World Population

43%
The percentage of children

under age 5 who are under
weight in Yemen.
87%
2.4
The percentage of deaths

in the U.S. due to noncom
municable diseases such
as cardiovascular disease,
cancer, diabetes, and chronic
lung disease.
The total fertility rate world

wide. TFRs range from 1.1
children per woman in Latvia
and Taiwan to 7.1 in Niger.
BY
2050
Europes population is estimat

ed to decrease to 732 million,
from 740 million in 2012.
Population Reference Bureau
2012
World
Population
Data Sheet
1962-2012
INFORM | EMpower | Advance | www.prb.org

2012 Population Reference Bureau
(see notes, page 18)
2012 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET
Most Populous Countries, 2012 and 2050

2012
Country
2050
Population (millions)
Country
Population (millions)
China
1,350
India
1,691
India
1,260
China
1,311
United States
314
United States
423
Indonesia
241
Nigeria
402
Brazil
194
Pakistan
314
Pakistan
180
Indonesia
309
Nigeria
170
Bangladesh
226
Bangladesh
153
Brazil
213
Russia
143
Congo, Dem. Rep.
194
Japan
128
Ethiopia
166
Countries WITH THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST

TOTAL FERTILITY RATE, 2012
HIGHEST
TFR
LOWEST
TFR
Niger
7.1
Taiwan
1.1
Somalia
6.4
Latvia
1.1
Burundi
6.4
Singapore
1.2
Mali
6.3
Bosnia-Herzegovina
1.2
Angola
6.3
South Korea
1.2
Congo, Dem. Rep.
6.3
Hungary
1.2
Zambia
6.3
Moldova
1.3
Afghanistan
6.2
Poland
1.3
Uganda
6.2
Romania
1.3
Burkina Faso
6.0
Portugal
1.3
Population Clock, 2012

WORLD
More Developed
countries
Less Developed
countries
7,057,075,000
1,243,018,000
5,814,057,000
Year
140,541,944
13,923,718
126,618,226
Day
385,046
38,147
346,899
267
26
241
Year
56,238,002
12,191,662
44,046,340
Day
154,077
33,402
120,675
107
23
84
Year
84,303,942
1,732,056
82,571,886
Day
230,970
4,745
226,224
160
157
Year
5,779,276
72,128
5,707,148
Day
15,834
198
15,636
11
11
Population
Births per
Minute
Deaths per
Minute
Natural increase per
Minute
Infant deaths per
Minute

2
W orld P opulation H ighlights

F o cus o n n o nc o mmunicable diseases
Malawi Has a Youthful Population, but its Poor Are Much

Younger and its Wealthy Are Older.
In Malawi, approximately 49 percent of the household population is under age 15. However, when the age structure of Malawi is
examined by wealth quintile, the wealthy and the very poor have quite different age structures. Among the households in the wealthiest
quintile, only 43 percent of the population is under age 15, reflecting a reduction in fertility in recent years (below 4 children per woman).
When examining the age structure of the poorest quintile, approximately 53 percent of the household population is under age 15,
reflecting both high levels of fertility (over 7 children per woman) and the need for investing large amounts in the health and education of
this young population.
S ource : ICF International, 2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey.
Noncommunicable Diseases Account for a Growing Share of

Total Deaths, Especially in Developing Regions.
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, and chronic lung diseases, are now the leading
causes of death in all regions except sub-Saharan Africa. Four behavioral risk factors account for most NCDs: tobacco use, unhealthy diet,
insufficient physical activity, and the harmful use of alcohol. In 2008, almost two-thirds of all deaths globally were from NCDs. And contrary to
popular perception, nearly 4 out of 5 deaths from NCDs occurred in low- and middle-income countries. While the number of people suffering
and dying from NCDs will continue to increase around the world over the next several decades, the greatest increases are expected in lowincome countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, the region with the largest projected increase, almost half of all deaths will be from NCDs by 2030. In
South Asia, deaths from NCDs are projected to increase from half to almost three-quarters of all deaths between 2008 and 2030.
S ources : World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010 (2011); and Irina A. Nikolic, Anderson E. Stanciole,
and Mikhail Zaydman, Chronic Emergency: Why NCDs Matter, Health Nutrition and Population Discussion Paper (2011).

3

Noncommunicable Diseases Result in More Premature

Deaths in Low- and Middle- Income Countries.
People living in low- and middle-income countries are more likely to die prematurely from NCDs than those in high-income countries:
Almost 30 percent of all NCD deaths occur to people under age 60 in low and middle-income countries, compared to 13 percent in highincome countries. These general patterns are observed among both men and women. However, in most countries, a higher proportion
of NCD deaths occur among men before age 60 than among women. Because people under age 60 are likely still in the labor force and
may also be supporting family members, these premature deaths have important social and economic implications for individuals, families,
and countries. Greater demands are placed on family resources to pay for medical care and meet caregiving needs, families lose financial
support and risk impoverishment, and countries face reduced national productivity and slower economic growth.
Males
Females
S ources : World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Noncommunicable Diseases 2010 (2011); and World Health Organization,
Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles 2011 (2011).

4

Nearly All Future Population Growth Will Be in the Worlds

Less Developed Countries.
Developed countries as a whole will experience little or no population growth in this century, and much of that growth will be from
immigration from less developed countries. The worlds poorest countries will see the growth. In 1950, 1.7 billion people lived in less
developed countriesabout two-thirds of the world total; by 2050, the population of less developed countries will number over 8
billion, or 86 percent of world population. In 1950, only about 200 million of the population of the less developed countries resided in
countries now defined as least developed by the United Nations, but that population is projected to rise to nearly 2 billion by 2050.
Those countries have especially low incomes, high economic vulnerability, and poor human development indicators.
S ource : United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision (2011), medium variant.
The U.S. Population Is Growing More Slowly and Beginning

to Age Rapidly.
Between 2010 and 2011, the U.S. population increased by only 0.7 percent, a decline from the 1.0 percent growth rate that has been
more typical in recent years. With the first baby boomers reaching retirement age in 2011, the U.S. population is also growing older.
A decade ago, children under age 18 made up a significant component of annual population growth and exceeded the growth of the
population ages 65 and older. But by 2011, these patterns had reversed. The number of people under age 18 declined by 190,000
between 2010 and 2011, while the number of older persons increased by 917,000. Growth in the number of working-age adults,
including those in prime childbearing ages, is also down sharply. Because of its relatively young age structure, the United States still has
a great deal of population momentum compared to many other developed countries. But as more baby boomers enter retirement and
there are fewer people of reproductive age, we could see further declines in the number of births, and the age structure of the United
States could start to resemble that of Europe.
S ource : U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program.

5
Population, Health, and Environment Data and Estimates

for the Countries and Regions of the World
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China)
LEAST DEVELOPED
AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
South Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Saharad
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
MIDDLE AFRICA
Angola
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
Population
mid-2012
(millions)
7,058
1,243
5,814
4,464
876
1,072
902
213
37.4
82.3
6.5
32.6
9.4
33.5
10.8
0.6
324
9.4
17.5
0.5
20.6
1.8
25.5
11.5
1.6
4.2
16.0
3.6
16.3
170.1
13.1
6.1
6.0
342
10.6
0.8
0.9
5.6
87.0
43.0
21.9
15.9
1.3
0.2
23.7
0.9
10.8
0.1
10.1
47.7
35.6
13.7
12.6
134
20.9
20.9
4.6
11.8
4.2
69.1
0.7
Births
per 1,000
Population
20
11
22
25
35
36
38
26
25
25
23
19
42
34
19
22
40
40
43
26
35
38
32
39
38
40
46
34
46
40
38
39
36
38
42
37
29
36
34
35
35
43
11
41
42
17
33
18
44
41
45
46
34
43
44
41
35
45
40
45
37
Deaths
per 1,000
Population
8
10
8
8
10
11
12
6
4
5
4
6
14
9
6
6
13
12
12
6
12
9
8
13
17
11
15
10
11
14
9
16
8
11
10
9
10
8
10
8
7
15
7
3
14
5
10
8
16
11
12
16
15
15
12
14
16
16
11
17
15
Rate of
Natural
Increase
%
1.2
0.1
1.4
1.7
2.4
2.5
2.6
2.0
2.0
2.0
1.9
1.4
2.8
2.4
1.3
1.7
2.7
2.9
3.1
2.0
2.3
2.9
2.4
2.6
2.2
2.9
3.2
2.4
3.5
2.6
2.9
2.3
2.8
2.7
3.2
2.9
1.9
2.8
2.4
2.7
2.9
2.8
0.4
3.8
2.8
1.2
2.2
1.0
2.8
3.0
3.3
3.0
1.9
2.8
3.2
2.7
1.9
2.8
2.8
2.8
2.2
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
2
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-1
-5
-4
6
-2
-0
18
-1
-1
-1
-2
-2
-2
-0
-3
-1
-1
-2
-1
-1
-0
-2
1
0
-1
4
-3
0
2
-1
-0
-0
-0
-0
-0
0
0
0
2
-12
-1
-1
-1
-9
-0
1
-0
0
-2
0
-1
2

