Table 1. Total population by sex and sex ratio, by country, 2000 (medium-variant)
World 1
Sex ratio (males
Population (000)
Total
Male
Female
per 100 females)
6 056 715
3 051 099
3 005 616
102
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia 2
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 3
China, Macao SAR 4
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
21 765
3 134
30 291
13 134
37 032
3 787
19 138
8 080
8 041
304
640
137 439
267
10 187
10 249
226
6 272
2 085
8 329
3 977
1 541
170 406
328
7 949
11 535
6 356
13 104
14 876
30 757
427
3 717
7 885
144
15 211
1 275 133
6 860
444
42 105
706
3 018
4 024
16 013
4 654
11 199
784
10 272
22 268
50 948
5 320
632
8 373
737
12 646
67 884
6 278
457
3 659
1 393
62 908
Country or area*
11 227
1 603
15 346
6 499
18 163
1 834
9 529
3 942
3 959
150
368
70 858
130
4 746
5 020
115
3 092
1 054
4 144
1 968
755
84 169
173
3 864
5 576
3 088
6 389
7 405
15 229
199
1 811
3 900
70
7 531
655 702
3 491
217
20 786
354
1 478
2 040
8 206
2 253
5 611
391
4 995
11 179
25 245
2 633
297
4 254
381
6 350
34 364
3 082
225
1 817
649
31 259
23
10 538
1 531
14 945
6 635
18 868
1 953
9 608
4 138
4 082
154
272
66 582
138
5 441
5 229
112
3 180
1 032
4 185
2 009
787
86 238
156
4 086
5 959
3 268
6 715
7 471
15 527
228
1 907
3 985
74
7 680
619 431
3 369
227
21 319
352
1 540
1 983
7 807
2 401
5 588
393
5 276
11 090
25 703
2 687
335
4 119
356
6 296
33 521
3 196
231
1 842
745
31 649
107
105
103
98
96
94
99
95
97
97
135
106
94
87
96
103
97
102
99
98
96
98
111
95
94
94
95
99
98
87
95
98
95
98
106
104
96
98
100
96
103
105
94
100
100
95
101
98
98
89
103
107
101
103
96
97
99
87
99
Table 1. Total population by sex and sex ratio, by country, 2000 (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius 5
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Sex ratio (males
Population (000)
Male
Female
per 100 females)
814
414
400
103
5 172
2 523
2 649
95
59 238
28 856
30 382
95
165
85
80
106
233
121
113
107
1 230
609
621
98
1 303
644
658
98
5 262
2 512
2 750
91
82 017
40 148
41 869
96
19 306
9 613
9 692
99
10 610
5 230
5 380
97
428
209
219
95
155
80
75
108
11 385
5 741
5 645
102
8 154
4 102
4 052
101
1 199
591
608
97
761
369
392
94
8 142
3 989
4 153
96
6 417
3 230
3 187
101
9 968
4 756
5 212
91
279
140
139
101
1 008 937
520 312
488 626
106
212 092
106 379
105 713
101
70 330
35 998
34 332
105
22 946
11 666
11 280
103
3 803
1 890
1 913
99
6 040
2 980
3 060
97
57 530
27 902
29 628
94
2 576
1 270
1 307
97
127 096
62 212
64 884
96
4 913
2 554
2 359
108
16 172
7 844
8 329
94
30 669
15 273
15 396
99
1 914
1 115
800
139
4 921
2 413
2 508
96
5 279
2 636
2 643
100
2 421
1 116
1 305
86
3 496
1 711
1 786
96
2 035
1 009
1 026
98
2 913
1 465
1 448
101
5 290
2 741
2 549
108
3 696
1 743
1 953
89
437
215
222
97
15 970
7 943
8 028
99
11 308
5 617
5 692
99
22 218
11 255
10 964
103
291
149
142
105
11 351
5 624
5 727
98
390
193
197
98
383
186
198
94
2 665
1 321
1 344
98
1 161
579
583
99
98 872
48 926
49 946
98
2 533
1 268
1 265
100
29 878
