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               2008 WORLD
               POPULATION
                                                     Data Sheet


          AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA NORTHERN AFRICA ALGERIA EGYPT LIBYA MOROCCO SUDAN TUNISIA WESTERN SAHARA WESTERN AFRICA BENIN
          BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE CÔTE 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. OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA GABON SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SOUTHERN AFRICA
          BOTSWANA LESOTHO NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND NORTHERN AMERICA CANADA UNITED STATES LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CENTRAL
          AMERICA BELIZE COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS MEXICO NICARAGUA PANAMA CARIBBEAN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
          BAHAMAS BARBADOS CUBA DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GRENADA GUADELOUPE HAITI JAMAICA MARTINIQUE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
          PUERTO RICO ST. KITTS–NEVIS SAINT LUCIA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL
          CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR FRENCH GUIANA GUYANA PARAGUAY PERU SURINAME URUGUAY VENEZUELA ASIA WESTERN ASIA ARMENIA
          AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN 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 EAST TIMOR INDONESIA
          LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM EAST ASIA CHINA CHINA, HONG KON CHINA, MACAO JAPAN KOREA,
          NORTH KOREA, SOUTH MONGOLIA TAIWAN EUROPE NORTHERN EUROPE CHANNEL ISLANDS DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND ICELAND IRELAND
          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 MACEDONIA MALTA MONTENEGRO
          PORTUGAL SAN MARINO SERBIA SLOVENIA SPAIN OCEANIA AUSTRALIA FED. 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
Most Populous Countries, 2008 and 2050
                                     2008                                                  2050
                                                   Population                                         Population
              Country                               (millions)        Country                          (millions)
               China                                  1,324.7         India                             1,755.2
               India                                  1,149.3         China                             1,437.0
               United States                           304.5          United States                       438.2
               Indonesia                               239.9          Indonesia                           343.1
               Brazil                                  195.1          Pakistan                            295.2
               Pakistan                                172.8          Nigeria                             282.2
               Nigeria                                 148.1          Brazil                              259.8
               Bangladesh                              147.3          Bangladesh                          215.1
               Russia                                  141.9          Congo, Dem. Rep.                    189.3
               Japan                                   127.7          Philippines                         150.1




Largest Population Growth or Decline, 2008 to 2050
                 Largest percent increase                                Largest percent decline
              Country                                Percent          Country                           Percent
               Uganda                                   263           Bulgaria                            -35
               Niger                                    261           Swaziland                           -33
               Burundi                                  220           Georgia                             -28
               Liberia                                  216           Ukraine                             -28
               Guinea-Bissau                            205           Japan                               -25
               Congo, Dem. Rep.                         185           Moldova                             -23
               Timor-Leste (East Timor)                 179           Russia                              -22
               Mali                                     169           Serbia                              -21
               Somalia                                  166           Belarus                             -20
               Angola                                   155           Romania                             -20
                                                                      Bosnia-Herzegovina                  -20

Note: Excludes countries with fewer than 1 million residents.




Lowest and Highest Infant Mortality Rates
                                     Lowest                                              Highest
                                                 Infant deaths                                       Infant deaths
              Country                           per 1,000 births      Country                       per 1,000 births
               China, Hong Kong SAR                     1.6           Afghanistan                         163
               Singapore                                2.4           Sierra Leone                        158
               Sweden                                   2.5           Liberia                             133
               Finland                                  2.7           Angola                              132
               Japan                                    2.8           Guinea-Bissau                       117
               Slovenia                                 3.1           Somalia                             117
               Norway                                   3.1           Guinea                              113
               Czech Republic                           3.1           Mozambique                          108
               Ireland                                  3.1           Burundi                             107
               Portugal                                 3.5           Chad                                106
               Israel                                   3.5


Note: Excludes countries with fewer than 50 infant deaths annually.

                                                                                         2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 2
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
World PoPulation HigHligHts
Africa and Other Developing Regions Make Up an Increasing Share
of World Population.
As world population has risen        Population (billions)
from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 6.7
billion in 2008, the proportion       10
living in the developing coun-
tries of Africa, Asia, and Latin       9
America and the Caribbean has
expanded from 68 percent to            8
                                                                                                                                India
more than 80 percent. India
                                       7
and China, with a billion-plus
each in 2008, make up about
                                                                                                                                China
                                       6
37 percent of the total. Projec-
tions for 2050 show this shift
                                       5
to developing countries con-
                                                                                                                                Africa
tinuing. The share living in the
                                       4
more developed countries is
projected to drop from about
                                       3
18 percent in 2008 to less than
                                                                                                                    Other less developed countries
14 percent in 2050. Africa’s
                                       2
population, currently growing
faster than any other major            1
region, is projected to account                                                                                       More developed countries
for 21 percent of world popula-        0
tion by 2050, up from just 9               1950                 1970                   1990             2010                2030                 2050
percent in 1950.
Source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision, Medium Variant (2007).


There Has Been Little Improvement in Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries.
A maternal death related to pregnancy or childbirth is a rare event in more developed countries: Just 9 women died for every 100,000 births in these
countries in 2005, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the UN Population Fund, and the World Bank. But the
ratio of maternal deaths to
births is shockingly high in       Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
sub-Saharan Africa and South
                                                                                                                                                2005
                                                                                                                                    1990
Asia. Even more worrisome,
                                                                                                      430
there has been little improve-
                                                 WORLD
                                                                                                   400
ment over the past 15 years in
developing regions as a whole,
                                                                                                          480
despite concerted efforts to Less developed countries
                                                                                                        450
improve mothers’ health. Pub-
lic health experts emphasize                                                                                                                        920
the importance of prenatal care        Sub-Saharan Africa                                                                                         900
and skilled medical assistance
during childbirth, including                                                                                           620
                                              South Asia
the availability of emergency                                                                              490
care to deal with complica-
                                                                      95
tions. Such health care is often
                                                East Asia        50
lacking in countries with poor
infrastructure and inadequate
                                                                              180
health facilities.               Latin America/Caribbean
                                                                         130
Source: World Health Organiza-
tion et al., Maternal Mortality                                  11
in 2005 (2006; www.who.int,     More developed countries
                                                                 9
accessed May 1, 2008).



                                                                                                               2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 3
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
World PoPulation HigHligHts
Regional Patterns of Fertility Support Continued World Population Growth.
While Europeans opt to have one or two children at most, sub-Saharan Africans have more than five children, on average, and Asians have between
two and three. There are clear regional patterns of low or high fertility, but there is also wide variation within some regions. South Africa’s rates are well
below those of its neighbors, for example, while Bolivia’s fertility is above the level in other South American countries. In the Middle East, Iran stands
out as having low fertility, a contrast to much higher rates in Iraq and Yemen. In Asia, China’s below-2-child fertility rate dominates the region statisti-
cally, but fertility remains high in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Laos.




        Total fertility rate around 2008
          Fewer than 1.5 births per woman
          1.5 to 2.1 births per woman
          2.2 to 2.9 births per woman
          3.0 to 4.9 births per woman
          5.0 or more births per woman




Note: The total fertility rate measures the total number of children a woman would have given current birth rates.
Source: C. Haub and M.M. Kent, 2008 World Population Data Sheet.



Notable Decline in Some Countries, Not in Others.
The last quarter century has seen significant drops in                Total fertility rate
fertility among developing countries. In Bangladesh, the
                                                                                                                                  1950 –1955              Around 2008
total fertility rate dropped from 6.7 lifetime births per
woman in the early 1950s to 2.7 in 2008, aided by a strong
                                                                       8.2          8.1
government commitment to population policies and
successful community-based family planning programs.
                                                                                          7.1   7.1         7.0         6.9 6.7
Fertility also fell dramatically in Guatemala, from 7.0 to                                                                        6.7         6.7          6.5
                                                                             6.2
4.4 children per woman, over the period. Mexico saw an
even more impressive decline, as that country developed                                               5.3
economically and embraced the idea of smaller families.
                                                                                                                  4.4
Ethiopia, Niger, and Uganda show much more modest
declines, helping explain why Africa’s population growth
continues to outstrip that in other regions.
                                                                                                                                        2.7                      2.7
                                                                                                                                                    2.3

Note: The total fertility rate measures the total number of
children a woman would have given current birth rates.
SourceS: UN Population Division and Population Reference
Bureau.
                                                                        Yemen       Niger       Ethiopia Guatemala Uganda Bangladesh Mexico South Africa
                                                                                                                           2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 4
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
World PoPulation HigHligHts
The Urban Population Is Now a Majority in Many of the Largest Countries.
The world will pass a milestone in 2008: One-half of the world’s residents will live in urban areas. This event is impressive when we consider that less
than 30 percent lived in urban areas in 1950. Less than 15 percent were urban in Nigeria and China in 1950, and just slightly more in India. But while
the urban share in these countries showed impressive increases, it is also somewhat surprising how rural they still are. India, known for its megacities
of Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi, is very much a rural country. Less than 30 percent live in urban areas.

Percent of population living in urban areas

100
                                                                                                                                                       Nigeria
  90
                                                                      United States
  80                                                                                                                                                   India

  70
                                                                                                                                                       China
  60
                                                                                                                   India
                                                                             Nigeria
  50                                                                                                                                                   United Sta

  40
                                                                            China
  30

  20

  10

   0
        1950        1960         1970      1980        1990          2000           2010   2020       2030      2040         2050

Source: UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision (2008; CD-ROM).




Most Urbanites Live in Towns and                                                                     10 million
                                                                                                      or more
Villages, Not Large Cities.                                                                             8%
                                                                                                              5 million to
                                                                                                              9.9 million
While about one-half of the world lives in urban areas, the vast
                                                                                                                  7%
majority of these urbanites reside in small towns and villages,
not large modern cities. Just 37 percent of urban dwellers live in
cities with 1 million or more residents, and just 8 percent are in
megacities of 10 million or more.
Source: UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects:
The 2007 Revision (2008; Cd-roM).

                                                                                                                       1 million to
                                                                                                                       4.9 million
                                                                                                                           22%

                                                                              Fewer than
                                                                                500,000           500,000 to
                                                                                 52%              0.9 million
                                                                                                     10%

                                                                              Urban popluation by size of urban area, 2005



                                                                                                                  2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 5
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
World PoPulation HigHligHts
Mother’s Education Is Key to Children’s Nutritional Status.
Long-term malnutrition among children can result in stunting, a failure to reach the biological potential for growth, and an especially low height for
their age. Stunting has been associated with lower IQs and fewer years in school for children, and lower productivity and incomes for adults. Efforts
to combat stunting focus on fetal development and the first two years of a child’s life, after which the damage may be irreversible. In most countries,
children with less-educated mothers are much more likely to become stunted than those with more-educated mothers. In Nigeria, nearly one-half, and
in India, nearly 60 percent of the children whose mothers had no education were stunted. The children of more-educated mothers tend to fare much
better, but not everywhere. In Madagascar, for example, stunting was surprisingly high even among children of more-educated mothers.

  Percent of children under age 3 who are stunted, by mother’s education

    57
                                                                        No education                 Secondary or higher
                    47               47

                                                   39
                           36

                                                                  30
                                                                                  28
                                                                                                  23
           22
                                          20              19
                                                                                                         17       17

                                                                         10
                                                                                          8
                                                                                                                           5


     India*       Madagascar         Nigeria      Cambodia           Haiti        Colombia          Egypt             Senegal
   2005–2006      2003–2004           2003          2005             2005           2005            2005               2005


* Children under age 5.
Note: Stunting occurs when a child’s height at a given age is below international standards for normal development.
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (www.measuredhs.com).