6
Projected
Population
(millions)
mid-2025
8,082
1,292
6,789
5,387
1,185
1,446
1,245
263
42.0
102.0
7.5
36.9
14.6
46.8
12.1
0.8
450
13.5
25.5
0.6
28.1
2.5
33.4
14.3
2.1
6.0
23.7
4.7
25.6
234.4
18.6
7.8
9.4
477
15.5
1.0
1.2
7.6
115.0
53.2
31.2
24.2
1.4
0.3
36.5
1.0
14.3
0.1
13.3
70.9
52.3
20.7
17.7
193
32.2
28.0
5.9
16.4
5.9
101.0
1.0
mid-2050
9,624
1,338
8,286
6,975
1,899
2,339
2,092
346
46.5
135.6
8.8
41.4
25.1
74.1
13.7
0.9
774
23.3
46.7
0.7
46.1
4.0
49.1
23.0
3.3
10.8
45.3
7.1
54.2
402.4
32.3
11.1
14.3
799
27.1
1.7
1.6
11.6
166.5
70.8
53.6
49.7
1.3
0.6
67.5
1.1
20.6
0.1
22.6
138.3
94.3
44.5
25.6
352
63.2
44.6
8.4
27.3
10.2
194.2
1.5
2050
Population
as a
Multiple
of 2012
1.4
1.1
1.4
1.6
2.2
2.2
2.3
1.6
1.2
1.6
1.4
1.3
2.7
2.2
1.3
1.6
2.4
2.5
2.7
1.4
2.2
2.2
1.9
2.0
2.0
2.6
2.8
2.0
3.3
2.4
2.5
1.8
2.4
2.3
2.6
2.2
1.8
2.1
1.9
1.6
2.4
3.1
1.0
2.6
2.8
1.2
1.9
1.1
2.2
2.9
2.6
3.2
2.0
2.6
3.0
2.1
1.8
2.3
2.4
2.8
2.0
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
41
5
45
49
72
67
72
38
24
24
14
30
101
67
20
40
76
81
65
24
73
70
47
89
103
83
97
74
81
77
47
109
78
60
63
68
79
51
59
47
43
66
12.9
6
86
8
50
12.6
107
51
54
88
57
98
64
62
101
128
70
115
98

Gabon
Sao Tome and Principe
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
AMERICAS
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada
United States
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts-Nevis
Saint Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
ASIA
ASIA (Excl. China)
WESTERN ASIA
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Population
mid-2012
(millions)
Births
per 1,000
Population
1.6
0.2
59
1.9
2.2
2.4
51.1
1.2
948
349
34.9
313.9
599
160
0.3
4.5
6.3
15.0
8.4
116.1
6.0
3.6
42
0.1
0.4
0.3
11.2
0.2
0.1
10.1
0.1
0.4
10.3
2.7
0.4
3.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.3
397
40.8
10.8
194.3
17.4
47.4
14.9
0.2
0.8
6.7
30.1
0.5
3.4
29.7
4,260
2,910
244
3.3
9.3
1.3
27
37
22
26
28
26
21
30
16
13
11
13
19
21
25
16
20
29
27
20
24
19
18
14
15
13
11
14
13
23
19
13
27
16
13
11
14
13
19
14
18
19
26
16
15
19
21
26
21
24
20
19
14
21
18
21
24
14
19
15
Deaths
per 1,000
Population
9
8
12
14
16
8
12
15
7
8
7
8
6
5
4
4
7
5
5
5
5
5
8
5
6
8
8
9
8
6
6
7
9
7
7
8
7
6
8
8
6
8
7
6
5
6
5
3
6
5
5
6
10
5
7
7
5
9
6
3
Rate of
Natural
Increase
%
1.8
2.8
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.8
0.9
1.6
1.0
0.5
0.4
0.5
1.3
1.6
2.1
1.1
1.4
2.4
2.2
1.5
1.9
1.5
1.1
0.8
0.9
0.5
0.3
0.5
0.5
1.6
1.3
0.6
1.8
1.0
0.6
0.3
0.7
0.7
1.2
0.6
1.2
1.1
1.9
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.6
2.3
1.5
1.9
1.5
1.2
0.4
1.5
1.1
1.4
1.9
0.5
1.3
1.2
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
1
-10
2
0
-2
-0
2
-1
0
3
7
2
-1
-3
-1
0
-8
-2
-2
-3
-5
0
-4
2
1
-0
-4
2
-6
-3
-10
-6
-5
-7
-5
-8
1
-1
-9
-5
-0
-1
0
0
0
-1
-2
2
-7
-1
-4
-2
-2
0
-0
-0
1
-1
0
17

7
Projected
Population
(millions)
mid-2025
mid-2050
2.0
0.2
63
2.2
2.5
2.9
54.2
1.5
1,063
391
39.9
351.4
672
185
0.4
5.1
6.8
19.7
10.5
131.0
6.9
4.2
46
0.1
0.4
0.3
11.4
0.2
0.1
11.6
0.1
0.4
11.9
2.8
0.4
3.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.3
441
46.9
12.5
210.1
19.3
52.4
17.2
0.3
0.8
8.2
34.4
0.6
3.5
35.1
4,779
3,377
303
3.3
10.4
1.6
2.8
0.3
68
2.4
2.7
3.6
57.2
2.0
1,211
471
48.6
422.6
740
212
0.5
5.8
7.6
27.4
13.7
143.9
7.8
5.0
49
0.1
0.5
0.3
11.3
0.2
0.1
13.2
0.1
0.4
14.2
2.6
0.4
3.6
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.1
479
57.7
16.8
213.4
21.0
53.2
19.5
0.6
0.9
10.3
40.1
0.6
3.6
41.6
5,284
3,974
403
3.1
11.4
1.8
2050
Population
as a
Multiple
of 2012
1.8
1.7
1.2
1.3
1.2
1.5
1.1
1.6
1.3
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.8
1.6
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.2
1.4
1.3
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.9
1.3
0.9
1.0
1.4
0.9
1.1
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.0
0.8
1.2
1.4
1.5
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.3
2.4
1.1
1.5
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.4
1.2
1.4
1.7
0.9
1.2
1.4
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
47
38
41
44
80
34
38
70
16
6
5.1
6.0
20
18
17
9.1
20
30
26
15
20
17
33
12
13
12
4.5
8.7
12
27
14
7.6
61
23
9.3
8.5
10
22
20
29
19
11.9
42
20
7.9
16
20
10.4
38
30
16
20
10.6
16.4
37
43
26
11
11
11
Total
Fertility
Rateb

Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestinian Territory
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
EAST ASIA
China
China, Hong Kong SARe
China, Macao SARe
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Mongolia
Taiwan
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION
NORTHERN EUROPE
Channel Islands
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
Population
mid-2012
(millions)
Births
per 1,000
Population
Deaths
per 1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
%
1.2
4.5
33.7
7.9
6.3
2.9
4.3
3.1
4.3
1.9
28.7
22.5
74.9
8.1
25.6
1,823
33.4
152.9
0.7
1,259.7
78.9
16.8
5.7
0.3
30.9
180.4
21.2
7.1
5.2
29.8
608
0.4
15.0
241.0
6.5
29.0
54.6
96.2
5.3
69.9
1.1
89.0
1,585
1,350.4
7.1
0.6
127.6
24.6
48.9
2.9
23.3
740
502
101
0.2
5.6
1.3
5.4
0.3
4.7
12
13
35
21
34
18
22
24
33
11
22
24
17
13
38
23
43
23
20
22
19
23
27
22
24
28
18
27
22
23
19
19
26
19
28
20
19
25
10
12
34
17
12
12
14
11
9
15
10
23
9
11
10
13
10
11
11
11
14
16
6
11
6
5
4
3
6
3
4
1
4
4
5
1
6
7
16
6
7
7
6
9
7
3
6
8
6
4
8
5
7
3
8
6
8
5
8
6
4
7
8
7
7
7
6
3
10
9
5
7
7
11
10
9
8
9
11
9
6
6
0.6
0.2
2.9
1.6
3.0
1.5
1.6
2.0
2.9
1.0
1.8
2.0
1.2
1.2
3.1
1.6
2.8
1.6
1.3
1.5
1.3
1.4
2.0
1.9
1.8
2.1
1.2
2.3
1.4
1.9
1.2
1.6
1.7
1.3
2.0
1.5
1.1
1.9
0.5
0.5
2.6
1.0
0.4
0.5
0.8
0.8
-0.2
0.5
0.4
1.6
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.1
-0.0
0.2
0.8
1.0
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
6
4
1
2
-4
15
-1
-0
-2
19
5
-1
0
1
-1
-1
1
-3
0
-0
-0
0
-6
-0
1
-2
-2
-2
-1
-2
-0
2
-0
-1
-1
1
-0
-2
16
1
-5
-1
-0
-0
-0
24
0
-0
2
-1
1
2
2
3
7
4
-0
3
-4
-7

8
Projected
Population
(millions)
mid-2025
mid-2050
1.1
4.1
48.9
9.4
8.6
3.7
4.8
4.0
6.0
2.2
36.2
26.5
85.4
9.9
36.7
2,145
47.6
183.2
0.9
1,458.2
90.5
19.5
6.6
0.4
35.9
229.6
21.9
9.6
5.9
35.6
696
0.5
18.0
273.2
7.9
34.8
61.7
117.8
5.8
72.9
1.6
101.6
1,635
1,402.1
8.0
0.8
119.8
26.2
50.9
3.4
23.5
750
517
111
0.2
5.8
1.3
5.8
0.4
5.6
1.1
3.3
83.4
13.3
11.5
5.2
5.4
5.4
9.7
2.5
44.9
33.7
93.2
12.2
61.6
2,565
76.3
226.3
0.9
1,691.1
100.0
24.9
8.1
0.4
39.6
314.3
20.0
13.4
6.6
43.3
801
0.6
22.3
309.4
10.0
42.9
70.8
154.5
6.1
71.0
2.5
110.2
1,516
1,310.7
9.5
0.9
95.5
27.0
47.2
4.1
20.8
732
520
122
0.2
6.2
1.2
6.1
0.4
6.5
2050
Population
as a
Multiple
of 2012
0.9
0.7
2.5
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.3
1.7
2.3
1.3
1.6
1.5
1.2
1.5
2.4
1.4
2.3
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.7
0.9
1.9
1.3
1.5
1.3
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.5
1.5
1.3
1.6
1.2
1.0
2.3
1.2
1.0
1.0
1.3
1.5
0.7
1.1
1.0
1.4
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.2
1.0
1.1
0.9
1.1
1.3
1.4
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
7
12
33
3.4
23
8
21
16
21
7
17
16
22
7
48
51
129
43
47
47
43
17
25
11
46
68
12
53
49
46
27
5
57
29
57
7
51
22
2.0
12
45
16
15
17
1.3
3
2.3
28
3.2
39
4.2
5
4
4
3.6
3.5
3.3
2.4
0.9
3.5
Total
Fertility
Rateb
1.4
1.7
4.6
3.0
3.8
2.3
1.9
2.9
4.4
2.1
2.8
3.0
2.0
1.8
5.2
2.6
6.2
2.3
2.6
2.5
1.9
2.6
2.7
2.3
2.6
3.6
2.2
3.3
2.4
2.6
2.3
2.0
3.0
2.3
3.5
2.6
2.3
3.2
1.2
1.6
5.7
2.0
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.2
1.4
2.0
1.2
2.5
1.1
1.6
1.6
1.9
1.6
1.8
1.5
1.8
2.0

Population
mid-2012
(millions)
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Italy
Kosovof
Macedoniag
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
OCEANIA
Australia
Federated States of Micronesia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
2.0
3.2
5.0
9.5
63.2
190
8.5
11.1
63.6
81.8
0.04
0.5
0.04
16.7
8.0
295
9.5
7.2
10.5
9.9
4.1
38.2
21.4
143.2
5.4
45.6
154
2.8
0.1
3.8
4.3
10.8
60.9
2.3
2.1
0.4
0.6
10.6
0.03
7.1
2.1
46.2
37
22.0
0.1
0.8
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.3
4.4
0.02
7.0
0.2
0.6
0.1
0.01
0.3
Births
per 1,000
Population
Deaths
per 1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
%
9
11
12
12
13
10
9
12
13
8
10
11
6
11
10
11
11
10
10
9
11
10
9
13
11
11
10
11
10
8
9
10
9
15
11
10
12
9
10
9
11
10
18
14
24
21
17
19
30
31
30
16
14
14
31
29
32
27
23
31
14
13
8
10
9
9
9
10
9
10
6
7
6
8
8
13
14
15
10
13
11
10
13
14
9
15
9
5
4
9
12
10
10
3
9
7
9
10
7
14
9
8
7
7
5
8
6
5
8
6
9
5
7
8
10
5
6
7
9
6
-0.5
-0.2
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.4
-0.2
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.2
-0.2
-0.3
-0.5
0.0
-0.4
-0.0
0.1
-0.4
-0.1
0.2
-0.4
0.0
0.6
0.7
-0.1
-0.2
0.1
-0.1
1.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
-0.1
0.3
-0.5
0.1
0.2
1.1
0.7
1.9
1.4
1.1
1.4
2.2
2.5
2.1
1.2
0.7
0.6
2.1
2.4
2.6
2.0
1.4
2.5
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
-4
-12
9
5
4
3
4
7
1
3
5
16
6
2
8
2
1
-1
2
2
-0
-0
-0
2
0
4
2
-3
4
0
-1
4
4
0
0
6
-0
1
6
1
1
-2
4
8
-16
-12
-0
-13
-1
-18
0
4
-0
0
0
-17
0
-17
-9
0