14 964
14 914
100
18 292
9 042
9 251
98
47 749
23 729
24 020
99
1 757
868
889
98
23 043
11 811
11 232
105
15 864
7 862
8 002
98
215
104
112
93
Total
24
Table 1. Total population by sex and sex ratio, by country, 2000 (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
TFYR Macedonia 6
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Sex ratio (males
Population (000)
Male
Female
per 100 females)
215
110
105
105
3 778
1 861
1 917
97
5 071
2 523
2 548
99
10 832
5 459
5 373
102
113 862
57 383
56 479
102
4 469
2 213
2 256
98
3 191
1 622
1 569
103
2 538
1 347
1 191
113
141 256
72 622
68 634
106
2 856
1 441
1 415
102
4 809
2 507
2 303
109
5 496
2 772
2 725
102
25 662
12 726
12 935
98
75 653
38 092
37 561
101
38 605
18 761
19 844
95
10 016
4 819
5 197
93
3 915
1 885
2 030
93
565
366
199
184
46 740
23 522
23 218
101
4 295
2 054
2 242
92
721
352
369
96
22 438
10 977
11 461
96
145 491
68 130
77 361
88
7 609
3 765
3 844
98
148
72
75
96
159
83
75
111
20 346
10 872
9 474
115
9 421
4 697
4 723
99
4 405
2 165
2 239
97
4 018
2 023
1 995
101
5 399
2 625
2 773
95
1 988
966
1 022
95
447
230
217
106
8 778
4 358
4 420
99
43 309
21 323
21 986
97
39 910
19 511
20 400
96
18 924
9 718
9 206
106
31 095
15 639
15 457
101
417
207
210
98
925
456
469
97
8 842
4 375
4 467
98
7 170
3 546
3 624
98
16 189
8 200
7 988
103
6 087
3 032
3 055
99
2 034
1 017
1 017
100
62 806
31 078
31 728
98
4 527
2 248
2 279
99
1 294
644
651
99
9 459
4 776
4 682
102
66 668
33 676
32 992
102
4 737
2 345
2 393
98
23 300
11 625
11 676
100
49 568
23 019
26 549
87
2 606
1 722
884
195
59 415
29 242
30 173
97
35 119
17 422
17 697
98
283 230
139 655
143 575
97
3 337
1 619
1 718
94
24 881
12 357
12 524
99
197
101
96
105
24 170
12 161
12 009
101
Total
25
Table 1. Total population by sex and sex ratio, by country, 2000 (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
Viet Nam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Sex ratio (males
Population (000)
Total
Male
Female
per 100 females)
78 137
38 938
39 199
99
252
125
127
99
18 349
9 142
9 207
99
10 552
5 248
5 305
99
10 421
5 236
5 185
101
12 627
6 315
6 313
100
Source: United Nations Population Division.
The world population includes the population of all countries and areas including those
with less than 140,000 persons.
2
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
3
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
5
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
6
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
1
26
Table 2. Total population by country, 1950, 2000, 2015, 2025 and 2050 (medium-variant)
Country or area
World
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia 1
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
China, Macao SAR 3
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Population (000)
2000
2015
1950
2025
2050
2 519 495
6 056 715
7 207 361
7 936 741
9 322 251
8 151
1 215
8 753
19
4
4 131
5
46
17 150
1 354
57
8 219
6 935
2 896
79
116
41 783
211
7 745
8 639
69
2 046