                                                                                                                          2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 6
© 2008 Population Reference Bureau
Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD

                                                                                                                                                         A Woman’s
                                                                                                                               Projected
                                                                                            Net                                                           Lifetime
                                                                                                                               Population
                                                                                         Migration
                                                                              Rate of                                                                      Risk of
                                                                                                       Projected Population
                                                                                           Rate
                                                                              Natural
                                                                Deaths per                                                                              Dying From
                                    Population     Births per                                                                                Infant                      Total
                                                                                                                                Change
                                                                                                             (millions)
                                                                                         per 1,000
                                                                             Increase                                                                     Maternal
                                    mid-2008          1,000       1,000                                                                     Mortality                   Fertilty
                                                                                                                               2008–2050
                                                                                         Population   mid–2025     mid–2050
                                                                               (%)                                                                      Causes, 1 in:
                                     (millions)    Population   Population                                                                    Ratea                      Rateb
                                                                                                                                  (%)
                                     6,705             21           8          1.2           —        8,000         9,352          39          49             92          2.6
WORLD
                                     1,227             12          10          0.2           3        1,269         1,294           5           6          6,000          1.6
 MorE dEVEloPEd
                                     5,479             23           8          1.5          -1        6,731         8,058          47          54             75          2.8
 lEss dEVEloPEd
                                     4,154             26           9          1.8          -1        5,255         6,621          59          59             55          3.2
 lEss dEVEloPEd (Excl. China)
                                       797             36          13          2.4          -0        1,139         1,664         109          85             22          4.7
 lEast dEVEloPEd
                                       967             37          14          2.4          -1        1,358         1,932         100          82             26          4.9
AFRICA
                                       809             40          15          2.5          -0        1,161         1,698         110          88             22          5.4
suB-saHaran aFriCa
                                       197             26           7          1.9          -1          251           307          56          45            145          3.0
nortHErn aFriCa
                                        34.7           22           4          1.8          -1           43.3          50.1        44          27            220          2.3
  Algeria
                                        74.9           27           6          2.0          -1           95.9         117.9        57          33            230          3.1
  Egypt
                                         6.3           24           4          2.0           0            8.1           9.7        54          21            350          3.0
  Libya
                                        31.2           21           6          1.4          -3           36.6          42.4        36          43            150          2.4
  Morocco
                                        39.4           33          12          2.1           1           54.3          73.0        85          81             53          4.5
  Sudan
                                        10.3           17           6          1.2          -1           12.1          13.2        27          19            500          2.0
  Tunisia
                                         0.5           28           8          2.0          20            0.8           0.9        89          53            —            3.0
  Western Sahara
                                       291             42          15          2.6          -1          419           616         112          96             19          5.7
WEstErn aFriCa
                                         9.3           42          12          3.0           1           14.5          22.5       142          98             20          5.7
  Benin
                                        15.2           45          15          3.0          -1           23.7          37.5       147          89             22          6.2
  Burkina Faso
                                         0.5           30           5          2.5          -2            0.7           0.9        83          28            120          3.5
  Cape Verde
                                        20.7           38          14          2.4          -2           26.2          34.7        68         100             27          4.9
  Côte d'Ivoire
                                         1.6           38          11          2.7           1            2.3           3.4       117          93             32          5.1
  Gambia
                                        23.9           32          10          2.2          -0           33.7          48.8       104          71             45          4.3
  Ghana
                                        10.3           42          14          2.9          -6           15.7          24.5       138         113             19          5.7
  Guinea
                                         1.7           50          19          3.1           0            2.9           5.3       205         117             13          7.1
  Guinea-Bissau
                                         3.9           50          18          3.1           3            6.8          12.5       216         133             12          6.8
  Liberia
                                        12.7           48          15          3.3          -3           20.6          34.2       169          96             15          6.6
  Mali
                                         3.2           35           9          2.7           1            4.5           6.4        99          77             22          4.8
  Mauritania
                                        14.7           46          15          3.1          -0           26.3          53.2       261          81              7          7.1
  Niger
                                       148.1           43          18          2.5          -0          205.4         282.2        91         100             18          5.9
  Nigeria
                                        12.7           39          10          3.0          -2           18.0          25.3        99          61             21          5.3
  Senegal
                                         5.5           48          23          2.5          -4            7.6          10.9        99         158              8          6.1
  Sierra Leone
                                         6.8           38          10          2.8          -0            9.9          14.1       108          91             38          5.1
  Togo
                                       301             41          15          2.5          -0          440           641         113          81             28          5.4
EastErn aFriCa
                                         8.9           46          16          3.0           7           15.0          28.3       220         107             16          6.8
  Burundi
                                         0.7           36           8          2.8           0            1.1           1.8       151          69             52          4.9
  Comoros
                                         0.8           30          12          1.8           0            1.1           1.5        75          67             35          4.2
  Djibouti
                                         5.0           40          10          3.0           2            7.7          11.5       129          59             44          5.3
  Eritrea
                                        79.1           40          15          2.5          -0          110.5         147.6        87          77             27          5.3
  Ethiopia
                                        38.0           40          12          2.8          -1           51.3          65.2        72          77             39          4.9
  Kenya
                                        18.9           38          10          2.8           0           28.0          41.6       120          75             38          5.0
  Madagascar
                                        13.6           48          16          3.2          -0           20.4          30.5       124          80             18          6.3
  Malawi
                                         1.3           14           7          0.7          -0            1.4           1.5        17          15.4        3,300          1.7
  Mauritius
                                         0.2           39           3          3.6           5            0.3           0.5       174          —             —            4.5
  Mayotte
                                        20.4           41          20          2.1          -0           27.5          37.2        83         108             45          5.4
  Mozambique
                                         0.8           19           5          1.3          -0            1.0           1.1        31           8            —            2.5
  Reunion
                                         9.6           43          16          2.7           1           14.6          21.7       126          86             16          6.0
  Rwanda
                                                                                                                                               11
                                         0.1           18           7          1.0           6            0.1           0.1        37                        —            2.2
  Seychelles
                                         9.0           46          19          2.7           3           14.3          23.8       166         117             12          6.7
  Somalia
                                        40.2           38          15          2.3          -2           58.2          82.5       105          75             24          5.3
  Tanzania
                                        29.2           48          16          3.1          -1           56.4         106.0       263          76             25          6.7
  Uganda
                                        12.2           43          22          2.1          -3           15.5          19.3        58         100             27          5.5
  Zambia
                                        13.5           31          21          1.1          -1           16.0          19.1        42          60             43          3.8
  Zimbabwe
                                       122             43          14          2.8          -0          189           306         151          97             20          6.1
MiddlE aFriCa
                                        16.8           47          21          2.7           2           26.2          42.7       155         132             12          6.8
  Angola
                                        18.5           36          13          2.3           0           25.5          34.9        89          74             24          4.7
  Cameroon
                                         4.4           38          19          1.9          -1            5.5           6.5        47         102             25          5.0
  Central African Republic
                                        10.1           44          17          2.7           2           13.9          20.5       102         106             11          6.3
  Chad
                                         3.8           37          13          2.5          -2            5.6           8.8       130          75             22          5.3
  Congo
                                        66.5           44          13          3.1          -1          109.7         189.3       185          92             13          6.5
  Congo, Dem. Rep.
                                         0.6           39          10          2.9           0            0.9           1.4       132          91             28          5.4
  Equatorial Guinea
                                         1.4           27          12          1.5           1            1.7           2.1        54          58             53          3.2
  Gabon
                                         0.2           35           8          2.7          -2            0.2           0.3        85          77            —            4.1
  Sao Tome and Principe
                                                                                                                              2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 7
    © 2008 Population Reference Bureau                                       See Notes on page 14.
Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD

                                                                                                                                                         A Woman’s
                                                                                                                               Projected
                                                                                            Net                                                           Lifetime
                                                                                                                               Population
                                                                                         Migration
                                                                              Rate of                                                                      Risk of
                                                                                                       Projected Population
                                                                                           Rate
                                                                              Natural
                                                                Deaths per                                                                              Dying From
                                    Population     Births per                                                                                Infant                      Total
                                                                                                                                Change
                                                                                                             (millions)
                                                                                         per 1,000
                                                                             Increase                                                                     Maternal
                                    mid-2008          1,000       1,000                                                                     Mortality                   Fertilty
                                                                                                                               2008–2050
                                                                                         Population   mid–2025     mid–2050
                                                                               (%)                                                                      Causes, 1 in:
                                     (millions)    Population   Population                                                                    Ratea                      Rateb
                                                                                                                                  (%)
                                        55             24          16          0.8           0           59            62          12          48            90           2.8
soutHErn aFriCa
                                         1.8           24          14          0.9           6            2.2           2.4        29          44           130           2.9
  Botswana
                                         1.8           27          25          0.2          -4            1.7           1.6       -11          91            45           3.5
  Lesotho
                                         2.1           25          15          1.0           1            2.3           2.1         3          47           170           3.6
  Namibia
                                        48.3           23          15          0.8           0           51.5          54.8        13          45           110           2.7
  South Africa
                                         1.1           31          31          0.0           0            1.0           0.8       -33          85           120           3.8
  Swaziland
                                       915             18           7          1.2           0        1,080         1,258          37          18           420           2.3
AMERICAS
                                       338             14           8          0.6           4          393           480          42           7         6,000           2.1
NORTHERN AMERICA
                                        33.3           11           7          0.3           7           37.6          41.9        26           5.4      11,000           1.6
  Canada
                                       304.5           14           8          0.6           3          355.7         438.2        44           6.6       4,800           2.1
  United States
                                       577             21           6          1.5          -2          687           778          35          23           290           2.5
LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
                                       150             22           5          1.7          -5          180           203          35          22           320           2.5
CEntral aMEriCa
                                         0.3           27           4          2.3          -1            0.4           0.5        57          18           560           3.1
  Belize
                                         4.5           16           4          1.3           4            5.6           6.3        40           9.7       1,400           1.9
  Costa Rica
                                         7.2           24           6          1.8          -1            9.1          11.2        55          24           190           2.8
  El Salvador
                                        13.7           34           6          2.8          -1           20.0          27.9       104          34            71           4.4
  Guatemala
                                         7.3           27           5          2.2          -4            9.8          12.4        69          23            93           3.3
  Honduras
                                       107.7           20           5          1.6          -6          123.8         131.6        22          19           670           2.3
  Mexico
                                         5.7           26           5          2.1          -7            6.8           7.9        40          29           150           2.9
  Nicaragua
                                         3.4           20           4          1.6           0            4.2           5.0        46          15           270           2.4
  Panama
                                        41             19           8          1.1          -3           46            50          24          33           130           2.5
CariBBEan
                                                                                                                                               20
                                         0.1           17           7          1.0           3            0.1           0.1        29                       —             2.1
  Antigua and Barbuda
                                         0.3           17           6          1.1           1            0.4           0.5        34          14         2,700           1.9
  Bahamas
                                         0.3           14           8          0.6          -1            0.3           0.3        -7          14         4,400           1.8
  Barbados
                                        11.2           10           7          0.3          -3           11.2           9.9       -11           5.3       1,400           1.4
  Cuba
                                                                                                                                               16
                                         0.1           16           9          0.7          -5            0.1           0.1       -11                       —             3.0
  Dominica
                                         9.9           24           6          1.8          -3           12.1          14.0        42          32           230           3.0
  Dominican Republic
                                                                                                                                               17
                                         0.1           19           7          1.2         -10            0.1           0.1       -10                       —             2.1
  Grenada
                                                                                                                                                8
                                         0.4           15           7          0.8          -0            0.5           0.5        21                       —             2.1
  Guadeloupe
                                         9.1           29          11          1.8          -3           11.7          15.1        65          57            44           4.0
  Haiti
                                         2.7           17           6          1.1          -6            3.0           3.4        25          21           240           2.1
  Jamaica
                                                                                                                                                6
                                         0.4           13           7          0.7          -0            0.4           0.4       -13                       —             1.9
  Martinique
                                                                                                                                                5
                                         0.2           14           7          0.7          17            0.2           0.2        -4                       —             2.0
  Netherlands Antilles
                                         4.0           12           8          0.5          -1            4.1           3.8        -5           9.2       2,900           1.7
  Puerto Rico
                                                                                                                                               15
                                         0.05          18           8          1.0          -6            0.1           0.1        31                       —             2.3
  St. Kitts-Nevis
                                                                                                                                               19.4
                                         0.2           15           7          0.8           6            0.2           0.2        30                       —             1.7
  Saint Lucia
                                                                                                                                               17.6
                                         0.1           17           8          0.9          -8            0.1           0.1       -13                       —             2.1
  St. Vincent & the Grenadines
                                         1.3           14           8          0.6          -3            1.4           1.3        -1          24         1,400           1.6
  Trinidad and Tobago
                                       387             20           6          1.4          -1          461           524          36          23           300           2.4
soutH aMEriCa
                                        39.7           19           8          1.1          -0           46.3          52.5        32          13.3         530           2.4
  Argentina
                                        10.0           29           8          2.1           0           13.3          16.7        67          51            89           3.7
  Bolivia
                                       195.1           20           6          1.3           0          228.9         259.8        33          24           370           2.3
  Brazil
                                        16.8           14           5          0.9           0           19.1          20.2        20           8.8       3,200           2.0
  Chile
                                        44.4           20           6          1.4          -1           53.8          59.2        33          19           290           2.4
  Colombia
                                        13.8           26           6          2.0          -4           17.5          20.4        48          25           170           3.1
  Ecuador
                                         0.2           32           4          2.8           5            0.3           0.4        96          10.4         —             3.9
  French Guiana
                                         0.8           21           9          1.2         -10            0.8           0.5       -29          48            90           2.7
  Guyana
                                         6.2           27           6          2.1          -2            8.0          10.1        62          36           170           3.5
  Paraguay
                                        27.9           21           6          1.5          -4           34.0          39.3        41          24           140           2.6
  Peru
                                         0.5           17           7          1.1          -7            0.5           0.5        -8          16           530           2.5
  Suriname
                                         3.3           14           9          0.5          -3            3.5           3.7        11          10.5       2,100           2.0
  Uruguay
                                        27.9           25           4          2.1           0           34.9          41.1        47          16.5         610           2.6
  Venezuela
                                     4,052             19           7          1.2          -0        4,793         5,427          34          45           120           2.4
ASIA
                                     2,728             23           7          1.5          -0        3,317         3,990          46          51            90           2.8
ASIA (Excl. China)
                                       225             25           6          1.9          -0          290           363          61          41           170           3.3
WEstErn asia
                                         3.1           15           9          0.5          -2            3.3           3.3         7          26           980           1.7
  Armenia
                                         8.7           18           6          1.2          -0            9.7          11.6        34          12           670           2.3
  Azerbaijan
                                         0.8           20           3          1.7           7            1.0           1.2        53           8         1,300           2.5
  Bahrain
                                         1.1           12           7          0.6          10            1.1           1.1         2           6         6,400           1.5
  Cyprus
                                         4.6           11          10          0.1          -3            4.2           3.3       -28          16         1,100           1.4
  Georgia
                                        29.5           34          10          2.4          -4           43.3          61.9       110          94            72           4.6
  Iraq