9
Projected
Population
(millions)
mid-2025
1.9
3.0
5.9
10.2
70.5
194
8.9
12.1
67.4
79.2
0.04
0.6
0.04
17.4
8.6
287
9.0
6.7
10.9
9.8
3.7
37.4
20.7
140.8
5.6
42.4
158
2.9
0.1
3.7
4.1
11.1
63.1
2.7
2.1
0.4
0.7
10.7
0.04
7.0
2.2
47.3
44
26.2
0.1
0.9
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.01
0.3
5.1
0.02
9.1
0.2
0.8
0.1
0.01
0.4
mid-2050
1.6
2.7
6.7
10.8
79.6
194
9.4
13.2
72.4
71.5
0.04
0.7
0.04
17.6
9.0
259
7.9
5.7
10.8
9.2
2.6
34.9
18.5
127.8
5.3
36.6
157
2.6
0.1
3.0
3.8
10.9
63.6
3.2
2.0
0.4
0.7
10.6
0.04
6.1
2.1
47.9
57
33.0
0.1
1.0
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.02
0.3
5.9
0.02
13.3
0.3
1.2
0.1
0.01
0.6
2050
Population
as a
Multiple
of 2012
0.8
0.9
1.3
1.1
1.3
1.0
1.1
1.2
1.1
0.9
1.2
1.3
1.0
1.0
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.8
1.0
0.9
0.6
0.9
0.9
0.9
1.0
0.8
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.4
1.0
0.9
1.1
1.0
1.1
0.9
1.0
1.0
1.6
1.5
1.0
1.2
1.2
1.3
1.6
1.1
1.6
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.9
1.3
2.1
1.2
1.2
2.1
Infant
Mortality
Ratea
5.7
4.3
2.4
2.1
4.3
4
3.6
3.5
3.5
3.4
2.2
3.0
3.8
3.8
7
4.0
8.5
2.7
4.9
11
4.8
9.9
7.5
5.3
9.1
4
18.0
3.1
5
4.4
3.8
3.4
9
8
5.5
6.7
2.5
3.1
6.7
3.0
3.2
21
3.9
36
15
4.5
7.9
43
21
38
5
4.7
20
47
21
39
19
17
25
Total
Fertility
Rateb
1.1
1.5
1.9
1.9
2.0
1.6
1.4
1.8
2.0
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.7
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.2
1.5
1.5
1.4
2.0
1.5
1.4
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.4
2.5
1.9
3.5
2.7
2.1
2.6
3.8
4.3
3.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
4.1
4.5
4.2
3.8
3.1
4.0
Population, Health, and Environment Data and

Estimates for the Countries and Regions of the World
Total
Fertility
Rateb
25
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED
LEAST DEVELOPED
AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
South Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Saharad
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
MIDDLE AFRICA
Angola
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
2.4
1.6
2.6
3.0
4.4
4.7
5.1
3.1
2.9
2.9
2.6
2.3
5.4
4.2
2.1
2.6
5.4
5.4
6.0
2.5
4.6
4.9
4.2
5.2
5.1
5.4
6.3
4.5
7.1
5.6
5.0
5.0
4.7
5.1
6.4
4.9
3.8
4.5
4.8
4.4
4.7
5.7
1.4
5.0
5.9
2.5
4.6
2.3
6.4
5.4
6.2
6.3
4.1
5.9
6.3
5.1
4.6
6.0
5.1
6.3
5.2
Percent of
Population
Ages
Life Expectancy
at Birth (years)
<15
65+
Both
Sexes
Males
Females
Percent
Urban
26
16
29
32
41
41
43
32
28
32
31
28
44
41
24
29
44
44
45
32
41
44
39
43
41
43
47
40
52
44
44
43
41
44
46
43
36
42
41
42
43
46
22
46
45
25
42
20
45
45
48
46
43
45
48
43
40
46
41
46
39
8
16
6
5
3
3
3
4
5
4
4
6
2
3
7
2
3
3
2
6
4
2
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
7
2
3
8
2
7
2
3
3
3
4
3
2
4
4
3
4
3
3
70
78
68
66
59
58
55
69
73
72
75
72
52
60
75
67
54
56
55
73
55
58
64
54
48
56
51
58
58
51
58
47
62
57
58
61
58
61
59
62
66
53
73
77
52
78
54
73
50
57
53
48
48
50
54
51
48
49
57
48
51
68
75
66
64
58
56
53
67
72
70
72
70
50
58
73
65
52
54
54
69
54
57
63
52
47
55
50
57
56
48
57
47
60
56
57
59
56
59
57
60
65
53
70
74
50
75
53
69
48
56
53
48
48
49
53
50
46
48
56
47
50
72
81
70
68
60
59
56
72
75
74
77
74
53
62
77
69
56
58
56
77
56
59
65
55
50
57
52
60
60
54
59
48
65
58
60
62
59
63
60
63
68
53
77
81
54
82
55
78
52
58
54
49
47
52
55
52
49
51
58
50
52
51
75
46
45
28
39
37
51
72
43
78
58
17
41
66
82
44
44
24
62
50
59
44
28
43
47
33
42
20
51
42
40
37
24
10
28
76
22
17
32
31
15
42
50
31
94
17
56
34
26
15
39
29
41
59
49
38
28
63
34
40

10
Percent of Population
With HIV/AIDS
15-49
2009/2011
Males
0.7
0.5
1.1
1.8
3.0
3.6
0.2
0.1
<0.1
0.2
0.9c
<0.1
2.1
0.9
0.9
2.8
1.7
1.4
1.1
2.0
1.1
0.7
1.0
0.8
2.9
0.7
1.3
2.5
4.1
2.6
0.1
2.0
0.6
1.0
4.9
0.3
8.1
1.4
9.2
2.2
0.8
4.5
5.3
11.1
11.2
1.9
1.6
4.3
3.6
2.7
2.8
0.9
4.2
Females
0.9
0.3
1.4
2.7
4.7
5.6
0.3
<0.1
<0.1
0.1
1.3c
<0.1
3.2
1.4
1.5
4.1
2.4
2.2
1.6
2.9
1.8
1.2
0.5
0.8
4.4
1.0
1.9
3.8
6.3
4.0
<0.1
3.1
0.9
1.9
7.6
0.1
12.9
0.6
13.6
3.7
0.7
6.8
7.7
16.0
17.3
3.0
2.4
6.4
5.7
4.0
4.1
1.6
5.9
All
Methods
Modern
Methods
GN
per
(U
2
62
56
10,
72
63
33,
59
54
5,
52
44
5,
33
27
1,
31
26
2,
26
20
1,
52
5,
61
52
8,
60
58
6,
42
20
16,
63
52
4,
9c
2,
60
52
9,
14
9
1,
17
6
1,
16
15
1,
61
57
3,
1,
13
8
1,
18
13
24
17
1,
Population, Health
9
4
1,
forthe Countries
14
1,
11
10
8
6
1,
9
8
2,
11
5
15
8
2,
13
12
1,
8
6
15
13
1,
34
28
22
18
26
19
1,
18
17
2,
8
5
29
27
1,
46
39
1,
40
28
46
42
76
39
13,
12
11
67
64
52
45
1,
21,
15
1
34
26
1,
30
26
1,
41
27
1,
59
57
18
7
1,
18
5,
23
14
2,
19
9
3
2
1,
45
20
3,
18
5
10
6
23,

Total
Fertility
Rateb
25
Gabon
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
AMERICAS
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada
United States
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts-Nevis
Saint Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
ASIA
ASIA (Excl. China)
WESTERN ASIA
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
3.3
4.9
2.5
2.8
3.2
3.3
2.4
3.5
2.1
1.9
1.7
1.9
2.2
2.5
2.8
1.8
2.3
3.6
3.2
2.3
2.6
2.4
2.3
1.7
1.9
1.7
1.7
2.2
1.8
2.6
2.2
2.1
3.4
2.1
2.1
1.6
1.8
1.6
2.3
1.8
2.1
2.4
3.3
1.9
1.9
2.1
2.5
3.4
2.5
3.0
2.6
2.3
2.0
2.5
2.2
2.5
2.9
1.7
2.3
1.9
Percent of
Population
Ages
Life Expectancy
at Birth (years)
<15
65+
Both
Sexes
Males
Females
Percent
Urban
36
43
32
34
37
36
31
38
25
19
16
20
28
31
34
24
32
41
38
29
35
29
27
28
25
19
17
20
23
31
28
22
36
27
20
20
23
24
31
25
26
25
36
24
23
29
30
35
33
34
30
29
23
29
25
29
31
17
22
20
4
3
5
4
4
4
5
3
9
13
14
13
7
6
4
7
7
4
4
6
5
7
9
7
6
10
13
12
10
6
7
14
4
9
15
15
8
9
7
7
7
10
5
7
9
6
6
4
1
5
6
6
14
6
7
6
5
10
6
2
62
63
54
51
48
62
54
48
76
79
81
79
74
76
76
79
72
71
73
77
74
76
72
75
75
74
78
77
76
73
76
80
62
73
81
79
74
73
72
71
74
76
67
74
79
73
75
79
70
72
74
71
76
74
70
69
73
74
74
78
61
62
55
52
48
61
55
49
73
76
79
76
71
73
74
77
67
67
71
74
71
73
70
73
72
72
76
72
74
70
74
76
61
70
78
75
72
71
70
68
71
72
65
70
75
70
73
76
66
70
71
69
73
71
68
67
70
71
71
76
63
64
54
50
47
62
54
48
79
81
83
81
77
78
77
82
77
74
75
79
77
80
75
77
77
76
80
80
78
76
77
83
63
76
84
83
77
76
74
74
77
80
69
77
82
77
79
83
73
74
76
74
80
77
72
70
75
77
76
80
73
63
58
24
23
39
62
22
78
79
80
79
78
71
44
62
63
50
50
77
57
65
65
30
84
45
75
67
66
40
98
47
52
89
99
32
28
40
13
82
91
66
84
87
76
66
81
29
59
74
67
94
88
45
42
69
64
53
100