37
734
2 714
2 661
389
53 975
6
48
7 251
3 960
2 456
4 346
4 466
13 737
146
6
1 314
2 658
102
6 082
554 760
1 974
190
12 568
173
808
15
862
2 775
3 850
5 850
494
8 925
10 815
12 184
4 271
62
51
21 765
3 134
30 291
68
86
13 134
11
65
37 032
3 787
101
19 138
8 080
8 041
304
640
137 439
267
10 187
10 249
226
6 272
63
2 085
8 329
3 977
1 541
170 406
24
328
7 949
11 535
6 356
13 104
14 876
30 757
427
38
3 717
7 885
144
15 211
1 275 133
6 860
444
42 105
706
3 018
20
4 024
16 013
4 654
11 199
784
10 272
22 268
50 948
5 320
632
71
35 577
3 439
38 022
104
146
20 795
16
68
43 498
3 808
157
21 910
7 848
8 725
359
793
183 159
281
9 664
10 272
287
9 448
69
3 070
11 218
4 279
1 694
201 393
32
417
6 816
18 509
9 835
18 585
20 226
34 419
567
59
4 877
12 376
143
17 912
1 410 217
8 025
499
52 641
1 067
4 730
22
5 233
21 529
4 622
11 644
864
10 028
24 396
84 045
5 372
703
70
45 193
3 676
42 738
129
181
28 213
19
70
47 160
3 736
194
23 523
7 605
9 076
393
887
210 823
285
9 335
10 205
324
11 992
73
3 843
13 131
4 165
1 826
218 980
35
473
6 125
25 227
12 390
22 310
23 986
36 717
647
72
5 886
16 383
139
19 548
1 470 787
8 678
529
59 161
1 327
6 284
23
5 929
25 024
4 519
11 733
899
9 727
25 872
114 876
5 359
801
70
72 267
3 905
51 180
172
193
53 328
23
73
54 522
3 150
242
26 502
6 452
8 897
449
1 008
265 432
263
8 305
9 583
392
18 070
79
5 569
16 966
3 458
2 109
247 244
39
565
4 531
46 304
20 218
29 883
32 284
40 407
807
89
8 195
27 732
120
22 215
1 462 058
9 648
527
70 862
1 900
10 744
27
7 195
32 185
4 179
10 764
910
8 429
28 038
203 527
5 080
1 068
72
27
Table 2. Total population by country, 1950, 2000, 2015, 2025 and 2050 (mediumfertility variant)
Population (000)
Country or area
1950
2000
2015
2025
2050
Egypt
21 834
67 884
84 425
94 777 113 840
El Salvador
1 951
6 278
7 979
8 975
10 855
Equatorial Guinea
226
457
692
889
1 378
Eritrea
1 140
3 659
5 720
7 063
10 028
Estonia
1 101
1 393
1 190
1 062
752
Ethiopia
18 434
62 908
89 765 113 418 186 452
Faeroe Islands
32
46
52
55
55
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
2
2
3
3
4
Fiji
289
814
925
954
916
Finland
4 009
5 172
5 180
5 138
4 693
France
41 829
59 238
61 892
62 753
61 832
French Guiana
25
165
255
326
503
French Polynesia
61
233
288
318
372
Gabon
469
1 230
1 757
2 178
3 164
Gambia
294
1 303
1 781
2 077
2 605
Georgia
3 527
5 262
4 775
4 377
3 219
Germany
68 376
82 017
80 673
78 897
70 805
Ghana
4 900
19 306
26 378
30 936
40 056
Gibraltar
21
27
26
25
21
Greece
7 566
10 610
10 472
10 149
8 983
Greenland
23
56
58
59
62
Grenada
76
94
97
100
105
Guadeloupe
210
428
471
487
479
Guam
60
155
209
242
307
Guatemala
2 969
11 385
16 329
19 624
26 551
Guinea
2 550
8 154
11 300
14 120
20 711
Guinea-Bissau
505
1 199
1 727
2 170
3 276
Guyana
423
761
749
703
504
Haiti
3 261
8 142
10 215
11 549
13 982
Holy See 4
1
1
1
1
1
Honduras
1 380
6 417
8 703
10 106
12 845
Hungary
9 338
9 968
9 254
8 783
7 486
Iceland
143
279
305
319
333
India
357 561 1 008 937 1 230 484 1 351 801 1 572 055
Indonesia