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    © 2008 Population Reference Bureau                                       See Notes on page 14.
Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD

                                                                                                                                                        A Woman’s
                                                                                                                              Projected
                                                                                           Net                                                           Lifetime
                                                                                                                              Population
                                                                                        Migration
                                                                             Rate of                                                                      Risk of
                                                                                                      Projected Population
                                                                                          Rate
                                                                             Natural
                                                               Deaths per                                                                              Dying From
                                   Population     Births per                                                                                Infant                      Total
                                                                                                                               Change
                                                                                                            (millions)
                                                                                        per 1,000
                                                                            Increase                                                                     Maternal
                                   mid-2008          1,000       1,000                                                                     Mortality                   Fertilty
                                                                                                                              2008–2050
                                                                                        Population   mid–2025     mid–2050
                                                                              (%)                                                                      Causes, 1 in:
                                    (millions)    Population   Population                                                                    Ratea                      Rateb
                                                                                                                                 (%)
                                        7.5           21           5           1.6          2            9.3          11.2        49           3.5       7,800           2.9
 Israel
                                        5.8           28           4           2.4          7            7.7           9.7        65          24           450           3.6
 Jordan
                                        2.7           21           2           1.9          8            3.6           4.8        80           8         9,600           2.6
 Kuwait
                                        4.0           19           5           1.4         -0            4.6           5.0        26          19           290           1.9
 Lebanon
                                        2.7           24           3           2.1          5            3.1           3.9        42          10           420           3.4
 Oman
                                        4.2           37           4           3.3          0            6.2           8.8       113          25           —             4.6
 Palestinian Territory
                                        0.9           17           2           1.5         36            1.1           1.4        48           7         2,700           2.6
 Qatar
                                       28.1           29           3           2.7         -5           35.7          49.8        77          16         1,400           4.0
 Saudi Arabia
                                       19.9           28           4           2.5          2           26.8          34.0        71          19           210           3.5
 Syria
                                       74.8           19           6           1.2          0           87.8          88.7        19          23           880           2.2
 Turkey
                                        4.5           15           2           1.3         16            6.2           7.8        75           7         1,000           2.0
 United Arab Emirates
                                       22.2           41           9           3.2         -1           35.2          55.8       151          77            39           6.2
 Yemen
                                    1,683             25           8           1.7         -0        2,089         2,605          55          61            61           3.0
soutH CEntral asia
                                       32.7           47          21           2.6          0           50.3          81.9       150         163             8           6.8
 Afghanistan
                                      147.3           24           7           1.7         -1          180.1         215.1        46          52            51           2.7
 Bangladesh
                                        0.7           30           7           2.3          2            0.9           1.0        45          40            55           3.6
 Bhutan
                                    1,149.3           24           8           1.6         -0        1,407.7       1,755.2        53          57            70           2.8
 India
                                       72.2           20           5           1.4         -1           88.0         100.2        39          32           300           2.1
 Iran
                                       15.7           21          10           1.0          1           17.1          17.4        11          29           360           2.5
 Kazakhstan
                                        5.2           24           7           1.6        -10            6.5           8.1        54          50           240           2.8
 Kyrgyzstan
                                        0.3           19           4           1.6          0            0.4           0.5        73          16           200           2.2
 Maldives
                                       27.0           29           9           2.1         -1           36.5          48.7        81          48            31           3.1
 Nepal
                                      172.8           31           8           2.2         -1          228.9         295.2        71          75            74           4.1
 Pakistan
                                       20.3           19           7           1.2         -2           23.2          25.4        25          15           850           2.4
 Sri Lanka
                                        7.3           27           5           2.2         -2            9.5          11.5        57          65           160           3.3
 Tajikistan
                                        5.2           24           6           1.7         -3            6.5           7.6        47          74           290           2.9
 Turkmenistan
                                       27.2           24           7           1.7         -2           33.3          37.6        38          48         1,400           2.7
 Uzbekistan
                                      586             20           7           1.4         -0          709           826          41          31           130           2.5
soutHEast asia
                                        0.4           19           3           1.6          3            0.5           0.6        67           7         2,900           2.0
 Brunei
                                       14.7           26           8           1.8         -0           20.6          30.5       108          67            48           3.5
 Cambodia
                                      239.9           21           6           1.5         -1          291.9         343.1        43          34            97           2.6
 Indonesia
                                        5.9           34          10           2.4         -3            8.7          12.3       110          70            33           4.5
 Laos
                                       27.7           21           5           1.6          1           34.6          40.4        46           9           560           2.6
 Malaysia
                                       49.2           19          10           0.9         -0           55.4          58.7        19          70           110           2.2
 Myanmar
                                       90.5           26           5           2.1         -2          120.2         150.1        66          25           140           3.3
 Philippines
                                        4.8           11           5           0.6         37            5.3           5.3        10           2.4       6,200           1.4
 Singapore
                                       66.1           13           8           0.5          1           70.2          68.9         4          16           500           1.6
 Thailand
                                        1.1           42          11           3.2          0            1.7           3.0       179          88            35           6.7
 Timor-Leste
                                       86.2           17           5           1.2         -1          100.1         112.8        31          16           280           2.1
 Vietnam
                                    1,558             12           7           0.5         -0        1,705         1,633           5          21         1,200           1.6
East asia
                                    1,324.7           12           7           0.5         -0        1,476.0       1,437.0         8          23         1,300           1.6
 China
                                        7.0           10           6           0.5          3            8.0           8.8        26           1.6         —             1.0
   China, Hong Kong SARe
                                                                                                                                               2
                                        0.6            9           3           0.6         41            0.6           0.6         5                       —             1.0
   China, Macao SARe
                                      127.7            9           9          -0.0          0          119.3          95.2       -25           2.8      11,600           1.3
 Japan
                                       23.5           16           7           0.9          0           25.8          26.4        12          21           140           2.0
 Korea, North
                                       48.6           10           5           0.5          1           49.1          42.3       -13           4         6,100           1.3
 Korea, South
                                        2.7           21           6           1.5          0            3.3           3.8        45          41           840           2.3
 Mongolia
                                       23.0            9           6           0.3          1           23.1          18.9       -18           4.6         —             1.1
 Taiwan
                                      736             11          11          -0.0          3          726           685          -7           6         9,400           1.5
EUROPE
                                       98             12          10           0.3          4          108           117          19           4         7,800           1.8
nortHErn EuroPE
                                                                                                                                               3.7
                                        0.2           11           9           0.2          6            0.2           0.1        -5                       —             1.4
 Channel Islands
                                        5.5           12          10           0.2          5            5.6           5.5         0           4.0      17,800           1.8
 Denmark
                                        1.3           12          13          -0.1         -0            1.2           1.1       -18           4.9       2,900           1.7
 Estonia
                                        5.3           11           9           0.2          3            5.6           5.7         8           2.7       8,500           1.8
 Finland
                                                                                                                                               1.3
                                        0.3           15           6           0.8         10            0.4           0.4        37                    12,700           2.1
 Iceland
                                        4.5           16           6           0.9         15            4.9           5.1        13           3.1      47,600           2.1
 Ireland
                                        2.3           10          14          -0.4         -0            2.1           1.9       -16           7.6       8,500           1.5
 Latvia
                                        3.4           10          14          -0.4         -2            3.1           2.9       -14           5.9       7,800           1.4
 Lithuania
                                        4.8           12           9           0.4          8            5.6           6.6        38           3.1       7,700           1.9
 Norway
                                        9.2           12          10           0.2          6            9.9          10.4        13           2.5      17,400           1.9
 Sweden
                                       61.3           13           9           0.3          3           68.8          76.9        26           4.9       8,200           1.9
 United Kingdom


                                                                                                                             2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 9
   © 2008 Population Reference Bureau                                       See Notes on page 14.
Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD

                                                                                                                                                          A Woman’s
                                                                                                                                Projected
                                                                                            Net                                                            Lifetime
                                                                                                                                Population
                                                                                         Migration
                                                                              Rate of                                                                       Risk of
                                                                                                       Projected Population
                                                                                           Rate
                                                                              Natural
                                                                Deaths per                                                                               Dying From
                                    Population     Births per                                                                                 Infant                      Total
                                                                                                                                 Change
                                                                                                             (millions)
                                                                                         per 1,000
                                                                             Increase
                                                                  1,000                                                                                    Maternal
                                    mid-2008          1,000                                                                                  Mortality                   Fertilty
                                                                                                                                2008–2050
                                                                                         Population   mid–2025     mid–2050
                                                                               (%)
                                                                Population                                                                               Causes, 1 in:
                                     (millions)    Population                                                                                  Ratea                      Rateb
                                                                                                                                   (%)
                                         188           10           9           0.1          1          191           187           -0           4        11,000           1.6
WEstErn EuroPE
                                           8.4          9           9           0.0          4            8.8           9.5         14           3.7      21,500           1.4
 Austria
                                          10.7         12          10           0.2          5           10.8          11.0          2           3.7       7,800           1.7
 Belgium
                                          62.0         13           8           0.4          1           66.1          70.0         13           3.6       6,900           2.0
 France
                                          82.2          8          10          -0.2          1           79.6          71.4        -13           3.9      19,200           1.3
 Germany
                                                                                                                                                 2.6
                                           0.04        10           6           0.4          3            0.04          0.04        17                       —             1.4
 Liechtenstein
                                                                                                                                                 4.4
                                           0.5         11           8           0.3         12            0.5           0.6         29                     5,000           1.6
 Luxembourg
                                           0.03        25          16           0.9          8            0.04          0.04         9          —            —             —
 Monaco
                                          16.4         11           8           0.3          1           16.9          16.8          2           4.4      10,200           1.7
 Netherlands
                                           7.6         10           8           0.2          1            8.1           8.1          6           4.0      13,800           1.5
 Switzerland
                                         295           11          14          -0.3          1          272           231          -22           9         3,500           1.4
EastErn EuroPE
                                           9.7         11          14          -0.3          6            9.0           7.7        -20           6         4,800           1.4
 Belarus
                                           7.6         10          15          -0.5         -0            6.6           5.0        -35           9.2       7,400           1.4
 Bulgaria
                                          10.4         11          10           0.1          8           10.2           9.4         -9           3.1      18,100           1.4
 Czech Republic
                                          10.0         10          13          -0.4          1            9.6           8.9        -11           5.9      13,300           1.3
 Hungary
                                           4.1         11          12          -0.1         -1            3.8           3.2        -23          12         3,700           1.3
 Moldova
                                          38.1         10          10           0.0         -1           36.7          31.4        -18           6.0      10,600           1.3
 Poland
                                          21.5         10          12          -0.2         -0           19.7          17.1        -20          12.0       3,200           1.3
 Romania
                                         141.9         12          15          -0.3          2          129.3         110.1        -22           9         2,700           1.4
 Russia
                                           5.4         10          10           0.0          1            5.2           4.7        -12           6.1      13,800           1.2
 Slovakia
                                          46.2         10          16          -0.6          0           41.7          33.4        -28          11         5,200           1.3
 Ukraine
                                         155           10           9           0.1          9          156           150           -3           5         9,400           1.4
soutHErn EuroPE
                                           3.2         13           6           0.7         -3            3.5           3.6         11           8           490           1.6
 Albania
                                                                                                                                                 2.5
                                           0.1         10           3           0.7         26            0.1           0.1         -4                       —             1.2
 Andorra
                                           3.8          9           9           0.0         -0            3.7           3.1        -20           8        29,000           1.2
 Bosnia-Herzegovina
                                           4.4          9          12          -0.3          2            4.3           3.8        -14           5.7      10,500           1.4
 Croatia
                                          11.2         10           9           0.1          4           11.3          10.8         -4           3.7      25,900           1.4
 Greece
                                          59.9          9          10          -0.0          8           62.0          61.7          3           4.2      26,600           1.3
 Italy
                                           2.2         21           7           1.4          —            2.7           3.2         45          33           —             2.5
 Kosovof
                                           2.0         11          10           0.2          0            2.0           1.7        -15          13         6,500           1.5
 Macedoniag
                                                                                                                                                 3.6
                                           0.4         10           8           0.2          5            0.4           0.4         -6                     8,300           1.4
 Malta
                                           0.6         12          10           0.3         -1            0.6           0.6         -4          11.0         —             1.6
 Montenegro
                                          10.6         10          10          -0.0          1           10.5           9.3        -12           3.5       6,400           1.3
 Portugal
                                                                                                                                                 3.3
                                           0.03        10           7           0.3         10            0.04          0.04        13                       —             1.2
 San Marino
                                           7.4         10          14          -0.4          0            6.7           5.8        -21           7.4       4,500h          1.4
 Serbia
                                           2.0         10           9           0.1          6            2.1           1.9         -7           3.1      14,200           1.4
 Slovenia
                                          46.5         11           9           0.2         16           46.2          43.9         -6           3.7      16,400           1.4
 Spain
OCEANIA                                   35           18           7          1.1           5           42            49           40          25            160          2.4
                                          21.3         14           7          0.7           9           24.7          28.1         32           4.7      13,300           1.9
 Australia
                                           0.1         26           6          2.0         -17            0.1           0.1         21          40           —             4.1
 Federated States of Micronesia
                                           0.9         21           6          1.5          -7            0.9           0.9          8          17           160           2.6
 Fiji
                                                                                                                                                 6.8
                                           0.3         18           4          1.3           1            0.3           0.4         34                       —             2.2
 French Polynesia
                                                                                                                                                10.7
                                           0.2         19           4          1.5           2            0.2           0.2         38                       —             2.6
 Guam
                                           0.1         27           9          1.8           0            0.1           0.2         99          52           —             3.5
 Kiribati
                                                                                                                                                23
                                           0.1         38           6          3.2         -16            0.1           0.1        101                       —             4.4
 Marshall Islands
                                                                                                                                                42
                                           0.01        31          10          2.1         -18            0.01          0.02        49                       —             3.4
 Nauru
                                                                                                                                                 7
                                           0.2         18           5          1.3           5            0.3           0.4         46                       —             2.3
 New Caledonia
                                           4.3         15           7          0.8           1            4.9           5.5         28           5.0       5,900           2.2
 New Zealand
                                                                                                                                                20
                                           0.02        13           7          0.6           2            0.02          0.03        27                       —             1.9
 Palau
                                           6.5         31          10          2.1           0            8.6          11.2         73          62            55           3.9
 Papua New Guinea
                                           0.2         29           6          2.4         -11            0.2           0.2         14          20           —             4.4
 Samoa
                                           0.5         34           8          2.6          -2            0.7           1.0         88          48           100           4.5
 Solomon Islands
                                                                                                                                                12
                                           0.1         26           6          2.0         -17            0.1           0.1        -27                       —             3.7
 Tonga
                                                                                                                                                35
                                           0.01        26          10          1.6          -8            0.01          0.02        74                       —             3.7
 Tuvalu
                                                                                                                                                27
                                           0.2         31           6          2.5           0            0.4           0.5        109                       —             4.0
 Vanuatu




                                                                                                                               2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 10
    © 2008 Population Reference Bureau                                       See Notes on page 14.
Demographic Data anD estimates                             nutrition environment economy Density
                                                                                   Percent of   Percent of                         % of Pop.
                                                                                                                          Motor
                                                                                   Population Married Women   Percent of Vehicles With Access
                                                                        Percent
                                                                                   Ages 15–49  15–49 Using
                                  Percent of                                                                 Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP
                                                                        in Urban
                                                                                    With HIV/ Contraception*
                                  Population  Life Expectancy                                                                         Water
                                                                        Areas of                               Under-      Pop.               per Capita Population
                                                                                      AIDS
                                    of Ages   at Birth (years)                                                                      Sources,
                                                               Percent 750,000+                       Modern nourished    2000–                 (US$)     per Sq.
                                                                                               All
                                                                                                                                      2006
                                                                          2005     2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004    2005                  2007     Kilometer
                                   <15 65+ Total Males Females Urban
                                   28     7   68    67     70     49      21        0.8     0.8    62   55        14         153       86      $ 9,600        49
WORLD
                                   17    16   77    74     81     74      30        0.4     0.5    69   58        <2.5       536       97       31,200        27
 MorE dEVEloPEd
                                   30     6   67    65     68     44      19        1.2     1.0    61   55        17          43       84        4,760        66
 lEss dEVEloPEd
                                   34     5   65    63     66     44      18        1.6     1.4    51   43        18          52       82        4,560        57
 lEss dEVEloPEd (Excl. China)
                                   41     3   55    53     56     27      10        3.2     3.0    27   21        35          —        62        1,060        38
 lEast dEVEloPEd
                                   41     3   54    53     55     38      14        4.3     4.0    28   22        26                   64                     32
                                                                                                                              —                  2,430
AFRICA
                                   43     3   50    49     51     35      13        5.7     5.0    21   16        31          —        58        1,830        33
suB-saHaran aFriCa
                                   33     5   69    67     71     50      19        0.3     0.3    50   44         8          61       87        4,760        23
nortHErn aFriCa
                                   30     5   72    71     74     63      12        0.1     0.1    61   52         4          91       85        5,490        15
  Algeria
                                   33     5   72    70     74     43      21        —       —      59   57         4          39       98        5,400        75
  Egypt
                                                                                                   49   26                             71
                                   30     4   73    71     76     77      54        —       —                     <2.5       137                11,500         4
  Libya
                                   29     6   70    68     72     56      22        0.1     0.1    63   55         6          60       83        3,990        70
  Morocco
                                   41     4   58    56     59     38      12        1.4     1.4     8    6        26          —        70        1,880        16
  Sudan
                                                                                                   63   53
                                   25     6   74    72     76     65      18       <0.1     0.1                   <2.5        86       94        7,130        63
  Tunisia
                                   31     2   64    62     66     81      —         —       —      —    —         —           —        —           —           2
  Western Sahara
                                   44     3   51    50     52     42      15        2.7     2.5    13    8        15          —        58        1,480        47
WEstErn aFriCa
                                   44     3   56    54     57     41       9        1.3     1.2    17    6        12          —        65        1,310        83
  Benin
                                   46     3   51    49     52     16       8        2.1     1.6    14    9        15          —        72        1,120        56
  Burkina Faso
                                                                                                   53   46                             80
                                   38     6   71    68     74     59      —         —       —                     —           —                  2,940       125
  Cape Verde
                                   40     2   52    50     53     48      19        6.0     3.9    13    8        13          —        81        1,590        64
  Côte d'Ivoire
                                                                                                   10    9
                                   42     3   58    57     59     54      —         0.9     0.9                   29          —        86        1,140       138
  Gambia
                                   40     4   59    58     59     48      16        2.3     1.9    17   14        11          —        80        1,330       100
  Ghana
                                   46     3   54    52     55     30      16        1.2     1.6     9    6        24          —        70        1,120        42
  Guinea
                                   48     3   45    43     47     30      —         1.8     1.8    10    6        39          —        57          470        48
  Guinea-Bissau
                                   47     2   46    45     47     58      33        1.4     1.7    11   10        50          —        64          290        35
  Liberia
                                   48     4   56    54     59     31      12        1.5     1.5     8    6        29          10       60        1,040        10
  Mali
                                   40     4   60    59     62     40      —         0.7     0.8     9    8        10          —        60        2,010         3
  Mauritania
                                   49     3   57    58     56     17       6        0.7     0.8    11    5        32          —        42          630        12
  Niger
                                   45     3   47    46     47     47      16        3.2     3.1    12    8         9           1       47        1,770       160
  Nigeria
                                   44     4   62    60     64     41      21        0.4     1.0    12   10        20          17       77        1,640        64
  Senegal
                                   42     4   48    48     49     37      14        1.3     1.7     5    4        51           3       53          660        76
  Sierra Leone
                                   43     3   58    56     60     40      21        3.6     3.3    17   11        24          —        59          800       119
  Togo
                                   44     3   49    48     50     22       6        6.6     5.8    26   20        40          —        54          940        47
EastErn aFriCa
                                                                                                   16   10
                                   45     3   49    47     50     10      —         3.5     2.0                   66          —        71          330       318
  Burundi
                                                                                                   26   19
                                   42     3   64    62     66     28      —        <0.1    <0.1                   60          —        85        1,150       328
  Comoros
                                   39     3   54    53     55     87      —         3.1     3.1    18   17        24          —        92        2,260        37
  Djibouti
                                   43     2   57    54     59     21      —         1.2     1.3     8    5        75          —        60          400        43
  Eritrea
                                   43     3   49    48     51     16       4        2.4     2.1    15   14        46           2       42          780        72
  Ethiopia
                                   42     2   53    53     53     19      10        6.7c    7.8c   39   32        31          18       57        1,540        65
  Kenya
                                   44     3   58    57     60     30       9        0.1     0.1    27   17        38          —        47          920        32
  Madagascar
                                   46     3   46    45     47     17      —        13.3    11.9    42   39        35          —        76          750       115
  Malawi
                                   23     7   72    69     76     42      —         0.3     1.7    76   42         5         133      100       11,390       622
  Mauritius
                                   42     2   74    72     76     28      —         —       —      —    —         —           —        —           —         500
  Mayotte
                                   43     3   43    42     44     29       7       10.3    12.5    17   12        44           8       42          690        25
  Mozambique
                                                                                                   67   64
                                   27     7   76    72     80     92      —         —       —                     —          513       —           —         324
  Reunion
                                   44     3   47    47     48     18       8        4.3     2.8    17   10        33           3       65          860       365
  Rwanda
                                                                                                                                       87
                                   23     8   72    67     77     53      —         —       —      —    —          9         102                 8,670       191
  Seychelles
                                   45     3   48    47     49     37      17        0.5     0.5    15    1        —           —        29          —          14
  Somalia
                                   44     3   51    50     52     25       7        7.0     6.2    26   20        44          —        55        1,200        43
  Tanzania
                                   49     3   48    47     48     13       5        7.9     5.4    24   18        19           6       64          920       121
  Uganda
                                   46     2   38    38     37     37      11       15.4    15.2    34   23        46          —        58        1,220        16
  Zambia
                                   40     4   40    40     40     37      12       26.0    15.3    60   58        47          54       81          —          34
  Zimbabwe
                                   46     3   51    48     52     41      18        2.6     2.5    19    7        55          —        52        1,550        18
MiddlE aFriCa
                                                                                                    6    5
                                   46     2   43    41     44     57      27        1.6     2.1                   35          —        51        4,400        13
  Angola
                                   42     4   52    51     52     57      18        6.0     5.1    26   13        26          14       70        2,120        39
  Cameroon
                                                                                                   28    7
                                   43     4   43    43     44     38      —         6.4     6.3                   44          —        66          740         7
  Central African Republic
                                   46     3   47    46     48     27       9        3.4     3.5     3    2        35          —        48        1,280         8
  Chad
                                   42     3   53    52     54     60      34        4.4     3.5    44   13        33          —        71        2,750        11
  Congo
                                   47     3   53    49     55     33      17         d       d     21    6        74          —        46          290        28
  Congo, Dem. Rep.
                                   42     4   59    59     60     39      —         3.7     3.4    —    —         —           —        43       21,230        22
  Equatorial Guinea
                                                                                                   33   12
                                   36     5   57    56     58     84      —         5.6     5.9                    5          —        87       13,080         5
  Gabon
                                                                                                   29   27
                                   42     4   64    63     66     58      —         —       —                     10          —        86        1,630       164
  Sao Tome and Principe
                                                                                                                     2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 11
    © 2008 Population Reference Bureau                                  See Notes on page 14.
World Population Datasheet 2008
World Population Datasheet 2008
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World Population Datasheet 2008