11
With HIV/AIDS
15-49
2009/2011
Males
4.2
1.7
13.6
20.6
18.5
10.5
13.1
21.4
0.7
0.8
0.4
0.8
0.6
1.9
0.4
1.2
1.1
1.0
0.5
0.3
1.1
0.9
2.4
1.7
0.1
0.7
1.5
2.3
2.1
0.6
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.6
1.3
0.4
0.6
1.4
0.7
0.3
0.1
0.1
Females
6.2
1.3
22.8
29.2
28.2
15.7
22.5
30.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3
2.8
0.2
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.6
1.1
3.7
1.1
0.1
1.0
2.3
1.1
1.0
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.3
1.2
0.2
0.2
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
All
Methods
Modern
Methods
GN
per
(U
2
10,
62
56
72
63
33,
59
54
5,
52
44
5,
33
27
1,
31
26
2,
26
20
1,
52
5,
61
52
8,
60
58
6,
42
20
16,
63
52
4,
9c
2,
60
52
9,
14
9
1,
17
6
1,
16
15
1,
61
57
3,
1,
13
8
1,
18
13
24
17
1,
Population, Health
9
4
1,
forthe Countries
14
1,
11
10
8
6
1,
9
8
2,
11
5
15
8
2,
13
12
1,
8
6
15
13
1,
34
28
22
18
26
19
1,
18
17
2,
8
5
29
27
1,
46
39
1,
40
28
46
42
76
39
13,
12
11
67
64
52
45
1,
21,
15
1
34
26
1,
30
26
1,
41
27
1,
59
57
18
7
1,
18
5,
23
14
2,
19
9
3
2
1,
45
20
3,
18
5

Total
Fertility
Rateb
25
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
Yemen
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
EAST ASIA
China
China, Macao SARe
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Mongolia
Taiwan
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION
NORTHERN EUROPE
Channel Islands
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
1.4
1.7
4.6
3.0
3.8
2.3
1.9
2.9
4.4
2.1
2.8
3.0
2.0
1.8
5.2
2.6
6.2
2.3
2.6
2.5
1.9
2.6
2.7
2.3
2.6
3.6
2.2
3.3
2.4
2.6
2.3
2.0
3.0
2.3
3.5
2.6
2.3
3.2
1.2
1.6
5.7
2.0
1.5
1.5
1.2
1.2
1.4
2.0
1.2
2.5
1.1
1.6
1.6
1.9
1.6
1.8
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.1
Percent of
Population
Ages
Life Expectancy
at Birth (years)
<15
65+
Both
Sexes
Males
Females
Percent
Urban
17
17
43
28
37
27
25
32
42
14
30
36
26
17
44
31
46
31
30
31
24
25
30
27
36
35
25
37
29
29
28
26
33
27
38
27
28
35
17
21
42
24
16
16
12
12
13
23
16
27
15
16
16
17
16
18
16
16
21
21
12
14
3
10
3
3
7
3
3
1
3
4
7
0
3
5
2
5
5
5
5
7
4
5
4
4
8
3
4
4
6
4
4
6
4
5
5
4
9
9
3
7
10
9
14
7
24
9
11
4
11
16
18
17
15
17
17
18
12
12
78
74
70
82
73
75
72
74
73
78
74
74
73
76
65
66
49
69
69
65
70
69
69
74
68
65
75
73
65
68
71
78
62
72
65
74
65
69
82
74
62
73
75
75
83
82
83
69
81
68
79
77
80
80
79
79
76
80
82
79
76
70
66
80
72
74
70
72
71
78
73
71
71
76
64
64
48
68
68
64
68
64
65
73
68
64
72
70
61
65
68
76
60
70
64
72
61
65
79
71
61
70
73
73
81
79
80
65
77
64
76
73
77
78
77
77
71
77
80
77
81
79
72
83
74
76
75
76
74
79
75
77
76
78
67
67
49
69
69
67
71
74
73
74
69
66
78
75
69
71
74
80
65
74
67
77
67
72
84
77
63
76
78
77
87
86
86
73
84
72
83
80
83
82
82
82
81
84
84
82
62
53
67
92
83
98
87
73
83
100
81
54
77
83
29
33
23
25
35
31
69
55
35
35
17
35
15
26
47
51
43
72
21
43
27
63
31
63
100
34
30
31
56
51
100
100
86
60
82
63
78
71
72
77
31
72
69
68
94
60

12
With HIV/AIDS
15-49
2009/2011
Males
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.3
<0.1
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.4
<0.1
0.5
0.1
<0.1
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.8
0.8
<0.1
0.1
0.6
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.3
1.7
0.1
0.4
0.3
Females
0.1
0.1
0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.2
<0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.2
<0.1
0.3
0.1
<0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.4
<0.1
0.1
0.3
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.8
0.1
0.2
0.1
All
Methods
Modern
Methods
GN
per
(U
2
10,
62
56
72
63
33,
59
54
5,
52
44
5,
33
27
1,
31
26
2,
26
20
1,
52
5,
61
52
8,
60
58
6,
42
20
16,
63
52
4,
9c
2,
60
52
9,
14
9
1,
17
6
1,
16
15
1,
61
57
3,
1,
13
8
1,
18
13
24
17
1,
Population, Health
9
4
1,
forthe Countries
14
1,
11
10
8
6
1,
9
8
2,
11
5
15
8
2,
13
12
1,
8
6
15
13
1,
34
28
22
18
26
19
1,
18
17
2,
8
5
29
27
1,
46
39
1,
40
28
46
42
76
39
13,
12
11
67
64
52
45
1,
21,
15
1
34
26
1,
30
26
1,
41
27
1,
59
57
18
7
1,
18
5,
23
14
2,
19
9
3
2
1,
45
20
3,
18
5

