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Table 1: Basic indicators

	Under 5 mortality rate		Infant mortality rate (under 1)		Total population (millions) 1994	Annual no. of births (thousands) 1994	Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands) 1994	GNP per capita (US$) 1993		Life expectancy at birth (years) 1994	Total adult literacy rate 1990		Primary school enrolment ratio (gross) 1986-93		% share of household income 1980-93
	1960	1994	1960	1994	Total population (millions) 1994	Annual no. of births (thousands) 1994	Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands) 1994	GNP per capita (US$) 1993		Life expectancy at birth (years) 1994	Total adult literacy rate 1990		Primary school enrolment ratio (gross) 1986-93		lowest 40%		highest 20%
1 Niger	320	320	191	191	8.9	459	147	270		46	12		29		..		..
2 Angola	345	292	208	170	10.7	542	158	700		46	42		91		..		..
3 Sierra Leone	385	284	219	164	4.4	214	61	150		39	27		48		..		..
4 Mozambique	331	277	190	161	15.5	699	194	90		46	35		60		..		..
5 Afghanistan	360	257	215	165	18.9	970	249	280	x	43	27		24		..		..
6 Guinea-Bissau	336	231	200	137	1.1	44	10	240		43	50		60		9		59
7 Guinea	337	223	203	131	6.5	326	73	500		44	31		42		..		..
8 Malawi	365	221	206	140	10.8	535	118	200		46	52	x	66		..		..
9 Liberia	288	217	192	144	2.9	138	30	450	x	55	34		35		..		..
10 Mali	400	214	233	119	10.5	525	112	270		46	25		25		..		..
11 Gambia	375	213	213	129	1.1	46	10	350		45	34		69		..		..
12 Somalia	294	211	175	125	9.1	458	97	120	x	47	24		11	x	..		..
13 Zambia	220	203	135	114	9.2	402	82	380		49	73		95		15		50
14 Chad	325	202	195	119	6.2	269	54	210		47	43		65		..		..
15 Eritrea	294	200	175	117	3.4	146	29	100		50	..		..		..		..
16 Ethiopia	294	200	175	117	53.4	2562	511	100		47	31	x	22		21		41
17 Mauritania	321	199	191	114	2.2	87	17	500		51	35		62		14		46
18 Bhutan	324	193	203	125	1.6	64	12	170		50	37		25		..		..
19 Nigeria	204	191	122	114	108.5	4855	927	300		50	49		76		15		49
20 Zaire	286	186	167	120	42.6	2002	372	220	x	52	72		70		..		..
21 Uganda	218	185	129	111	20.6	1055	195	180		45	57		80		21		42
22 Cambodia	217	177	146	113	10.0	417	74	200	x	51	35		..		..		..
23 Burundi	255	176	151	106	6.2	281	50	180		50	31		69		..		..
24 Central African Rep.	294	175	174	103	3.2	133	23	400		49	50		68		..		..
25 Burkina Faso	318	169	183	89	10.1	465	79	300		47	16		37		..		..
26 Madagascar	364	164	219	100	14.3	616	101	220		56	80		79		..		..
27 Tanzania, U. Rep. of	249	159	147	105	28.9	1228	195	90		52	62		68		8		63
28 Lesotho	204	156	138	106	2.0	73	11	650		60	67		106		9		60
29 Gabon	287	151	171	91	1.3	49	7	4960		53	56		..		..		..
30 Cote d'Ivoire	300	150	195	90	13.8	682	102	630		51	34		69		18		44
31 Benin	310	142	184	85	5.3	253	36	430		47	30		66		..		..
32 Rwanda	191	139	115	80	7.8	340	47	210		47	54		77		23		39
33 Lao Peo. Dem. Rep.	233	138	155	94	4.7	211	29	280		51	52	x	98		..		..
34 Pakistan	221	137	137	95	136.7	5461	748	430		61	34		46		21		40
35 Togo	264	132	155	83	4.0	177	23	340		55	45		111		..		..
36 Ghana	213	131	126	76	16.9	695	91	430		56	58		74		18		44
37 Haiti	260	127	170	74	7.0	246	31	370	x	56	41		56		..		..
38 Sudan	292	122	170	74	27.4	1078	131	480	x	53	40		51		..		..
39 India	236	119	144	79	918.6	26095	3103	300		60	48		102		21		41
40 Nepal	290	118	190	84	21.4	827	98	190		53	24		102		22		40
41 Bangladesh	247	117	151	91	117.8	4127	483	220		55	35		77		23		39
42 Senegal	303	115	174	60	8.1	344	40	750		49	29		59		11		59
43 Yemen, Rep. of	340	112	230	78	13.9	670	75	520	x	50	39		78		..		..
44 Indonesia	216	111	127	71	194.6	4684	520	740		62	82		115		21		42
45 Bolivia	252	110	152	73	7.2	255	28	760		59	79		85		15		48
46 Cameroon	264	109	156	69	12.9	520	57	820		56	57		101		..		..
47 Congo	220	109	143	82	2.5	112	12	950		51	68		..		..		..
48 Myanmar	237	109	158	79	45.6	1457	159	220	x	57	81		105		..		..
49 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	269	95	160	64	5.2	216	21	5310	x	63	70		..		..		..
