1
El Salvador	97	2588	786	1.8	2.1	12	6	44	28	57	69	3.1	45	2.4	2.3
Equatorial Guinea	20	213	74	1.0	2.5	24	16	40	41	40	50	5.5	44	2.4	4.9
Eritrea	45	1814	616	2.3	2.7	21	14	47	40	43	51	5.7	17	4.2	3.6
Estonia	126	334	65	0.7	-1.2	11	14	15	9	70	69	1.3	74	1.2	-0.8
Ethiopia	18	31275	10815	2.6	2.7	24	20	50	44	40	43	6.3	16	4.4	5.2
Fiji	120	317	84	1.7	1.2	7	4	34	22	64	73	2.7	41	2.2	1.8
Finland	175	1154	307	0.4	0.4	10	10	15	11	70	77	1.7	64	1.4	0.9
France	175	13467	3589	0.6	0.4	11	9	17	12	72	78	1.7	75	0.8	0.6
Gabon	30	527	185	3.1	2.8	21	16	33	38	44	52	5.4	51	6.0	4.3
Gambia	59	570	200	3.4	3.6	28	17	50	40	36	47	5.2	29	6.1	5.1
Georgia	120	1393	357	0.7	-1.0	10	9	19	14	68	73	1.9	60	1.6	-0.1
Germany	175	15790	3919	0.1	0.4	12	11	14	9	71	77	1.3	87	0.4	0.7
Ghana	49	9709	3144	2.8	3.0	17	9	47	37	49	60	5.1	36	3.6	3.6
Greece	162	2079	501	0.8	0.5	8	10	17	9	72	78	1.3	59	1.3	0.5
Grenada	109	33	9	-0.2	0.3	-	7	-	26	-	72	3.6	37	0.2	1.2
Guatemala	74	5537	1787	2.6	2.6	15	7	45	36	52	64	4.9	38	2.8	2.8
Guinea	14	3779	1234	1.9	3.0	27	17	51	42	37	47	5.5	30	5.0	5.0
Guinea-Bissau	11	567	196	3.1	2.2	28	20	42	42	36	45	5.7	22	4.5	3.6
Guyana	60	313	89	0.6	0.8	11	7	38	22	60	65	2.3	36	1.2	1.9
Haiti	36	3897	1122	2.1	1.7	19	12	39	32	47	54	4.3	33	4.0	3.3
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	-	-
Honduras	81	3039	959	3.2	2.9	15	5	49	33	52	70	4.2	44	4.9	3.8
Hungary	149	2177	537	0.0	-0.3	11	14	15	10	69	71	1.4	66	1.2	0.5
Iceland	175	78	22	1.1	1.0	7	7	22	16	74	79	2.1	91	1.5	0.9
India	49	395791	115615	2.1	1.8	17	9	39	25	49	63	3.1	27	3.4	2.2
Indonesia	71	77808	21967	2.1	1.5	18	7	41	23	48	65	2.5	37	5.1	3.6
Iran	100	30375	7283	3.4	1.9	16	5	45	21	55	69	2.8	59	4.9	2.6
Iraq	37	10593	3327	3.3	2.3	16	8	49	36	55	63	5.2	74	4.6	2.7
Ireland	162	1010	253	0.9	0.6	11	8	22	14	71	76	1.9	58	1.3	0.8
Israel	165	2011	579	2.2	3.1	7	6	27	20	71	78	2.7	89	2.6	2.9
Italy	165	10068	2670	0.3	0.1	10	10	17	9	72	78	1.2	67	0.5	0.1
Jamaica	149	963	276	1.2	0.9	8	6	35	22	68	75	2.5	54	2.2	1.7
Japan	189	23653	6097	0.8	0.3	7	8	19	10	72	80	1.4	78	1.3	0.5
Jordan	93	3088	999	3.5	3.9	18	5	52	35	54	70	4.8	70	4.9	4.3
Kazakhstan	83	5584	1431	1.2	-0.3	9	9	26	18	64	68	2.3	61	2.0	0.3
Kenya	40	15025	4435	3.6	2.6	18	12	53	34	50	52	4.4	30	8.0	5.4
Kiribati	62	37	12	1.8	1.5	-	8	41	32	-	60	4.5	36	3.3	1.9
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	104	7415	2387	1.8	1.6	10	5	41	21	60	72	2.0	61	2.3	1.8
Korea, Rep. of	175	12496	3430	1.5	0.9	10	6	30	15	60	73	1.7	82	4.4	2.2
Kuwait	147	779	195	5.3	-2.1	5	2	47	22	66	76	2.9	97	6.3	-2.0
Kyrgyzstan	69	1953	562	2.0	0.7	11	7	31	25	62	68	3.2	39	2.1	1.1
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	41	2606	875	2.1	2.7	23	13	44	39	40	53	5.7	21	5.1	4.8
Latvia	126	568	111	0.6	-1.3	11	14	14	8	70	69	1.3	75	1.3	-0.7