  • 1. Population Reference Bureau inform empower advance prb.org 2008 WORLD POPULATION Data Sheet AFRICA SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA NORTHERN AFRICA ALGERIA EGYPT LIBYA MOROCCO SUDAN TUNISIA WESTERN SAHARA WESTERN AFRICA BENIN BURKINA FASO CAPE VERDE CÔTE 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. OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA GABON SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SOUTHERN AFRICA BOTSWANA LESOTHO NAMIBIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND NORTHERN AMERICA CANADA UNITED STATES LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA BELIZE COSTA RICA EL SALVADOR GUATEMALA HONDURAS MEXICO NICARAGUA PANAMA CARIBBEAN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA BAHAMAS BARBADOS CUBA DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GRENADA GUADELOUPE HAITI JAMAICA MARTINIQUE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PUERTO RICO ST. KITTS–NEVIS SAINT LUCIA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO SOUTH AMERICA ARGENTINA BOLIVIA BRAZIL CHILE COLOMBIA ECUADOR FRENCH GUIANA GUYANA PARAGUAY PERU SURINAME URUGUAY VENEZUELA ASIA WESTERN ASIA ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN 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 EAST TIMOR INDONESIA LAOS MALAYSIA MYANMAR PHILIPPINES SINGAPORE THAILAND VIETNAM EAST ASIA CHINA CHINA, HONG KON CHINA, MACAO JAPAN KOREA, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH MONGOLIA TAIWAN EUROPE NORTHERN EUROPE CHANNEL ISLANDS DENMARK ESTONIA FINLAND ICELAND IRELAND 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 MACEDONIA MALTA MONTENEGRO PORTUGAL SAN MARINO SERBIA SLOVENIA SPAIN OCEANIA AUSTRALIA FED. 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. Most Populous Countries, 2008 and 2050 2008 2050 Population Population Country (millions) Country (millions) China 1,324.7 India 1,755.2 India 1,149.3 China 1,437.0 United States 304.5 United States 438.2 Indonesia 239.9 Indonesia 343.1 Brazil 195.1 Pakistan 295.2 Pakistan 172.8 Nigeria 282.2 Nigeria 148.1 Brazil 259.8 Bangladesh 147.3 Bangladesh 215.1 Russia 141.9 Congo, Dem. Rep. 189.3 Japan 127.7 Philippines 150.1 Largest Population Growth or Decline, 2008 to 2050 Largest percent increase Largest percent decline Country Percent Country Percent Uganda 263 Bulgaria -35 Niger 261 Swaziland -33 Burundi 220 Georgia -28 Liberia 216 Ukraine -28 Guinea-Bissau 205 Japan -25 Congo, Dem. Rep. 185 Moldova -23 Timor-Leste (East Timor) 179 Russia -22 Mali 169 Serbia -21 Somalia 166 Belarus -20 Angola 155 Romania -20 Bosnia-Herzegovina -20 Note: Excludes countries with fewer than 1 million residents. Lowest and Highest Infant Mortality Rates Lowest Highest Infant deaths Infant deaths Country per 1,000 births Country per 1,000 births China, Hong Kong SAR 1.6 Afghanistan 163 Singapore 2.4 Sierra Leone 158 Sweden 2.5 Liberia 133 Finland 2.7 Angola 132 Japan 2.8 Guinea-Bissau 117 Slovenia 3.1 Somalia 117 Norway 3.1 Guinea 113 Czech Republic 3.1 Mozambique 108 Ireland 3.1 Burundi 107 Portugal 3.5 Chad 106 Israel 3.5 Note: Excludes countries with fewer than 50 infant deaths annually. 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 2 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau
  • 3. World PoPulation HigHligHts Africa and Other Developing Regions Make Up an Increasing Share of World Population. As world population has risen Population (billions) from 2.5 billion in 1950 to 6.7 billion in 2008, the proportion 10 living in the developing coun- tries of Africa, Asia, and Latin 9 America and the Caribbean has expanded from 68 percent to 8 India more than 80 percent. India 7 and China, with a billion-plus each in 2008, make up about China 6 37 percent of the total. Projec- tions for 2050 show this shift 5 to developing countries con- Africa tinuing. The share living in the 4 more developed countries is projected to drop from about 3 18 percent in 2008 to less than Other less developed countries 14 percent in 2050. Africa’s 2 population, currently growing faster than any other major 1 region, is projected to account More developed countries for 21 percent of world popula- 0 tion by 2050, up from just 9 1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 2050 percent in 1950. Source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision, Medium Variant (2007). There Has Been Little Improvement in Maternal Mortality in Developing Countries. A maternal death related to pregnancy or childbirth is a rare event in more developed countries: Just 9 women died for every 100,000 births in these countries in 2005, according to new estimates from the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the UN Population Fund, and the World Bank. But the ratio of maternal deaths to births is shockingly high in Maternal deaths per 100,000 births sub-Saharan Africa and South 2005 1990 Asia. Even more worrisome, 430 there has been little improve- WORLD 400 ment over the past 15 years in developing regions as a whole, 480 despite concerted efforts to Less developed countries 450 improve mothers’ health. Pub- lic health experts emphasize 920 the importance of prenatal care Sub-Saharan Africa 900 and skilled medical assistance during childbirth, including 620 South Asia the availability of emergency 490 care to deal with complica- 95 tions. Such health care is often East Asia 50 lacking in countries with poor infrastructure and inadequate 180 health facilities. Latin America/Caribbean 130 Source: World Health Organiza- tion et al., Maternal Mortality 11 in 2005 (2006; www.who.int, More developed countries 9 accessed May 1, 2008). 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 3 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau
  • 4. World PoPulation HigHligHts Regional Patterns of Fertility Support Continued World Population Growth. While Europeans opt to have one or two children at most, sub-Saharan Africans have more than five children, on average, and Asians have between two and three. There are clear regional patterns of low or high fertility, but there is also wide variation within some regions. South Africa’s rates are well below those of its neighbors, for example, while Bolivia’s fertility is above the level in other South American countries. In the Middle East, Iran stands out as having low fertility, a contrast to much higher rates in Iraq and Yemen. In Asia, China’s below-2-child fertility rate dominates the region statisti- cally, but fertility remains high in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Laos. Total fertility rate around 2008 Fewer than 1.5 births per woman 1.5 to 2.1 births per woman 2.2 to 2.9 births per woman 3.0 to 4.9 births per woman 5.0 or more births per woman Note: The total fertility rate measures the total number of children a woman would have given current birth rates. Source: C. Haub and M.M. Kent, 2008 World Population Data Sheet. Notable Decline in Some Countries, Not in Others. The last quarter century has seen significant drops in Total fertility rate fertility among developing countries. In Bangladesh, the 1950 –1955 Around 2008 total fertility rate dropped from 6.7 lifetime births per woman in the early 1950s to 2.7 in 2008, aided by a strong 8.2 8.1 government commitment to population policies and successful community-based family planning programs. 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.7 Fertility also fell dramatically in Guatemala, from 7.0 to 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.2 4.4 children per woman, over the period. Mexico saw an even more impressive decline, as that country developed 5.3 economically and embraced the idea of smaller families. 4.4 Ethiopia, Niger, and Uganda show much more modest declines, helping explain why Africa’s population growth continues to outstrip that in other regions. 2.7 2.7 2.3 Note: The total fertility rate measures the total number of children a woman would have given current birth rates. SourceS: UN Population Division and Population Reference Bureau. Yemen Niger Ethiopia Guatemala Uganda Bangladesh Mexico South Africa 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 4 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau
  • 5. World PoPulation HigHligHts The Urban Population Is Now a Majority in Many of the Largest Countries. The world will pass a milestone in 2008: One-half of the world’s residents will live in urban areas. This event is impressive when we consider that less than 30 percent lived in urban areas in 1950. Less than 15 percent were urban in Nigeria and China in 1950, and just slightly more in India. But while the urban share in these countries showed impressive increases, it is also somewhat surprising how rural they still are. India, known for its megacities of Mumbai, Kolkata, and Delhi, is very much a rural country. Less than 30 percent live in urban areas. Percent of population living in urban areas 100 Nigeria 90 United States 80 India 70 China 60 India Nigeria 50 United Sta 40 China 30 20 10 0 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 Source: UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision (2008; CD-ROM). Most Urbanites Live in Towns and 10 million or more Villages, Not Large Cities. 8% 5 million to 9.9 million While about one-half of the world lives in urban areas, the vast 7% majority of these urbanites reside in small towns and villages, not large modern cities. Just 37 percent of urban dwellers live in cities with 1 million or more residents, and just 8 percent are in megacities of 10 million or more. Source: UN Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects: The 2007 Revision (2008; Cd-roM). 1 million to 4.9 million 22% Fewer than 500,000 500,000 to 52% 0.9 million 10% Urban popluation by size of urban area, 2005 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 5 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau
  • 6. World PoPulation HigHligHts Mother’s Education Is Key to Children’s Nutritional Status. Long-term malnutrition among children can result in stunting, a failure to reach the biological potential for growth, and an especially low height for their age. Stunting has been associated with lower IQs and fewer years in school for children, and lower productivity and incomes for adults. Efforts to combat stunting focus on fetal development and the first two years of a child’s life, after which the damage may be irreversible. In most countries, children with less-educated mothers are much more likely to become stunted than those with more-educated mothers. In Nigeria, nearly one-half, and in India, nearly 60 percent of the children whose mothers had no education were stunted. The children of more-educated mothers tend to fare much better, but not everywhere. In Madagascar, for example, stunting was surprisingly high even among children of more-educated mothers. Percent of children under age 3 who are stunted, by mother’s education 57 No education Secondary or higher 47 47 39 36 30 28 23 22 20 19 17 17 10 8 5 India* Madagascar Nigeria Cambodia Haiti Colombia Egypt Senegal 2005–2006 2003–2004 2003 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 * Children under age 5. Note: Stunting occurs when a child’s height at a given age is below international standards for normal development. Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (www.measuredhs.com). 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 6 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau
  • 7. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD A Woman’s Projected Net Lifetime Population Migration Rate of Risk of Projected Population Rate Natural Deaths per Dying From Population Births per Infant Total Change (millions) per 1,000 Increase Maternal mid-2008 1,000 1,000 Mortality Fertilty 2008–2050 Population mid–2025 mid–2050 (%) Causes, 1 in: (millions) Population Population Ratea Rateb (%) 6,705 21 8 1.2 — 8,000 9,352 39 49 92 2.6 WORLD 1,227 12 10 0.2 3 1,269 1,294 5 6 6,000 1.6 MorE dEVEloPEd 5,479 23 8 1.5 -1 6,731 8,058 47 54 75 2.8 lEss dEVEloPEd 4,154 26 9 1.8 -1 5,255 6,621 59 59 55 3.2 lEss dEVEloPEd (Excl. China) 797 36 13 2.4 -0 1,139 1,664 109 85 22 4.7 lEast dEVEloPEd 967 37 14 2.4 -1 1,358 1,932 100 82 26 4.9 AFRICA 809 40 15 2.5 -0 1,161 1,698 110 88 22 5.4 suB-saHaran aFriCa 197 26 7 1.9 -1 251 307 56 45 145 3.0 nortHErn aFriCa 34.7 22 4 1.8 -1 43.3 50.1 44 27 220 2.3 Algeria 74.9 27 6 2.0 -1 95.9 117.9 57 33 230 3.1 Egypt 6.3 24 4 2.0 0 8.1 9.7 54 21 350 3.0 Libya 31.2 21 6 1.4 -3 36.6 42.4 36 43 150 2.4 Morocco 39.4 33 12 2.1 1 54.3 73.0 85 81 53 4.5 Sudan 10.3 17 6 1.2 -1 12.1 13.2 27 19 500 2.0 Tunisia 0.5 28 8 2.0 20 0.8 0.9 89 53 — 3.0 Western Sahara 291 42 15 2.6 -1 419 616 112 96 19 5.7 WEstErn aFriCa 9.3 42 12 3.0 1 14.5 22.5 142 98 20 5.7 Benin 15.2 45 15 3.0 -1 23.7 37.5 147 89 22 6.2 Burkina Faso 0.5 30 5 2.5 -2 0.7 0.9 83 28 120 3.5 Cape Verde 20.7 38 14 2.4 -2 26.2 34.7 68 100 27 4.9 Côte d'Ivoire 1.6 38 11 2.7 1 2.3 3.4 117 93 32 5.1 Gambia 23.9 32 10 2.2 -0 33.7 48.8 104 71 45 4.3 Ghana 10.3 42 14 2.9 -6 15.7 24.5 138 113 19 5.7 Guinea 1.7 50 19 3.1 0 2.9 5.3 205 117 13 7.1 Guinea-Bissau 3.9 50 18 3.1 3 6.8 12.5 216 133 12 6.8 Liberia 12.7 48 15 3.3 -3 20.6 34.2 169 96 15 6.6 Mali 3.2 35 9 2.7 1 4.5 6.4 99 77 22 4.8 Mauritania 14.7 46 15 3.1 -0 26.3 53.2 261 81 7 7.1 Niger 148.1 43 18 2.5 -0 205.4 282.2 91 100 18 5.9 Nigeria 12.7 39 10 3.0 -2 18.0 25.3 99 61 21 5.3 Senegal 5.5 48 23 2.5 -4 7.6 10.9 99 158 8 6.1 Sierra Leone 6.8 38 10 2.8 -0 9.9 14.1 108 91 38 5.1 Togo 301 41 15 2.5 -0 440 641 113 81 28 5.4 EastErn aFriCa 8.9 46 16 3.0 7 15.0 28.3 220 107 16 6.8 Burundi 0.7 36 8 2.8 0 1.1 1.8 151 69 52 4.9 Comoros 0.8 30 12 1.8 0 1.1 1.5 75 67 35 4.2 Djibouti 5.0 40 10 3.0 2 7.7 11.5 129 59 44 5.3 Eritrea 79.1 40 15 2.5 -0 110.5 147.6 87 77 27 5.3 Ethiopia 38.0 40 12 2.8 -1 51.3 65.2 72 77 39 4.9 Kenya 18.9 38 10 2.8 0 28.0 41.6 120 75 38 5.0 Madagascar 13.6 48 16 3.2 -0 20.4 30.5 124 80 18 6.3 Malawi 1.3 14 7 0.7 -0 1.4 1.5 17 15.4 3,300 1.7 Mauritius 0.2 39 3 3.6 5 0.3 0.5 174 — — 4.5 Mayotte 20.4 41 20 2.1 -0 27.5 37.2 83 108 45 5.4 Mozambique 0.8 19 5 1.3 -0 1.0 1.1 31 8 — 2.5 Reunion 9.6 43 16 2.7 1 14.6 21.7 126 86 16 6.0 Rwanda 11 0.1 18 7 1.0 6 0.1 0.1 37 — 2.2 Seychelles 9.0 46 19 2.7 3 14.3 23.8 166 117 12 6.7 Somalia 40.2 38 15 2.3 -2 58.2 82.5 105 75 24 5.3 Tanzania 29.2 48 16 3.1 -1 56.4 106.0 263 76 25 6.7 Uganda 12.2 43 22 2.1 -3 15.5 19.3 58 100 27 5.5 Zambia 13.5 31 21 1.1 -1 16.0 19.1 42 60 43 3.8 Zimbabwe 122 43 14 2.8 -0 189 306 151 97 20 6.1 MiddlE aFriCa 16.8 47 21 2.7 2 26.2 42.7 155 132 12 6.8 Angola 18.5 36 13 2.3 0 25.5 34.9 89 74 24 4.7 Cameroon 4.4 38 19 1.9 -1 5.5 6.5 47 102 25 5.0 Central African Republic 10.1 44 17 2.7 2 13.9 20.5 102 106 11 6.3 Chad 3.8 37 13 2.5 -2 5.6 8.8 130 75 22 5.3 Congo 66.5 44 13 3.1 -1 109.7 189.3 185 92 13 6.5 Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.6 39 10 2.9 0 0.9 1.4 132 91 28 5.4 Equatorial Guinea 1.4 27 12 1.5 1 1.7 2.1 54 58 53 3.2 Gabon 0.2 35 8 2.7 -2 0.2 0.3 85 77 — 4.1 Sao Tome and Principe 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 7 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau See Notes on page 14.