50 Papua New Guinea	248	95	165	67	4.2	139	13	1130		56	68		73		..		..
51 Kenya	202	90	120	61	27.3	1201	108	270		56	72		95		10		62
52 Turkmenistan	..	87	..	70	4.0	124	11	1230	x	65	98	x	..		..		..
53 Tajikistan	..	81	..	63	5.9	212	17	470		70	98	x	..		..		..
54 Zimbabwe	181	81	109	57	11.0	421	34	520		54	82		119		10		62
55 Namibia	206	78	129	62	1.5	55	4	1820		59	..		124		..		..
56 Mongolia	185	76	128	58	2.4	63	5	390		63	80		89		..		..
57 Iraq, Rep. of	171	71	117	57	19.9	751	54	1036	x	66	52		89		..		..
58 Guatemala	205	70	137	51	10.3	393	28	1100		65	53		79		8		63
59 South Africa	126	68	89	52	40.6	1247	85	2980		63	80	x	109		9		63
60 Nicaragua	209	68	140	49	4.3	168	11	340		66	64	x	102		12		55
61 Algeria	243	65	148	54	27.3	775	50	1780		67	55		99		18		47
62 Uzbekistan	..	64	..	52	22.4	678	43	970		69	97	x	..		..		..
63 Brazil	181	61	118	51	159.1	3824	233	2930		66	81		106		7		68
64 Peru	236	58	143	41	23.3	627	36	1490		66	86		119		14		51
65 Philippines	102	57	73	44	66.2	1968	112	850		66	94		109		17		48
66 Ecuador	180	57	115	45	11.2	308	17	1200		69	87		116		..		..
67 El Salvador	210	56	130	42	5.6	187	11	1320		66	69		78		..		..
68 Morocco	215	56	133	46	26.5	746	42	1040		63	39		69		17		46
69 Kyrgyzstan	..	56	..	47	4.7	130	7	850		69	96	x	..		10		57
70 Turkey	217	55	161	47	60.8	1608	88	2970		66	79		113		..		..
71 Botswana	170	54	117	42	1.4	53	3	2790		65	66		116		11		59
72 Honduras	203	54	137	41	5.5	199	11	600		67	69		105		9		64
73 Egypt	258	52	169	41	61.6	1733	90	660		63	48		101		..		..
74 Azerbaijan	..	51	..	35	7.5	159	8	730		70	97	x	..		..		..
75 Iran, Islamic Rep. of	233	51	145	40	65.8	2244	114	2200	x	67	62		109		..		..
76 Kazakhstan	..	48	..	41	17.0	323	16	1560		70	97	x	..		..		..
77 Viet Nam	219	46	147	35	72.9	2194	101	170		65	91		108		19		44
78 Dominican Rep.	152	45	104	38	7.7	200	9	1230		69	80		95		12		56
79 China	209	43	140	35	1208.8	21513	925	490		68	78		121		17		42
80 Albania	151	41	112	34	3.4	79	3	340		72	..		101		..		..
81 Lebanon	85	40	65	33	2.9	76	3	2150	x	68	91		111		..		..
82 Syrian Arab Rep.	201	38	136	32	14.2	574	22	1160	x	67	66		107		..		..
83 Moldova	..	36	..	31	4.4	67	2	1060		68	96	x	..		..		..
84 Saudi Arabia	292	36	170	31	17.5	618	22	7510	x	69	59		78		..		..
85 Paraguay	90	34	66	28	4.8	155	5	1510		70	91		110		..		..
86 Tunisia	244	34	163	28	8.7	215	7	1720		68	60		120		16		46
87 Thailand	146	32	101	27	58.2	1102	36	2110		69	93		97		15		51
88 Armenia	..	32	..	27	3.6	70	2	660		72	99	x	..		..		..
89 TFYR Macedonia	177	32	120	27	2.1	32	1	820		72	..		..		..		..
90 Mexico	148	32	103	27	91.9	2473	79	3610		71	88		113		12		56
91 Russian Federation	..	31	..	28	147.4	1487	46	2340		68	99	x	..		14		48
92 Korea, Dem. Peo. Rep. of	120	31	85	23	23.5	559	17	970	x	71	..		104		..		..
93 Romania	82	29	69	23	22.9	245	7	1140		70	97	x	88		..		..
94 Georgia	..	27	..	23	5.5	84	2	580		73	99	x	..		..		..
95 Argentina	68	27	57	24	34.2	685	18	7220		72	96		107		..		..
96 Oman	300	27	180	22	2.1	90	2	4850		69	..		100		..		..
97 Latvia	..	26	..	22	2.6	28	1	2010		69	99	x	86		..		..
98 Ukraine	..	25	..	21	51.5	568	14	2210		70	98	x	..		..		..
99 Jordan	149	25	103	21	5.2	199	5	1190		68	82		105		17		48
100 Venezuela	70	24	53	20	21.4	568	13	2840		72	90		99		14		50