79 538 212 092 250 068 272 911 311 335
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
16 913
70 330
87 103
99 343 121 424
Iraq
5 158
22 946
33 550
40 298
53 574
Ireland
2 969
3 803
4 410
4 745
5 366
Isle of Man
56
75
83
84
81
Israel
1 258
6 040
7 714
8 486
10 065
Italy
47 104
57 530
55 239
52 364
42 962
Jamaica
1 403
2 576
2 957
3 264
3 815
Japan
83 625 127 096 127 522 123 798 109 220
Jordan
472
4 913
7 191
8 666
11 709
Kazakhstan
6 703
16 172
15 957
16 090
15 302
Kenya
6 265
30 669
40 001
44 897
55 368
Kiribati
32
83
100
112
138
Kuwait
152
1 914
2 766
3 219
4 001
Kyrgyzstan
1 740
4 921
5 836
6 460
7 538
Lao People's Dem. Republic
1 755
5 279
7 334
8 721
11 438
Latvia
1 949
2 421
2 225
2 090
1 744
Lebanon
1 443
3 496
4 219
4 581
5 018
Lesotho
734
2 035
2 141
2 225
2 478
Liberia
824
2 913
5 550
7 638
14 370
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
1 029
5 290
7 058
7 972
9 969
Liechtenstein
14
33
37
39
39
Lithuania
2 567
3 696
3 538
3 418
2 989
Luxembourg
296
437
518
576
715
Madagascar
4 230
15 970
24 072
30 759
47 030
Malawi
2 881
11 308
15 656
19 544
31 114
Malaysia
6 110
22 218
27 911
31 326
37 850
Maldives
82
291
453
580
868
Mali
3 520
11 351
17 657
23 461
41 724
Malta
312
390
411
418
400
Marshall Islands
13
51
62
69
85
Martinique
222
383
410
421
413
28
Table 2. Total population by country, 1950, 2000, 2015, 2025 and 2050 (mediumfertility variant)
Population (000)
Country or area
1950
2000
2015
2025
2050
Mauritania
825
2 665
4 105
5 351
8 452
Mauritius 5
493
1 161
1 301
1 374
1 426
Mexico
27 737
98 872 119 175 130 194 146 651
Micronesia (Fed. States of)
32
123
172
204
269
Monaco
20
33
37
39
38
Mongolia
761
2 533
3 085
3 478
4 146
Montserrat
14
4
6
7
11
Morocco
8 953
29 878
37 680
42 002
50 361
Mozambique
6 198
18 292
23 526
28 012
38 837
Myanmar
17 832
47 749
55 260
60 243
68 546
Namibia
511
1 757
2 313
2 776
3 662
Nauru
3
12
17
20
26
Nepal
8 502
23 043
32 138
38 706
52 415
Netherlands
10 114
15 864
16 420
16 571
15 845
Netherlands Antilles
112
215
242
255
259
New Caledonia
65
215
278
316
397
New Zealand
1 908
3 778
4 141
4 302
4 439
Nicaragua
1 134
5 071
7 216
8 606
11 477
Niger
2 500
10 832
18 482
25 725
51 872
Nigeria
29 790 113 862 165 313 202 957 278 788
Niue
5
2
2
2
2
Northern Mariana Islands
7
73
124
157
216
Norway
3 265
4 469
4 670
4 800
4 880
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
1 005
3 191
5 317
7 145
11 821
Oman
456
2 538
4 110
5 411
8 751
Pakistan
39 659 141 256 204 267 250 981 344 170
Palau
6
19
26
30
39
Panama
860
2 856
3 451
3 779
4 262
Papua New Guinea
1 613
4 809
6 642
8 023
10 980
Paraguay
1 488
5 496
7 773
9 355
12 565
Peru
7 632
25 662
31 876
35 518
42 122
Philippines
19 996
75 653
95 881 107 073 128 383
Pitcairn 6
0
0
0
0
0
Poland
24 824
38 605
38 035
37 254
33 370
Portugal
8 405
10 016
10 030
9 831
9 006
Puerto Rico
2 218
3 915
4 390
4 615
4 835
Qatar
25
565
693
754
831
Republic of Korea
20 357
46 740
50 631
52 065
51 560
Republic of Moldova
2 341
4 295
4 152
4 052
3 577
Reunion
248
721
845