Total
Fertility
Rateb
25
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Italy
Kosovof
Macedoniag
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
OCEANIA
Australia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
1.1
1.5
1.9
1.9
2.0
1.6
1.4
1.8
2.0
1.4
1.5
1.5
1.7
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.3
1.3
1.3
1.6
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.2
1.5
1.5
1.4
2.0
1.5
1.4
1.6
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.5
1.4
2.5
1.9
3.5
2.7
2.1
2.6
3.8
4.3
3.3
2.2
2.1
2.0
4.1
4.5
4.2
3.8
3.1
4.0
Percent of
Population
Ages
Life Expectancy
at Birth (years)
<15
65+
Both
Sexes
Males
Females
Percent
Urban
14
15
19
17
18
16
15
17
19
13
16
18
13
17
15
15
15
13
14
15
16
15
15
15
15
14
15
23
14
15
15
14
14
28
17
15
19
15
15
15
14
15
24
19
31
29
25
27
35
42
35
26
20
20
38
40
40
38
32
37
17
17
15
19
17
18
18
17
17
21
14
14
24
16
17
14
14
19
15
17
10
14
15
13
13
15
18
9
13
14
17
19
21
7
12
16
13
19
16
17
17
17
11
14
6
5
6
7
4
2
1
7
14
6
3
5
3
6
5
3
74
73
81
82
80
81
81
80
82
80
81
80
81
82
71
70
74
78
74
69
76
73
69
75
70
80
75
76
77
80
82
69
72
81
74
79
84
74
80
82
77
82
68
69
75
79
61
68
56
77
81
69
62
73
67
70
64
71
69
68
79
80
78
78
78
78
78
78
79
78
79
80
66
65
70
75
71
65
72
70
63
72
65
78
73
73
74
78
79
67
70
79
72
76
81
71
76
79
75
80
67
67
73
76
59
64
55
74
79
66
60
72
66
67
62
70
78
79
84
84
82
83
83
83
85
83
84
83
83
85
76
77
77
81
78
73
81
77
75
79
76
83
78
78
80
82
85
71
74
83
77
82
86
77
83
85
79
84
68
72
78
82
63
67
57
81
83
72
65
74
69
73
67
73
68
67
80
84
80
75
67
99
78
73
15
83
100
66
74
69
76
73
74
69
42
61
55
74
54
69
67
54
90
46
56
73
68
65
100
64
38
84
59
50
77
66
82
22
51
51
93
44
68
100
58
86
77
13
21
20
23
47
24

13
With HIV/AIDS
15-49
2009/2011
Males
0.9
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.2
0.1
<0.1
0.1
0.5
0.1
0.2
1.0
<0.1
1.1
0.4
<0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.1
0.6
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.7
Females
0.4
<0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.8
0.3
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
1.1
<0.1
1.2
0.2
<0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.1
<0.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
1.1
All
Methods
Modern
Methods
GN
per
(U
2
10,
62
56
72
63
33,
59
54
5,
52
44
5,
33
27
1,
31
26
2,
26
20
1,
52
5,
61
52
8,
60
58
6,
42
20
16,
63
52
4,
9c
2,
60
52
9,
14
9
1,
17
6
1,
16
15
1,
61
57
3,
1,
13
8
1,
18
13
24
17
1,
Population, Health
1,
9
4
forthe Countries
14
1,
11
10
8
6
1,
9
8
2,
11
5
15
8
2,
13
12
1,
8
6
15
13
34
28
1,
22
18
26
19
1,
18
17
2,
8
5
29
27
1,
46
39
1,
40
28
46
42
76
39
13,
12
11
67
64
52
45
1,
21,
15
1
34
26
1,
30
26
1,
41
27
1,
59
57
18
7
1,
18
5,
23
14
2,
19
9
3
2
1,
45
20
3,
18
5

Percent of Married
Women 15-49 Using
Contraception
WORLD
MORE DEVELOPED
LESS DEVELOPED
LEAST DEVELOPED
AFRICA
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
NORTHERN AFRICA
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
South Sudan
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Saharad
WESTERN AFRICA
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cte d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
EASTERN AFRICA
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Reunion
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
MIDDLE AFRICA
Angola
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Equatorial Guinea
All
Methods
Modern
Methods
GNI PPP
per Capita
(US$)
2010
62
72
59
52
33
31
26
52
61
60
42
63
9c
60
14
17
16
61
13
18
24
9
14
11
8
9
11
15
13
8
15
34
22
26
18
8
29
46
40
46
76
12
67
52
15
34
30
41
59
18
18
23
19
3
45
18
10
56
63
54
44
27
26
20
52
58
20
52
52
9
6
15
57
8
13
17
4
10
6
8
5
8
12
6
13
28
18
19
17
5
27
39
28
42
39
11
64
45
1
26
26
27
57
7
14
9
2
20
5
6
10,760
33,460
5,900
5,380
1,440
2,630
1,970
5,760
8,100
6,060
16,880
4,600
2,030c
9,060
1,810
1,590
1,250
3,710
1,810
1,300
1,620
1,020
1,180
340
1,030
2,410
720
2,240
1,910
830
890
1,150
400
1,090
2,460
540
1,040
1,640
960
860
13,980
930
1,150
21,090
1,440
1,250
1,380
1,890
5,460
2,270
790
1,220
3,190
320
23,760
Population
per
Square
Kilometer
52
27
70
61
43
35
38
25
16
82
4
73
15
18
66
2
53
83
64
126
64
162
107
47
45
38
13
4
13
184
67
85
106
54
379
346
40
47
79
74
37
134
633
583
30
341
411
204
16
50
148
18
32
20
17
44
7
9
12
29
26
Noncommunicable
Disease Death Rate
(Age-standardized,
2008) per 100,000
Males Females
705
520
563
340
734
561
756
581
872
727
844
718
869
746
748
619
556
472
830
660
744
526
665
524
920c
860c
505
404
832
755
886
731
956
713
650
455
1,013
859
780
720
817
595
1,036
842
945
874
791
747
814
684
788
734
649
669
818
793
698
660
808
770
755
677
915
731
837
828
798
768
878
749
759
600
923
876
780
575
751
648
1,208
812
816
498
1,030
801
781
706
774
417
997
933
874
614
1,095
685
1,075
808
698
533
875
812
892
801
882
861
882
847
894
843
892
715
866
806
890
810

14
Deaths % Children
Due to
<5 Under
NCDs,
weight
2008 (%) 2006/2010
63
87
57
49
32
31
28
68
63
82
78
75
44c
72
27
33
21
58
33
34
39
32
28
28
20
32
16
27
30
18
34
29
26
40
42
40
34
28
42
28
87
28
29
75
27
27
25
27
21
24
25
31
27
21
33
21
32
22
25
27
19
21
12
3
6
27c
3
22
18
26
16
18
14
21
18
15
27
15
40
23
14
21
17
21
29
23
35
33
16
13
18
11
32
16
16
15
10
22
16
16
24
30
11
24

Percent of Married
Women 15-49 Using
Contraception
All
Methods
Gabon
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Botswana
Lesotho
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
AMERICAS
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada
United States
CENTRAL AMERICA
Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
CARIBBEAN
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Curacao
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts-Nevis
Saint Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
French Guiana
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
ASIA
ASIA (Excl. China)
WESTERN ASIA
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
33
38
59
44
47
55
60
65
75
78
74
79
74
71
34
80
73
54
65
73
73
63
74
73
32
73
84
43
76
65
61
80
64
79
73
43
79
75
46
77
70
65
55
52
55
51
62
Modern
Methods
12
33
59
42
46
53
60
63
69
73
72
73
67
64
31
72
66
44
56
66
69
58
73
70
24
68
72
38
70
64
34
77
73
59
40
70
51
45
75
62
59
47
36
26
13
31
GNI PPP
per Capita
(US$)
2010
13,060
1,930
9,890
13,700
1,970
6,420
10,360
5,600
23,870
46,400
38,370
47,310
10,760
12,050
6,200
11,270
6,550
4,650
3,770
14,400
2,790
12,770
20,400
30,620
11,940
9,030
9,930
1,180
7,310
15,970
10,520
10,870
24,050
10,930
15,570
4,640
11,000
14,640
9,060
7,880
3,450
5,080
8,930
7,680
13,620
12,150
6,860
6,500
12,620
5,660
9,270
Population
per
Square
Kilometer
6
190
22
3
73
3
42
70
22
16
3
33
29
65
14
88
298
138
75
59
46
48
179
197
26
644
101
444
95
208
334
236
370
247
359
416
207
314
278
256
22
15
10
23
23
42
52
3
4
16
23
3
19
33
134
130
50
110
107
1,925
Noncommunicable
Disease Death Rate
(Age-standardized,
2008) per 100,000
Males Females
735
649
760
676
954
1,073
734
1,038
518
451
387
458
557
548
507
431
539
503
812
543
559
434
609
544
530
633
493
682
546
722
797
498
621
597
649
896
556
613
711
614
501
438
434
735
517
408
696
651
469
720
746
737
1,156
999
642

