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Table 8: Basic indicators on less populous countries

	Under-5 mortality rate		Infant mortality rate (under 1)		Total population (thousands) 1994	Annual no. of births (thousands) 1994		Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands) 1994	GNP per capita (US$) 1993		Life expectancy at birth (years) 1994	Total adult literacy rate 1985-90		% of age group enrolled in primary school (gross) 1986-93		% of children immunized against measles 1991-94
	1960	1994	1960	1994	Total population (thousands) 1994	Annual no. of births (thousands) 1994		Annual no. of under-5 deaths (thousands) 1994	GNP per capita (US$) 1993		Life expectancy at birth (years) 1994	Total adult literacy rate 1985-90		% of age group enrolled in primary school (gross) 1986-93		% of children immunized against measles 1991-94
1 Equatorial Guinea	316	177	188	114	389	17.0		3.0	420		48	73		149	x	61
2 Djibouti	289	158	186	113	566	21.0		3.3	780		48	41		41		75
3 Comoros	248	126	165	86	630	30.0		3.8	560		56	54		79		59
4 Swaziland	233	107	157	74	832	32.0		3.4	1190		57	72		115		94
5 Marshall Islands	..	92	..	63	52	1.4	x	0.1	..	a	..	91		95		86
6 Sao Tome/Principe	..	82	..	64	130	4.6		0.4	350		68	57	x	..		57
7 Kiribati	..	78	..	58	77	2.2		0.2	710		57	93		91		77
8 Maldives	258	78	158	56	246	10.0		0.8	820		62	92		25		96
9 Cape Verde	164	73	110	54	381	14.0		1.0	920		64	63		116		83
10 Guyana	126	61	100	46	825	20.0		1.2	350		65	97		112		83
11 Vanuatu	225	59	141	45	165	6.0		0.4	1230		65	64		103		66
12 Tuvalu	..	56	..	40	9	..		..	650	x	..	99		101		88
13 Samoa	210	55	134	44	169	6.0		0.3	950		67	98		100		94
14 St.Kitts/Nevis	..	41	..	33	41	0.9		0.0	4410		71	90		..		..
15 Belize	104	41	74	32	210	7.0		0.3	2450		73	70		90		90
16 Palau	..	35	..	25	17	0.3	x	0.0	790	x	..	98		103		92
17 Grenada	..	34	..	27	92	2.1		0.1	2380		71	91		88		87
18 Suriname	96	33	70	27	418	10.0		0.3	1180		70	92		127		69
19 Solomon Islands	185	32	120	26	366	14.0		0.5	740		70	62		90		64
20 Turks/Caicos Islands	..	31	..	25	14	0.2	x	0.0	780	x	..	98	x	..		..
21 British Virgin Islands	..	29	..	25	18	0.2	x	0.0	8500	x	..	98	x	..		100
22 Micronesia, Fed. States of	..	29	..	23	121	4.0		0.1	980	x	71	81		100		..
23 Bahamas	68	28	51	23	272	5.0		0.1	11420		73	98		105		88
24 Cook Islands	..	28	..	26	19	0.4	x	0.0	1550	x	..	99		98		99
25 Fiji	97	27	71	22	771	18.0		0.5	2130		71	89		128		96
26 Tonga	..	24	..	20	98	2.7		0.1	1530		68	99		98		85
27 Qatar	239	24	145	19	540	11.0		0.3	15030		70	77		95		86
28 Antigua/Barbuda	..	23	..	19	65	1.0		0.0	6540		75	95		100		100
29 St. Vincent/Grenadines	..	23	..	19	111	2.2		0.1	2120		72	82		95		100
30 Saint Lucia	..	22	..	18	141	3.6		0.1	3380		73	82	x	95		92
31 Dominica	..	21	..	17	71	1.5		0.0	2720		73	94	x	..		99
32 Bahrain	203	20	130	17	549	15.0		0.3	8030		71	82		93		90
33 Seychelles	..	20	..	16	73	1.7		0.0	6280		72	88		102		99
34 Montserrat	..	14	..	12	11	0.2		0.0	3330	x	75	97	x	100		100
35 Malta	42	12	37	10	364	5.0		0.1	7970		76	86		110		90
36 Barbados	90	10	74	9	261	4.0		0.0	6230		76	97		106		97
37 Cyprus	36	10	30	9	734	13.0		0.1	10380		77	94		102		83
38 Brunei Darussalam	87	10	63	8	280	7.0		0.1	14144		74	85		113		92
39 Luxembourg	41	9	33	8	401	5.0		0.1	37320		76	..		90		80
40 Iceland	22	5	17	5	266	5.0		0.0	24950		78	..		100		98

a: Range US$696 to US$2785.

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