911
1 002
Romania
16 311
22 438
21 437
20 585
18 150
Russian Federation
102 702 145 491 133 314 125 687 104 258
Rwanda
2 120
7 609
10 504
12 883
18 523
Saint Helena 7
5
6
7
8
10
Saint Kitts and Nevis
44
38
35
34
34
Saint Lucia
79
148
169
179
189
Saint Pierre and Miqueleon
5
7
8
8
9
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
67
113
123
129
138
Samoa
82
159
179
200
223
San Marino
15
27
31
32
30
Sao Tome and Principe
60
138
178
208
294
Saudi Arabia
3 201
20 346
31 748
40 473
59 683
Senegal
2 500
9 421
13 516
16 511
22 711
Seychelles
34
80
97
110
145
Sierra Leone
1 944
4 405
7 115
9 052
14 351
Singapore
1 022
4 018
4 756
4 998
4 620
Slovakia
3 463
5 399
5 420
5 317
4 674
Slovenia
1 473
1 988
1 926
1 847
1 527
Solomon Islands
90
447
719
943
1 458
Somalia
2 264
8 778
15 405
21 192
40 936
South Africa
13 683
43 309
44 616
43 772
47 301
Spain
28 009
39 910
39 018
37 395
31 282
Sri Lanka
7 483
18 924
21 451
22 529
23 066
Sudan
9 190
31 095
42 433
49 556
63 530
Suriname
215
417
437
442
418
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Table 2. Total population by country, 1950, 2000, 2015, 2025 and 2050 (mediumfertility variant)
Population (000)
Country or area
1950
2000
2015
2025
2050
Swaziland
264
925
1 022
1 138
1 391
Sweden
7 014
8 842
8 625
8 518
7 777
Switzerland
4 694
7 170
6 972
6 729
5 607
Syrian Arab Republic
3 495
16 189
23 206
27 410
36 345
Tajikistan
1 532
6 087
7 097
8 066
9 763
TFYR Macedonia 8
1 230
2 034
2 075
2 067
1 894
Thailand
19 626
62 806
72 490
77 480
82 491
Togo
1 329
4 527
6 576
8 219
11 832
Tokelau
2
1
1
1
1
Tonga
41
99
105
110
125
Trinidad and Tobago
636
1 294
1 392
1 437
1 378
Tunisia
3 530
9 459
11 257
12 343
14 076
Turkey
20 809
66 668
79 004
86 611
98 818
Turkmenistan
1 211
4 737
6 059
6 844
8 401
Turks and Caicos Islands
5
17
26
31
39
Tuvalu
5
10
12
14
16
Uganda
5 210
23 300
38 739
53 765 101 524
Ukraine
37 298
49 568
43 335
39 569
29 959
United Arab Emirates
70
2 606
3 230
3 468
3 709
United Kingdom
50 616
59 415
60 566
61 243
58 933
United Republic of Tanzania
7 886
35 119
49 343
60 395
82 740
United States of America
157 813 283 230 321 225 346 822 397 063
United States Virgin Islands
27
121
140
151
167
Uruguay
2 239
3 337
3 670
3 871
4 249
Uzbekistan
6 314
24 881
30 554
34 203
40 513
Vanuatu
48
197
282
342
462
Venezuela
5 094
24 170
30 877
34 775
42 152
Viet Nam
27 367
78 137
94 413 105 488 123 782
Wallis and Futuna Islands
7
14
16
17
19
Western Sahara
14
252
368
438
599
Yemen
4 316
18 349
33 118
48 206 102 379
Yugoslavia
7 131
10 552
10 309
10 044
9 030
Zambia
2 440
10 421
14 796
19 026
29 262
Zimbabwe
2 744
12 627
16 368
18 672
23 546
Source: United Nations Population Division.
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
3
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
Refers to the Vatican City State.
5
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
6
The population of Pitcairn is 68 in 2000 and remains constant till 2050.
7
Including Ascension and Tristan da Cunha.