101 Estonia	..	23	..	20	1.5	16	0	3080		69	100	x	85		..		..
102 Yugoslavia	120	23	87	20	10.8	149	3	..	a	72	..		..		..		..
103 Mauritius	84	23	62	19	1.1	23	1	3030		70	80		106		..		..
104 Belarus	..	21	..	18	10.2	116	2	2870		70	98	x	..		..		..
105 Uruguay	47	21	41	19	3.2	54	1	3830		72	97		108		..		..
106 United Arab Emirates	240	20	160	17	1.9	41	1	21430		74	77	x	118		..		..
107 Lithuania	..	20	..	17	3.7	48	1	1320		71	98	x	92		..		..
108 Panama	104	20	67	18	2.6	63	1	2600		73	89		105		8		60
109 Trinidad and Tobago	73	20	61	17	1.3	26	1	3830		71	97	x	95		..		..
110 Bulgaria	70	19	49	16	8.8	89	2	1140		71	..		90		21		39
111 Sri Lanka	130	19	90	15	18.1	367	7	600		72	89		107		22		39
112 Colombia	132	19	82	16	34.6	808	15	1400		69	90		117		11		56
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina	155	17	105	15	3.5	48	1	..	b	72	..		..		..		..
114 Poland	70	16	62	14	38.3	494	8	2260		71	99	x	98		23		36
115 Costa Rica	112	16	80	14	3.4	86	1	2150		76	94		105		13		51
116 Chile	138	15	107	13	14.0	300	5	3170		74	94		96		10		60
117 Slovakia	..	15	..	13	5.3	75	1	1950		71	..		..		..		..
118 Malaysia	105	15	73	12	19.7	545	8	3140		71	80		93		13		54
119 Croatia	98	14	70	12	4.5	50	1	..	a	71	..		..		..		..
120 Hungary	57	14	51	13	10.2	120	2	3350		69	99	x	89		26		34
121 Kuwait	128	14	89	12	1.6	42	1	19360		75	76		60		..		..
122 Jamaica	76	13	58	10	2.4	51	1	1440		73	83		106		16		48
123 Portugal	112	11	81	9	9.8	118	1	9130		75	85		120		..		..
124 Cuba	50	10	39	9	11.0	180	2	1170	x	75	94		102		..		..
125 United States	30	10	26	8	260.6	4080	41	24740		76	..		104		16		42
126 Czech Rep.	..	10	..	9	10.3	136	1	2710		71	..		..		..		..
127 Belgium	35	10	31	8	10.1	121	1	21650		76	..		99		22	x	36	x
128 Greece	64	10	53	8	10.4	102	1	7390		78	93		97		..		..
129 Spain	57	9	46	8	39.6	378	4	13590		78	95		107		22		37
130 France	34	9	29	7	57.8	736	7	22490		77	..		106		17		42
131 Israel	39	9	32	7	5.5	111	1	13920		76	92	x	94		18	x	40	x
132 New Zealand	26	9	22	7	3.5	60	1	12600		75	..		104		16		45
133 Korea, Rep. of	124	9	88	8	44.6	732	6	7660		71	97		102		20		42
134 Slovenia	45	8	37	7	1.9	20	0	6490		73	..		..		..		..
135 Australia	24	8	20	7	17.9	262	2	17500		77	..		107		16		42
136 Italy	50	8	44	7	57.2	557	4	19840		77	97		95		19		41
137 Netherlands	22	8	18	6	15.4	199	2	20950		77	..		98		21		37
138 Norway	23	8	19	6	4.3	62	0	25970		77	..		99		19	x	37	x
139 Canada	33	8	28	6	29.1	435	3	19970		77	97	x	107		18		40
140 Austria	43	7	37	6	7.9	94	1	23510		76	..		104		..		..
141 United Kingdom	27	7	23	6	58.1	777	6	18060		76	..		104		15		44
142 Switzerland	27	7	22	6	7.1	90	1	35760		78	..		105		17		45
143 Ireland	36	7	31	6	3.5	52	0	13000		75	..		103		..		..
144 Germany	40	7	34	6	81.3	778	5	23560		76	..		94		19		40
145 Denmark	25	7	22	6	5.2	65	0	26730		75	..		95		17		39
146 Japan	40	6	31	4	124.8	1259	8	31490		79	..		102		22	x	38	x
147 Hong Kong	52	6	38	5	5.8	63	0	18060		79	91	x	104	x	16		47
148 Singapore	40	6	31	5	2.8	43	0	19850		75	89	x	107		15		49
149 Finland	28	5	22	4	5.1	66	0	19300		76	..		100		18		38
150 Sweden	20	5	16	4	8.7	124	1	24740		78	..		101		21		37

Countries listed in descending order of their under-five mortality rates.

a: Range US$696 to US$2785. b: Range US$695 or less.

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