15
561
553
561
546
629
557
555
730
376
320
265
326
409
420
455
333
449
421
595
412
424
324
495
511
373
363
382
519
531
442
594
479
553
405
509
506
396
366
563
428
313
351
336
602
395
339
450
378
371
531
547
534
693
847
552
Deaths % Children
Due to
<5 Under
NCDs,
weight
2008 (%) 2006/2010
41
49
29
31
29
38
29
28
79
87
89
87
72
73
62
81
67
47
69
78
69
69
65
80
74
82
84
85
68
81
41
68
83
78
76
78
72
80
57
74
83
66
65
66
69
60
71
87
66
66
58
71
90
85
79
13
10
11
13
17
9
6
3
5
4
1
6
13
8
3
6
4
18
2
3
2
4
2
3
6
11
3
4
7
5
4
26
33
12
5
8

Percent of Married
Women 15-49 Using
Contraception
Cyprus
Georgia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Turkey
Yemen
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Iran
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Vietnam
EAST ASIA
China
China, Macao SARe
Japan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Mongolia
Taiwan
EUROPE
EUROPEAN UNION
NORTHERN EUROPE
Channel Islands
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Iceland
Ireland
All
Methods
47
51
59
58
58
32
50
43
24
58
73
28
28
52
23
61
66
54
73
51
48
35
50
27
68
37
62
65
62
51
61
32
41
51
62
80
22
78
82
85
80
54
69
80
66
71
73
72
80
70
79
65
Modern
Methods
27
33
42
34
34
25
39
32
43
46
24
19
45
15
52
65
47
59
49
46
27
43
19
53
32
45
59
53
35
57
29
38
34
55
77
21
60
80
84
75
44
58
70
61
62
64
78
56
78
61
GNI PPP
per Capita
(US$)
2010
30,890
4,990
3,370
27,660
5,800
14,090
25,190
22,750
5,120
15,530
50,580
2,500
3,560
1,060
1,810
4,990
3,400
11,490
10,770
2,070
8,110
1,210
2,790
5,010
2,140
7,490
3,110
5,140
50,180
2,080
4,200
2,440
14,220
1,950
3,980
55,790
8,190
3,600
3,070
10,430
7,640
47,480
45,220
34,610
29,110
3,670
27,080
31,730
36,290
41,100
19,810
37,070
28,270
33,540
Population
per
Square
Kilometer
127
65
77
357
71
162
414
10
709
171
13
122
96
97
48
169
51
1,062
15
383
48
6
28
1,110
210
227
323
49
11
67
135
72
83
127
28
88
81
321
7,751
136
76
268
135
141
6,487
21,825
338
204
491
2
646
32
116
56
804
130
30
16
3
67
Noncommunicable
Disease Death Rate
(Age-standardized,
2008) per 100,000
Males Females
417
282
858
491
780
593
377
268
818
568
395
394
717
465
758
494
368
434
753
510
730
504
708
475
448
340
887
721
786
593
1,285
953
748
648
793
655
782
571
661
507
1,270
772
1,088
758
611
559
706
536
747
638
746
461
678
759
1,182
873
938
734
737
524
534
489
958
592
757
538
849
689
606
437
737
571
712
483
372
239
792
541
651
475
687
508
633
459
665
495
337
178
652
467
465
247
868
569
664
380
497
299
464
310
494
338
824
391
452
265
364
257
436
296

16
Deaths % Children
Due to
<5 Under
NCDs,
weight
2008 (%) 2006/2010
90
91
1
44
6
87
74
2
76
84
83
9
69
71
77
10
85
2
67
45
43
53
39
29
33
52
41
53
13
53
43
72
78
4
77
2
79
17
50
39
46
31
65
21
59
15
73
8
79
4
63
19
82
46
28
64
18
48
31
67
13
40
23
61
22
79
71
7
34
45
75
20
82
4
83
4
80
65
19
82
72
5
88
90
88
90
90
89
88
87

Percent of Married
Women 15-49 Using
Contraception
Latvia
Lithuania
Norway
Sweden
United Kingdom
WESTERN EUROPE
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Monaco
Netherlands
Switzerland
EASTERN EUROPE
Belarus
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Hungary
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russia
Slovakia
Ukraine
SOUTHERN EUROPE
Albania
Andorra
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Croatia
Greece
Italy
Kosovof
Macedoniag
Malta
Montenegro
Portugal
San Marino
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
OCEANIA
Australia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Nauru
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
All
Methods
68
51
88
75
84
72
51
75
77
70
69
82
75
73
63
72
81
68
70
80
80
67
64
69
36
76
63
44
14
86
39
87
41
79
66
63
71
45
67
22
45
36
75
33
36
29
35
31
38
Modern
Methods
56
33
82
65
84
69
47
73
75
66
67
78
58
56
40
63
71
43
38
65
66
48
48
10
11
46
41
18
10
46
17
83
19
63
62
60
71
70
58
13
42
23
72
30
24
27
27
23
22
37
GNI PPP
per Capita
(US$)
2010
16,320
17,840
58,570
39,730
35,840
37,940
39,790
38,290
34,750
38,100
61,240
41,810
49,960
16,590
13,590
13,440
22,910
19,550
3,360
19,160
14,290
19,240
22,980
6,620
27,760
8,520
8,910
18,680
27,630
31,810
11,070
24,820
12,770
24,590
11,090
26,530
31,800
26,560
36,910
3,490
4,510
3,520
28,100
11,000
2,420
4,250
2,220
4,580
4,310
Population
per
Square
Kilometer
32
49
13
21
260
172
101
364
115
229
229
204
36,356
403
194
16
46
65
133
107
122
122
90
8
110
75
117
99
153
75
76
82
202
210
80
1,262
45
115
530
92
102
91
4
3
152
46
69
291
145
304
485
14
16
45
15
66
19
138
433
21
Noncommunicable
Disease Death Rate
(Age-standardized,
2008) per 100,000
Males Females
921
459
876
438
405
271
390
267
441
309
437
264
437
273
439
266
419
225
460
290
435
269
400
211
425
291
362
234
991
522
1,067
518
849
514
604
366
845
457
1,006
672
714
378
789
483
1,109
562
768
425
1,122
583
466
287
755
623
414
226
645
491
697
409
445
289
400
245
756
579
441
303
712
529
483
276
309
248
804
578
517
287
429
235
493
351
365
246
754
623
928
591
832
548
1,280
1316
1,367
846
411
285
777
414
837
665
772
583
710
524
649
673
992
992
768
577

17
Deaths % Children
Due to
<5 Under
NCDs,
weight
2008 (%) 2006/2010
90
86
87
90
88
90
91
86
87
92
87
86
89
90
85
87
1
94
90
93
87
3
89
91
4
82
90
86
91
89
5
91
95
1
92
91
92
95
2
90
95
2
86
95
95
1
87
91
77
90
67
77
69
73
70
5
91
74
44
18
70
60
12
74
73
2
70
NOTES
() Indicates data unavailable or inapplicable.
a Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. Rates shown with decimals indicate
national statistics reported as completely registered, while those without
are estimates from the sources cited on reverse. Rates shown in italics
are based upon fewer than 50annual infant deaths and, as a result, are
subject to considerable yearly variability.
b Average number of children born to a woman during
her lifetime.
c
For South Sudan and Sudan combined.
d The status of Western Sahara is disputed by Morocco.
e
f
Special Administrative Region.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Feb. 17, 2008. Serbia has
not recognized Kosovos independence.
g The former Yugoslav Republic.
* Data prior to 2006 are shown in italics.
For additional notes and sources, see page 19.
Data prepared by PRB demographers
Carl Haub and Toshiko Kaneda.
July 2012. Population Reference Bureau. All rights reserved.