8
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
1
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Table 3. Total fertility by country, for selected periods (medium-variant)
Country or area*
World
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia 1
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
China, Macao SAR 3
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Total fertility (average number of children per woman)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
2.82
2.68
2.50
2.39
2.15
6.90
2.60
3.25
7.20
2.62
1.39
1.77
1.36
1.94
2.40
2.63
3.80
1.50
1.27
1.55
3.41
6.10
5.50
4.36
1.35
4.35
2.27
2.80
1.14
6.89
6.80
5.25
5.10
1.60
3.56
5.30
6.65
1.50
2.44
1.80
1.17
1.15
2.80
5.40
6.29
2.83
5.10
1.68
1.55
1.98
1.18
2.05
6.70
1.74
6.10
2.88
4.35
6.80
2.27
2.79
7.20
2.44
1.10
1.75
1.24
1.51
2.31
2.28
3.56
1.50
1.20
1.48
2.89
5.68
5.10
3.92
1.30
3.94
2.15
2.53
1.10
6.80
6.80
4.77
4.70
1.58
3.24
4.92
6.65
1.50
2.35
1.80
1.17
1.10
2.62
4.96
6.29
2.67
4.64
1.70
1.55
1.92
1.16
2.07
6.70
1.65
5.77
2.71
3.85
31
6.18
2.10
2.10
6.50
2.19
1.14
1.78
1.22
1.44
2.10
2.10
2.90
1.58
1.26
1.47
2.10
4.84
4.30
3.12
1.33
3.12
2.10
2.10
1.17
6.17
6.10
3.80
3.90
1.64
2.59
4.17
5.89
1.51
2.21
1.90
1.36
1.15
2.37
4.08
5.59
2.42
3.72
1.71
1.69
1.90
1.22
2.10
5.93
1.62
5.12
2.41
2.85
5.22
2.10
2.10
5.58
2.10
1.31
1.85
1.35
1.58
2.10
2.10
2.32
1.74
1.48
1.58
2.10
3.99
3.50
2.51
1.44
2.30
2.10
2.10
1.43
5.21
5.16
2.83
3.10
1.74
2.10
3.42
4.88
1.57
2.10
1.90
1.56
1.26
2.21
3.20
4.66
2.23
2.79
1.77
1.83
1.90
1.45
2.10
4.91
1.71
4.35
2.20
2.10
2.82
2.10
2.10
3.26
2.10
1.70
2.02
1.65
1.90
2.10
2.10
2.10
1.90
1.86
1.82
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
1.70
2.10
2.10
2.10
1.89
2.82
2.81
2.10
2.10
1.90
2.10
2.10
2.35
1.70
2.10
1.90
1.70
1.70
2.10
2.10
2.33
2.10
2.10
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.97
2.10
2.36
1.90
2.10
2.10
2.10
Table 3. Total fertility, by country, for selected periods (medium-fertility variant)
Total fertility (average number of children per woman)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
Ecuador
3.10
2.76
2.32
2.10
2.10
Egypt
3.40
2.88
2.10
2.10
2.10
El Salvador
3.17
2.88
2.45
2.19
2.10
Equatorial Guinea
5.89
5.89
5.18
4.23
2.10
Eritrea
5.70
5.28
4.43
3.58
2.10
Estonia
1.24
1.20
1.27
1.53
2.00
Ethiopia
6.75
6.75
6.05
5.12
2.80
Fiji
3.20
2.98
2.49
2.10
2.10
Finland
1.71
1.55
1.53
1.66
1.94
France
1.73
1.80
1.84
1.86
1.90
French Guiana
4.05
3.86
3.47
3.08
2.10
French Polynesia
2.60
2.47
2.18
2.10
2.10
Gabon
5.40
5.40
4.69
3.75
2.10
Gambia
5.20
4.79
3.96
3.13
2.10
Georgia
1.58
1.39
1.34
1.51
1.90
Germany
1.33
1.29
1.31
1.40
1.61
Ghana
4.60
4.22
3.45
2.68
2.10
Greece
1.30
1.24