  • 8. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD A Woman’s Projected Net Lifetime Population Migration Rate of Risk of Projected Population Rate Natural Deaths per Dying From Population Births per Infant Total Change (millions) per 1,000 Increase Maternal mid-2008 1,000 1,000 Mortality Fertilty 2008–2050 Population mid–2025 mid–2050 (%) Causes, 1 in: (millions) Population Population Ratea Rateb (%) 55 24 16 0.8 0 59 62 12 48 90 2.8 soutHErn aFriCa 1.8 24 14 0.9 6 2.2 2.4 29 44 130 2.9 Botswana 1.8 27 25 0.2 -4 1.7 1.6 -11 91 45 3.5 Lesotho 2.1 25 15 1.0 1 2.3 2.1 3 47 170 3.6 Namibia 48.3 23 15 0.8 0 51.5 54.8 13 45 110 2.7 South Africa 1.1 31 31 0.0 0 1.0 0.8 -33 85 120 3.8 Swaziland 915 18 7 1.2 0 1,080 1,258 37 18 420 2.3 AMERICAS 338 14 8 0.6 4 393 480 42 7 6,000 2.1 NORTHERN AMERICA 33.3 11 7 0.3 7 37.6 41.9 26 5.4 11,000 1.6 Canada 304.5 14 8 0.6 3 355.7 438.2 44 6.6 4,800 2.1 United States 577 21 6 1.5 -2 687 778 35 23 290 2.5 LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN 150 22 5 1.7 -5 180 203 35 22 320 2.5 CEntral aMEriCa 0.3 27 4 2.3 -1 0.4 0.5 57 18 560 3.1 Belize 4.5 16 4 1.3 4 5.6 6.3 40 9.7 1,400 1.9 Costa Rica 7.2 24 6 1.8 -1 9.1 11.2 55 24 190 2.8 El Salvador 13.7 34 6 2.8 -1 20.0 27.9 104 34 71 4.4 Guatemala 7.3 27 5 2.2 -4 9.8 12.4 69 23 93 3.3 Honduras 107.7 20 5 1.6 -6 123.8 131.6 22 19 670 2.3 Mexico 5.7 26 5 2.1 -7 6.8 7.9 40 29 150 2.9 Nicaragua 3.4 20 4 1.6 0 4.2 5.0 46 15 270 2.4 Panama 41 19 8 1.1 -3 46 50 24 33 130 2.5 CariBBEan 20 0.1 17 7 1.0 3 0.1 0.1 29 — 2.1 Antigua and Barbuda 0.3 17 6 1.1 1 0.4 0.5 34 14 2,700 1.9 Bahamas 0.3 14 8 0.6 -1 0.3 0.3 -7 14 4,400 1.8 Barbados 11.2 10 7 0.3 -3 11.2 9.9 -11 5.3 1,400 1.4 Cuba 16 0.1 16 9 0.7 -5 0.1 0.1 -11 — 3.0 Dominica 9.9 24 6 1.8 -3 12.1 14.0 42 32 230 3.0 Dominican Republic 17 0.1 19 7 1.2 -10 0.1 0.1 -10 — 2.1 Grenada 8 0.4 15 7 0.8 -0 0.5 0.5 21 — 2.1 Guadeloupe 9.1 29 11 1.8 -3 11.7 15.1 65 57 44 4.0 Haiti 2.7 17 6 1.1 -6 3.0 3.4 25 21 240 2.1 Jamaica 6 0.4 13 7 0.7 -0 0.4 0.4 -13 — 1.9 Martinique 5 0.2 14 7 0.7 17 0.2 0.2 -4 — 2.0 Netherlands Antilles 4.0 12 8 0.5 -1 4.1 3.8 -5 9.2 2,900 1.7 Puerto Rico 15 0.05 18 8 1.0 -6 0.1 0.1 31 — 2.3 St. Kitts-Nevis 19.4 0.2 15 7 0.8 6 0.2 0.2 30 — 1.7 Saint Lucia 17.6 0.1 17 8 0.9 -8 0.1 0.1 -13 — 2.1 St. Vincent & the Grenadines 1.3 14 8 0.6 -3 1.4 1.3 -1 24 1,400 1.6 Trinidad and Tobago 387 20 6 1.4 -1 461 524 36 23 300 2.4 soutH aMEriCa 39.7 19 8 1.1 -0 46.3 52.5 32 13.3 530 2.4 Argentina 10.0 29 8 2.1 0 13.3 16.7 67 51 89 3.7 Bolivia 195.1 20 6 1.3 0 228.9 259.8 33 24 370 2.3 Brazil 16.8 14 5 0.9 0 19.1 20.2 20 8.8 3,200 2.0 Chile 44.4 20 6 1.4 -1 53.8 59.2 33 19 290 2.4 Colombia 13.8 26 6 2.0 -4 17.5 20.4 48 25 170 3.1 Ecuador 0.2 32 4 2.8 5 0.3 0.4 96 10.4 — 3.9 French Guiana 0.8 21 9 1.2 -10 0.8 0.5 -29 48 90 2.7 Guyana 6.2 27 6 2.1 -2 8.0 10.1 62 36 170 3.5 Paraguay 27.9 21 6 1.5 -4 34.0 39.3 41 24 140 2.6 Peru 0.5 17 7 1.1 -7 0.5 0.5 -8 16 530 2.5 Suriname 3.3 14 9 0.5 -3 3.5 3.7 11 10.5 2,100 2.0 Uruguay 27.9 25 4 2.1 0 34.9 41.1 47 16.5 610 2.6 Venezuela 4,052 19 7 1.2 -0 4,793 5,427 34 45 120 2.4 ASIA 2,728 23 7 1.5 -0 3,317 3,990 46 51 90 2.8 ASIA (Excl. China) 225 25 6 1.9 -0 290 363 61 41 170 3.3 WEstErn asia 3.1 15 9 0.5 -2 3.3 3.3 7 26 980 1.7 Armenia 8.7 18 6 1.2 -0 9.7 11.6 34 12 670 2.3 Azerbaijan 0.8 20 3 1.7 7 1.0 1.2 53 8 1,300 2.5 Bahrain 1.1 12 7 0.6 10 1.1 1.1 2 6 6,400 1.5 Cyprus 4.6 11 10 0.1 -3 4.2 3.3 -28 16 1,100 1.4 Georgia 29.5 34 10 2.4 -4 43.3 61.9 110 94 72 4.6 Iraq 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 8 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau See Notes on page 14.
  • 9. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD A Woman’s Projected Net Lifetime Population Migration Rate of Risk of Projected Population Rate Natural Deaths per Dying From Population Births per Infant Total Change (millions) per 1,000 Increase Maternal mid-2008 1,000 1,000 Mortality Fertilty 2008–2050 Population mid–2025 mid–2050 (%) Causes, 1 in: (millions) Population Population Ratea Rateb (%) 7.5 21 5 1.6 2 9.3 11.2 49 3.5 7,800 2.9 Israel 5.8 28 4 2.4 7 7.7 9.7 65 24 450 3.6 Jordan 2.7 21 2 1.9 8 3.6 4.8 80 8 9,600 2.6 Kuwait 4.0 19 5 1.4 -0 4.6 5.0 26 19 290 1.9 Lebanon 2.7 24 3 2.1 5 3.1 3.9 42 10 420 3.4 Oman 4.2 37 4 3.3 0 6.2 8.8 113 25 — 4.6 Palestinian Territory 0.9 17 2 1.5 36 1.1 1.4 48 7 2,700 2.6 Qatar 28.1 29 3 2.7 -5 35.7 49.8 77 16 1,400 4.0 Saudi Arabia 19.9 28 4 2.5 2 26.8 34.0 71 19 210 3.5 Syria 74.8 19 6 1.2 0 87.8 88.7 19 23 880 2.2 Turkey 4.5 15 2 1.3 16 6.2 7.8 75 7 1,000 2.0 United Arab Emirates 22.2 41 9 3.2 -1 35.2 55.8 151 77 39 6.2 Yemen 1,683 25 8 1.7 -0 2,089 2,605 55 61 61 3.0 soutH CEntral asia 32.7 47 21 2.6 0 50.3 81.9 150 163 8 6.8 Afghanistan 147.3 24 7 1.7 -1 180.1 215.1 46 52 51 2.7 Bangladesh 0.7 30 7 2.3 2 0.9 1.0 45 40 55 3.6 Bhutan 1,149.3 24 8 1.6 -0 1,407.7 1,755.2 53 57 70 2.8 India 72.2 20 5 1.4 -1 88.0 100.2 39 32 300 2.1 Iran 15.7 21 10 1.0 1 17.1 17.4 11 29 360 2.5 Kazakhstan 5.2 24 7 1.6 -10 6.5 8.1 54 50 240 2.8 Kyrgyzstan 0.3 19 4 1.6 0 0.4 0.5 73 16 200 2.2 Maldives 27.0 29 9 2.1 -1 36.5 48.7 81 48 31 3.1 Nepal 172.8 31 8 2.2 -1 228.9 295.2 71 75 74 4.1 Pakistan 20.3 19 7 1.2 -2 23.2 25.4 25 15 850 2.4 Sri Lanka 7.3 27 5 2.2 -2 9.5 11.5 57 65 160 3.3 Tajikistan 5.2 24 6 1.7 -3 6.5 7.6 47 74 290 2.9 Turkmenistan 27.2 24 7 1.7 -2 33.3 37.6 38 48 1,400 2.7 Uzbekistan 586 20 7 1.4 -0 709 826 41 31 130 2.5 soutHEast asia 0.4 19 3 1.6 3 0.5 0.6 67 7 2,900 2.0 Brunei 14.7 26 8 1.8 -0 20.6 30.5 108 67 48 3.5 Cambodia 239.9 21 6 1.5 -1 291.9 343.1 43 34 97 2.6 Indonesia 5.9 34 10 2.4 -3 8.7 12.3 110 70 33 4.5 Laos 27.7 21 5 1.6 1 34.6 40.4 46 9 560 2.6 Malaysia 49.2 19 10 0.9 -0 55.4 58.7 19 70 110 2.2 Myanmar 90.5 26 5 2.1 -2 120.2 150.1 66 25 140 3.3 Philippines 4.8 11 5 0.6 37 5.3 5.3 10 2.4 6,200 1.4 Singapore 66.1 13 8 0.5 1 70.2 68.9 4 16 500 1.6 Thailand 1.1 42 11 3.2 0 1.7 3.0 179 88 35 6.7 Timor-Leste 86.2 17 5 1.2 -1 100.1 112.8 31 16 280 2.1 Vietnam 1,558 12 7 0.5 -0 1,705 1,633 5 21 1,200 1.6 East asia 1,324.7 12 7 0.5 -0 1,476.0 1,437.0 8 23 1,300 1.6 China 7.0 10 6 0.5 3 8.0 8.8 26 1.6 — 1.0 China, Hong Kong SARe 2 0.6 9 3 0.6 41 0.6 0.6 5 — 1.0 China, Macao SARe 127.7 9 9 -0.0 0 119.3 95.2 -25 2.8 11,600 1.3 Japan 23.5 16 7 0.9 0 25.8 26.4 12 21 140 2.0 Korea, North 48.6 10 5 0.5 1 49.1 42.3 -13 4 6,100 1.3 Korea, South 2.7 21 6 1.5 0 3.3 3.8 45 41 840 2.3 Mongolia 23.0 9 6 0.3 1 23.1 18.9 -18 4.6 — 1.1 Taiwan 736 11 11 -0.0 3 726 685 -7 6 9,400 1.5 EUROPE 98 12 10 0.3 4 108 117 19 4 7,800 1.8 nortHErn EuroPE 3.7 0.2 11 9 0.2 6 0.2 0.1 -5 — 1.4 Channel Islands 5.5 12 10 0.2 5 5.6 5.5 0 4.0 17,800 1.8 Denmark 1.3 12 13 -0.1 -0 1.2 1.1 -18 4.9 2,900 1.7 Estonia 5.3 11 9 0.2 3 5.6 5.7 8 2.7 8,500 1.8 Finland 1.3 0.3 15 6 0.8 10 0.4 0.4 37 12,700 2.1 Iceland 4.5 16 6 0.9 15 4.9 5.1 13 3.1 47,600 2.1 Ireland 2.3 10 14 -0.4 -0 2.1 1.9 -16 7.6 8,500 1.5 Latvia 3.4 10 14 -0.4 -2 3.1 2.9 -14 5.9 7,800 1.4 Lithuania 4.8 12 9 0.4 8 5.6 6.6 38 3.1 7,700 1.9 Norway 9.2 12 10 0.2 6 9.9 10.4 13 2.5 17,400 1.9 Sweden 61.3 13 9 0.3 3 68.8 76.9 26 4.9 8,200 1.9 United Kingdom 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 9 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau See Notes on page 14.