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Acknowledgments, Notes, Sources, and Definitions

Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the
valuable assistance of PRB staff members
Donna Clifton and Amanda Roach; PRB interns
Amy Chambliss, Carrie Fahey, Elaine Lydick,
and Sarah Levy; staff of the International
Programs Center of the U.S. Census Bureau;
the United Nations (UN) Population Division;
the Institut national detudes dmographiques
(INED), Paris; and the World Bank in the
preparation of this years World Population
Data Sheet. This publication is funded by the
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the U.S.
Agency for International Development (IDEA
Project, No. AID-0AA-A-10-00009), and
supporters. The contents are the responsibility
of the Population Reference Bureau and do not
necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the
United States government.
Notes
The Data Sheet lists all geopolitical entities
with populations of 150,000 or more and all
members of the UN. These include sovereign
states, dependencies, overseas departments,
and some territories whose status or
boundaries may be undetermined or in
dispute. More developed regions, following
the UN classification, comprise all of Europe
and North America, plus Australia, Japan, and
New Zealand. All other regions and countries
are classified as less developed. The least
developed countries consist of 48 countries
with especially low incomes, high economic
vulnerability, and poor human development
indicators; 33 of these countries are in subSaharan Africa, 14 in Asia, and one in the
Caribbean. The criteria and list of countries, as
defined by the United Nations, can be found at
www.unohrlls.org/en/ldc/.
Sub-Saharan Africa: All countries of
Africa except the northern African countries
of Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, and
Western Sahara.
World and Regional Totals: Regional
population totals are independently rounded
and include small countries or areas not shown.
Regional and world rates and percentages are
weighted averages of countries for which data
are available; regional averages are shown
when data or estimates are available for at
least three-quarters of the regions population.
World Population Data Sheets from different
years should not be used as a time series.
Fluctuations in values from year to year
often reflect revisions based on new data or
estimates rather than actual changes in levels.
Additional information on likely trends and
consistent time series can be obtained from
PRB, and are also available from UN and U.S.
Census Bureau publications and websites.
Sources
The rates and figures are primarily compiled
from the following sources: official country
statistical yearbooks, bulletins, and websites;
the United Nations Demographic Yearbook,
2009-2010 and Population and Vital Statistics
Report of the UN Statistics Division; World
Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision of the
UN Population Division; and the International
Data Base of the International Programs
Center, U.S. Census Bureau. Other sources
include recent demographic surveys such
as the Demographic and Health Surveys,
Reproductive Health Surveys, special studies,
and direct communication with demographers
and statistical bureaus in the United States
and abroad. Specific data sources may be
obtained by contacting the authors of the 2012
World Population Data Sheet. For countries
with complete registration of births and deaths,
rates are those most recently reported. For
more developed countries, nearly all vital rates
refer to 2011 or 2010.
Definitions
Mid-2012 Population
Estimates are based on a recent census, official
national data, or PRB, UN, and U.S. Census
Bureau projections. The effects of refugee
movements, large numbers of foreign workers,
and population shifts due to contemporary
political events are taken into account to the
extent possible.
Birth and Death Rate
The annual number of births and deaths per
1,000 total population. These rates are often
referred to as crude rates since they do not
take a populations age structure into account.
Thus, crude death rates in more developed
countries with a relatively large proportion of
high-mortality older population are often higher
than those in less developed countries with
lower life expectancy.
Rate of Natural Increase (RNI)
The birth rate minus the death rate, implying
the annual rate of population growth without
regard for migration. Expressed as a
percentage.
Net Migration
The estimated rate of net immigration
(immigration minus emigration) per 1,000
population for a recent year based upon the
official national rate or derived as a residual
from estimated birth, death, and population
growth rates. Migration rates can vary
substantially from year to year for any particular
country, as can the definition of an immigrant.
2050 Population as a Multiple of 2010
Projected populations based upon reasonable
assumptions on the future course of fertility,
mortality, and migration. Projections are based
upon official country projections, series issued
by the UN or the U.S. Census Bureau, or PRB
projections.
Infant Mortality Rate

The annual number of deaths of infants under
age 1 per 1,000 live births. Rates shown with
decimals indicate national statistics reported as
completely registered, while those without are
estimates from the sources cited above. Rates
shown in italics are based upon fewer than
50 annual infant deaths and, as a result, are
subject to considerable yearly variability; rates
shown for such countries are averages for a
multiple-year period.
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
The average number of children a woman
would have assuming that current age-specific
birth rates remain constant throughout her
childbearing years (usually considered to be
ages 15 to 49).
Population Under Age 15/Age 65+
The percentage of the total population in
these ages, which are often considered the
dependent ages.
Life Expectancy at Birth
The average number of years a newborn infant
can expect to live under current mortality levels.
Percent Urban
Percentage of the total population living in
areas termed urban by that country or by the
UN. Countries define urban in many different
ways, from population centers of 100 or
more dwellings to only the population living in
national and provincial capitals.
Prevalence of HIV/AIDS
The estimated percentage of adults, by sex,
ages 15-49, living with HIV/AIDS. Figures
are from UNAIDS 2010 Report on the Global
AIDS Epidemic with updates from recent
Demographic and Health Surveys. Some
regional averages were calculated by PRB.
Contraceptive Use
The percentage of currently married or in
union women of reproductive age who are
currently using any form of contraception.
Modern methods include clinic and supply
methods such as the pill, IUD, condom, and
sterilization. Data are from the most recently
available national-level surveys, such as
Demographic and Health Surveys, Reproductive
Health Surveys, Multiple Indicator Cluster
Surveys, regional survey programs, national
surveys, and the UN Population Division
World Contraceptive Use 2011. For more
developed countries, data refer to some point
in the 1990s and early 2000s. Data for less
developed countries are primarily from a point
in the mid-2000s. Data prior to 2006 are
shown in italics.
GNI PPP per Capita, 2010 (US$)
GNI PPP per capita is gross national income
in purchasing power parity (PPP) divided by
mid-year population. GNI PPP refers to gross
national income converted to international
dollars using a purchasing power parity
conversion factor. International dollars indicate
the amount of goods and services one could
buy in the United States with a given amount of
money. Data are from the World Bank. Figures
in italics are for 2009.
Age-standardized Death Rate for All

Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)
The numbers of deaths due to noncommunicable
diseases per 100,000 population estimated
for 2008 by sex and adjusted for differences
in population age distribution across countries.
Estimates for many developing countries and some
developed countries are less reliable since they are
not based on national NCD mortality data. Data are
from Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles
2011 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Regional averages were calculated by PRB.
Percent of All Deaths Due to NCDs
The estimated percentage of all deaths that
occurred in 2008 that resulted from NCDs.
Data are from WHOs Noncommunicable
Diseases Country Profiles 2011. Regional
averages were calculated by PRB.
Prevalence of Underweight Among
Children Under Age 5
The percentage of children ages 0-59 months
who are moderately and severely underweight
(below minus two standard deviations from
median weight-for-age of the WHO Child Growth
Standards). Data are from UNICEFs State of the
Worlds Children 2012. Some regional averages
were calculated by PRB.
PRBs 2012 World Population Data Sheet is

available in English, French, and
Spanish at www.prb.org. Also online:
Interactive world map illustrating key demographic variables by country and region.
Map can be embedded on other websites
using simple coding.
Fact sheets on world population trends, unmet
need for family planning, noncommunicable
diseases, and U.S. fertility decline.
Webinar with PRB demographers, including
their PowerPoint presentations.
Video: Noncommunicable Diseases.
World population clock, continuously updating world population total.
To order PRB publications
(discounts available for bulk orders):
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E-mail: popref@prb.org.
Call toll-free: 800-877-9881.
Fax: 202-328-3937.
Mail: 1875 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 520,
Washington, DC 20009.
Data prepared by PRB demographers
Carl Haub and Toshiko Kaneda.
July 2012. Population Reference Bureau.
Allrights reserved.
ISSN 0085-8315
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Anna Gerrard, courtesy of Photoshare. Bottom
row, left to right: 2008 digitalskillet/iStockPhoto;
2007 Justin Horrocks, iStockPhoto; and 2003
Sammy Ndwiga, courtesy of Photoshare. Photo
credits, data side (left to right): 2008 Pakistan
Safe Drinking Water and Hygiene Promotion Project,
courtesy of USAID; 2008 FISH Project, Philippines,
courtesy of USAID; 2007 Ben Barber, courtesy of
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