Lebanon	94	1249	372	0.2	2.8	11	6	35	23	64	70	2.7	86	1.9	3.1
Lesotho	33	960	311	2.4	2.3	20	12	43	35	48	56	4.7	25	6.4	5.1
Liberia	6	1453	432	3.1	0.4	21	15	49	44	46	48	6.3	44	5.5	1.0
Libya	117	2489	699	4.0	2.4	16	5	50	29	52	70	3.8	84	7.0	2.7
Liechtenstein	149	7	2	1.6	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	2.0	0.0
Lithuania	120	916	201	0.9	-0.1	9	12	17	10	71	70	1.4	73	2.5	0.6
Luxembourg	175	90	27	0.6	1.3	12	9	13	12	70	77	1.7	89	1.8	1.6
Madagascar	25	7577	2704	2.6	3.2	20	11	47	40	45	58	5.4	27	5.1	5.2
Malawi	7	5580	1948	3.6	1.3	24	23	56	47	40	39	6.7	14	7.1	2.9
Malaysia	153	8781	2685	2.5	2.3	10	5	37	25	61	72	3.1	54	4.6	3.3
Maldives	56	138	42	2.9	2.8	17	7	40	35	50	65	5.3	27	6.3	3.1
Mali	5	5745	1965	2.4	2.4	26	16	51	47	42	54	6.5	28	5.1	4.2
Malta	162	98	25	0.8	1.0	9	8	16	13	70	77	1.9	89	1.5	1.1
Marshall Islands	52	27	9	3.0	3.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	3.1	3.9
Mauritania	16	1277	431	2.5	2.8	22	13	45	40	43	54	5.5	53	8.1	5.3
Mauritius	120	362	98	1.2	1.0	7	6	28	16	62	72	1.9	40	1.0	1.0
Mexico	97	38751	11224	2.5	1.8	10	5	45	24	61	72	2.7	72	3.5	1.8
Micronesia, Fed. States of	117	52	17	2.3	2.0	-	6	-	28	-	67	4.0	28	2.6	3.1
Moldova, Rep. of	94	1315	296	1.0	0.0	10	11	18	13	65	68	1.7	53	3.0	1.3
Monaco	175	7	2	1.1	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	1.1	1.2
Mongolia	28	1113	283	2.8	1.9	14	6	42	23	53	66	2.6	61	4.1	2.6
Morocco	67	10997	3131	2.2	1.7	17	7	47	26	52	67	3.0	52	3.8	2.8
Mozambique	10	9670	3365	2.1	3.6	22	19	46	43	42	44	6.2	35	9.6	7.0
Myanmar	44	15978	4179	2.0	1.2	17	9	41	21	49	60	2.4	27	2.4	1.9
Namibia	62	801	261	2.7	2.6	18	14	43	36	47	51	4.9	37	5.1	4.8
Nauru	104	-	-	2.6	1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	100	2.6	1.2
Nepal	51	11066	3449	2.5	2.5	22	11	45	34	42	58	4.4	11	6.6	4.5
Netherlands	175	3410	946	0.7	0.6	8	9	17	11	74	78	1.5	89	0.9	0.5
New Zealand	165	1030	288	0.9	1.5	9	8	22	15	72	77	2.0	85	1.1	1.6
Nicaragua	77	2445	796	2.9	2.8	14	6	48	36	54	68	4.4	62	4.1	3.4
Niger	3	5526	1997	3.1	3.3	26	17	59	48	38	49	6.8	19	6.0	5.3
Nigeria	15	53769	17607	2.8	2.5	22	15	50	39	43	50	5.1	41	5.6	4.4
Niue	-	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	-	-
Norway	189	1020	295	0.4	0.5	10	10	18	13	74	78	1.9	73	1.0	0.7
Oman	140	1228	388	4.5	3.6	22	4	51	35	47	71	5.8	77	13.1	6.3
Pakistan	33	71952	23470	3.0	2.7	19	8	48	36	49	64	5.0	34	4.2	3.6
Palau	97	9	3	2.0	3.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	68	3.0	2.1
Panama	133	1051	303	2.3	1.8	8	5	38	22	65	74	2.6	56	2.9	2.2
Papua New Guinea	45	2089	657	2.3	2.3	18	10	42	32	46	58	4.6	16	4.3	3.1
Paraguay	100	2458	757	2.9	2.7	9	5	37	31	65	70	4.1	52	4.3	3.5
Peru	73	10146	2900	2.5	1.7	14	6	42	25	54	68	2.9	71	3.4	2.0
Philippines	81	32012	9692	2.4	2.3	10	6	39	28	57	68	3.6	55	4.4	3.7
Poland	149	10069	2225