  • 10. Demographic Data anD estimates for the countries anD regions of the WorlD A Woman’s Projected Net Lifetime Population Migration Rate of Risk of Projected Population Rate Natural Deaths per Dying From Population Births per Infant Total Change (millions) per 1,000 Increase 1,000 Maternal mid-2008 1,000 Mortality Fertilty 2008–2050 Population mid–2025 mid–2050 (%) Population Causes, 1 in: (millions) Population Ratea Rateb (%) 188 10 9 0.1 1 191 187 -0 4 11,000 1.6 WEstErn EuroPE 8.4 9 9 0.0 4 8.8 9.5 14 3.7 21,500 1.4 Austria 10.7 12 10 0.2 5 10.8 11.0 2 3.7 7,800 1.7 Belgium 62.0 13 8 0.4 1 66.1 70.0 13 3.6 6,900 2.0 France 82.2 8 10 -0.2 1 79.6 71.4 -13 3.9 19,200 1.3 Germany 2.6 0.04 10 6 0.4 3 0.04 0.04 17 — 1.4 Liechtenstein 4.4 0.5 11 8 0.3 12 0.5 0.6 29 5,000 1.6 Luxembourg 0.03 25 16 0.9 8 0.04 0.04 9 — — — Monaco 16.4 11 8 0.3 1 16.9 16.8 2 4.4 10,200 1.7 Netherlands 7.6 10 8 0.2 1 8.1 8.1 6 4.0 13,800 1.5 Switzerland 295 11 14 -0.3 1 272 231 -22 9 3,500 1.4 EastErn EuroPE 9.7 11 14 -0.3 6 9.0 7.7 -20 6 4,800 1.4 Belarus 7.6 10 15 -0.5 -0 6.6 5.0 -35 9.2 7,400 1.4 Bulgaria 10.4 11 10 0.1 8 10.2 9.4 -9 3.1 18,100 1.4 Czech Republic 10.0 10 13 -0.4 1 9.6 8.9 -11 5.9 13,300 1.3 Hungary 4.1 11 12 -0.1 -1 3.8 3.2 -23 12 3,700 1.3 Moldova 38.1 10 10 0.0 -1 36.7 31.4 -18 6.0 10,600 1.3 Poland 21.5 10 12 -0.2 -0 19.7 17.1 -20 12.0 3,200 1.3 Romania 141.9 12 15 -0.3 2 129.3 110.1 -22 9 2,700 1.4 Russia 5.4 10 10 0.0 1 5.2 4.7 -12 6.1 13,800 1.2 Slovakia 46.2 10 16 -0.6 0 41.7 33.4 -28 11 5,200 1.3 Ukraine 155 10 9 0.1 9 156 150 -3 5 9,400 1.4 soutHErn EuroPE 3.2 13 6 0.7 -3 3.5 3.6 11 8 490 1.6 Albania 2.5 0.1 10 3 0.7 26 0.1 0.1 -4 — 1.2 Andorra 3.8 9 9 0.0 -0 3.7 3.1 -20 8 29,000 1.2 Bosnia-Herzegovina 4.4 9 12 -0.3 2 4.3 3.8 -14 5.7 10,500 1.4 Croatia 11.2 10 9 0.1 4 11.3 10.8 -4 3.7 25,900 1.4 Greece 59.9 9 10 -0.0 8 62.0 61.7 3 4.2 26,600 1.3 Italy 2.2 21 7 1.4 — 2.7 3.2 45 33 — 2.5 Kosovof 2.0 11 10 0.2 0 2.0 1.7 -15 13 6,500 1.5 Macedoniag 3.6 0.4 10 8 0.2 5 0.4 0.4 -6 8,300 1.4 Malta 0.6 12 10 0.3 -1 0.6 0.6 -4 11.0 — 1.6 Montenegro 10.6 10 10 -0.0 1 10.5 9.3 -12 3.5 6,400 1.3 Portugal 3.3 0.03 10 7 0.3 10 0.04 0.04 13 — 1.2 San Marino 7.4 10 14 -0.4 0 6.7 5.8 -21 7.4 4,500h 1.4 Serbia 2.0 10 9 0.1 6 2.1 1.9 -7 3.1 14,200 1.4 Slovenia 46.5 11 9 0.2 16 46.2 43.9 -6 3.7 16,400 1.4 Spain OCEANIA 35 18 7 1.1 5 42 49 40 25 160 2.4 21.3 14 7 0.7 9 24.7 28.1 32 4.7 13,300 1.9 Australia 0.1 26 6 2.0 -17 0.1 0.1 21 40 — 4.1 Federated States of Micronesia 0.9 21 6 1.5 -7 0.9 0.9 8 17 160 2.6 Fiji 6.8 0.3 18 4 1.3 1 0.3 0.4 34 — 2.2 French Polynesia 10.7 0.2 19 4 1.5 2 0.2 0.2 38 — 2.6 Guam 0.1 27 9 1.8 0 0.1 0.2 99 52 — 3.5 Kiribati 23 0.1 38 6 3.2 -16 0.1 0.1 101 — 4.4 Marshall Islands 42 0.01 31 10 2.1 -18 0.01 0.02 49 — 3.4 Nauru 7 0.2 18 5 1.3 5 0.3 0.4 46 — 2.3 New Caledonia 4.3 15 7 0.8 1 4.9 5.5 28 5.0 5,900 2.2 New Zealand 20 0.02 13 7 0.6 2 0.02 0.03 27 — 1.9 Palau 6.5 31 10 2.1 0 8.6 11.2 73 62 55 3.9 Papua New Guinea 0.2 29 6 2.4 -11 0.2 0.2 14 20 — 4.4 Samoa 0.5 34 8 2.6 -2 0.7 1.0 88 48 100 4.5 Solomon Islands 12 0.1 26 6 2.0 -17 0.1 0.1 -27 — 3.7 Tonga 35 0.01 26 10 1.6 -8 0.01 0.02 74 — 3.7 Tuvalu 27 0.2 31 6 2.5 0 0.4 0.5 109 — 4.0 Vanuatu 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 10 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau See Notes on page 14.
  • 11. Demographic Data anD estimates nutrition environment economy Density Percent of Percent of % of Pop. Motor Population Married Women Percent of Vehicles With Access Percent Ages 15–49 15–49 Using Percent of Population per 1,000 to Improved GNI PPP in Urban With HIV/ Contraception* Population Life Expectancy Water Areas of Under- Pop. per Capita Population AIDS of Ages at Birth (years) Sources, Percent 750,000+ Modern nourished 2000– (US$) per Sq. All 2006 2005 2001 2007 Methods Methods 2002–2004 2005 2007 Kilometer <15 65+ Total Males Females Urban 28 7 68 67 70 49 21 0.8 0.8 62 55 14 153 86 $ 9,600 49 WORLD 17 16 77 74 81 74 30 0.4 0.5 69 58 <2.5 536 97 31,200 27 MorE dEVEloPEd 30 6 67 65 68 44 19 1.2 1.0 61 55 17 43 84 4,760 66 lEss dEVEloPEd 34 5 65 63 66 44 18 1.6 1.4 51 43 18 52 82 4,560 57 lEss dEVEloPEd (Excl. China) 41 3 55 53 56 27 10 3.2 3.0 27 21 35 — 62 1,060 38 lEast dEVEloPEd 41 3 54 53 55 38 14 4.3 4.0 28 22 26 64 32 — 2,430 AFRICA 43 3 50 49 51 35 13 5.7 5.0 21 16 31 — 58 1,830 33 suB-saHaran aFriCa 33 5 69 67 71 50 19 0.3 0.3 50 44 8 61 87 4,760 23 nortHErn aFriCa 30 5 72 71 74 63 12 0.1 0.1 61 52 4 91 85 5,490 15 Algeria 33 5 72 70 74 43 21 — — 59 57 4 39 98 5,400 75 Egypt 49 26 71 30 4 73 71 76 77 54 — — <2.5 137 11,500 4 Libya 29 6 70 68 72 56 22 0.1 0.1 63 55 6 60 83 3,990 70 Morocco 41 4 58 56 59 38 12 1.4 1.4 8 6 26 — 70 1,880 16 Sudan 63 53 25 6 74 72 76 65 18 <0.1 0.1 <2.5 86 94 7,130 63 Tunisia 31 2 64 62 66 81 — — — — — — — — — 2 Western Sahara 44 3 51 50 52 42 15 2.7 2.5 13 8 15 — 58 1,480 47 WEstErn aFriCa 44 3 56 54 57 41 9 1.3 1.2 17 6 12 — 65 1,310 83 Benin 46 3 51 49 52 16 8 2.1 1.6 14 9 15 — 72 1,120 56 Burkina Faso 53 46 80 38 6 71 68 74 59 — — — — — 2,940 125 Cape Verde 40 2 52 50 53 48 19 6.0 3.9 13 8 13 — 81 1,590 64 Côte d'Ivoire 10 9 42 3 58 57 59 54 — 0.9 0.9 29 — 86 1,140 138 Gambia 40 4 59 58 59 48 16 2.3 1.9 17 14 11 — 80 1,330 100 Ghana 46 3 54 52 55 30 16 1.2 1.6 9 6 24 — 70 1,120 42 Guinea 48 3 45 43 47 30 — 1.8 1.8 10 6 39 — 57 470 48 Guinea-Bissau 47 2 46 45 47 58 33 1.4 1.7 11 10 50 — 64 290 35 Liberia 48 4 56 54 59 31 12 1.5 1.5 8 6 29 10 60 1,040 10 Mali 40 4 60 59 62 40 — 0.7 0.8 9 8 10 — 60 2,010 3 Mauritania 49 3 57 58 56 17 6 0.7 0.8 11 5 32 — 42 630 12 Niger 45 3 47 46 47 47 16 3.2 3.1 12 8 9 1 47 1,770 160 Nigeria 44 4 62 60 64 41 21 0.4 1.0 12 10 20 17 77 1,640 64 Senegal 42 4 48 48 49 37 14 1.3 1.7 5 4 51 3 53 660 76 Sierra Leone 43 3 58 56 60 40 21 3.6 3.3 17 11 24 — 59 800 119 Togo 44 3 49 48 50 22 6 6.6 5.8 26 20 40 — 54 940 47 EastErn aFriCa 16 10 45 3 49 47 50 10 — 3.5 2.0 66 — 71 330 318 Burundi 26 19 42 3 64 62 66 28 — <0.1 <0.1 60 — 85 1,150 328 Comoros 39 3 54 53 55 87 — 3.1 3.1 18 17 24 — 92 2,260 37 Djibouti 43 2 57 54 59 21 — 1.2 1.3 8 5 75 — 60 400 43 Eritrea 43 3 49 48 51 16 4 2.4 2.1 15 14 46 2 42 780 72 Ethiopia 42 2 53 53 53 19 10 6.7c 7.8c 39 32 31 18 57 1,540 65 Kenya 44 3 58 57 60 30 9 0.1 0.1 27 17 38 — 47 920 32 Madagascar 46 3 46 45 47 17 — 13.3 11.9 42 39 35 — 76 750 115 Malawi 23 7 72 69 76 42 — 0.3 1.7 76 42 5 133 100 11,390 622 Mauritius 42 2 74 72 76 28 — — — — — — — — — 500 Mayotte 43 3 43 42 44 29 7 10.3 12.5 17 12 44 8 42 690 25 Mozambique 67 64 27 7 76 72 80 92 — — — — 513 — — 324 Reunion 44 3 47 47 48 18 8 4.3 2.8 17 10 33 3 65 860 365 Rwanda 87 23 8 72 67 77 53 — — — — — 9 102 8,670 191 Seychelles 45 3 48 47 49 37 17 0.5 0.5 15 1 — — 29 — 14 Somalia 44 3 51 50 52 25 7 7.0 6.2 26 20 44 — 55 1,200 43 Tanzania 49 3 48 47 48 13 5 7.9 5.4 24 18 19 6 64 920 121 Uganda 46 2 38 38 37 37 11 15.4 15.2 34 23 46 — 58 1,220 16 Zambia 40 4 40 40 40 37 12 26.0 15.3 60 58 47 54 81 — 34 Zimbabwe 46 3 51 48 52 41 18 2.6 2.5 19 7 55 — 52 1,550 18 MiddlE aFriCa 6 5 46 2 43 41 44 57 27 1.6 2.1 35 — 51 4,400 13 Angola 42 4 52 51 52 57 18 6.0 5.1 26 13 26 14 70 2,120 39 Cameroon 28 7 43 4 43 43 44 38 — 6.4 6.3 44 — 66 740 7 Central African Republic 46 3 47 46 48 27 9 3.4 3.5 3 2 35 — 48 1,280 8 Chad 42 3 53 52 54 60 34 4.4 3.5 44 13 33 — 71 2,750 11 Congo 47 3 53 49 55 33 17 d d 21 6 74 — 46 290 28 Congo, Dem. Rep. 42 4 59 59 60 39 — 3.7 3.4 — — — — 43 21,230 22 Equatorial Guinea 33 12 36 5 57 56 58 84 — 5.6 5.9 5 — 87 13,080 5 Gabon 29 27 42 4 64 63 66 58 — — — 10 — 86 1,630 164 Sao Tome and Principe 2008 World PoPulation data Sheet 11 © 2008 Population Reference Bureau See Notes on page 14.