1.25
1.43
1.85
Guadeloupe
2.06
2.02
1.94
1.90
1.90
Guam
3.95
3.95
3.26
2.33
2.10
Guatemala
4.93
4.41
3.42
2.68
2.10
Guinea
6.27
5.83
4.95
4.08
2.10
Guinea-Bissau
5.99
5.99
5.26
4.29
2.10
Guyana
2.45
2.31
2.10
2.10
2.10
Haiti
4.38
3.98
3.26
2.70
2.10
Honduras
4.30
3.72
2.85
2.38
2.10
Hungary
1.37
1.20
1.26
1.48
1.97
Iceland
2.05
1.90
1.84
1.92
2.10
India
3.32
2.97
2.27
2.10
2.10
Indonesia
2.60
2.27
2.10
2.10
2.10
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
3.20
2.76
2.10
2.10
2.10
Iraq
5.25
4.77
3.80
2.83
2.10
Ireland
1.92
2.02
2.07
2.08
2.10
Israel
2.93
2.70
2.22
2.10
2.10
Italy
1.20
1.20
1.23
1.35
1.61
Jamaica
2.50
2.37
2.10
2.10
2.10
Japan
1.41
1.33
1.43
1.53
1.75
Jordan
4.69
4.31
3.55
2.80
2.10
Kazakhstan
2.10
1.95
1.90
1.90
1.90
Kenya
4.60
4.15
3.24
2.33
2.10
Kuwait
2.89
2.66
2.21
2.10
2.10
Kyrgyzstan
2.89
2.34
2.10
2.10
2.10
Lao People's Dem. Republic
5.30
4.80
3.82
2.84
2.10
Latvia
1.12
1.10
1.18
1.48
2.00
Lebanon
2.29
2.18
1.96
1.90
1.90
Lesotho
4.75
4.45
3.79
3.08
2.10
Liberia
6.80
6.80
6.10
5.16
2.81
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
3.80
3.31
2.34
2.10
2.10
Lithuania
1.38
1.20
1.19
1.48
2.00
Luxembourg
1.72
1.76
1.77
1.81
1.90
Madagascar
6.10
5.68
4.84
3.99
2.10
Malawi
6.75
6.34
5.51
4.69
2.63
Malaysia
3.26
2.90
2.26
2.10
2.10
Maldives
5.80
5.37
4.49
3.62
2.10
Mali
7.00
7.00
6.35
5.35
2.85
Country or area*
32
Table 3. Total fertility, by country, for selected periods (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius 4
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Total fertility (average number of children per woman)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
1.91
1.77
1.71
1.75
1.84
1.75
1.70
1.74
1.80
1.89
6.00
6.00
5.27
4.29
2.10
2.00
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
2.75
2.49
2.22
2.10
2.10
2.70
2.32
2.10
2.10
2.10
3.40
3.03
2.29
2.10
2.10
6.30
5.86
4.97
4.09
2.10
3.30
2.80
2.10
2.10
2.10
5.30
4.87
4.02
3.17
2.10
4.83
4.48
3.70
2.92
2.10
1.54
1.50
1.52
1.61
1.81
2.10
2.09
2.04
1.97
1.90
2.60
2.47
2.18
2.10
2.10
1.97
1.97
1.87
1.82
2.07
4.32
3.82
2.97
2.41
2.10
8.00
8.00
7.26
6.28
3.82
5.92
5.42
4.40
3.38
2.10
1.83
1.70
1.68
1.80
2.07
5.99
5.60
4.82
4.05
2.10
5.85
5.46
4.67
3.88
2.10
5.48
5.08
4.16
3.25
2.10
2.63
2.42
2.16
2.10
2.10
4.60
4.32
3.77
3.21
2.10
4.17
3.84
3.25
2.77
2.10
2.98
2.64
2.26
2.10
2.10
3.64
3.24
2.33
2.10
2.10
1.46
1.26
1.32
1.56
2.10
1.46
1.45
1.43
1.56
1.83
1.97
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.90
3.70
3.34
2.63
2.10
2.10
1.51
1.51
1.64
1.87
2.10
1.61
1.40
1.34
1.51
1.90
2.30
2.14
1.90
1.90
1.90
1.32
1.32
1.37
1.58
2.05
1.23
1.14
1.18
1.36
1.75
6.20
5.77
4.91
4.04
2.10
2.70
2.53
2.19
2.10
2.10
4.51
4.24
3.71
3.07
2.10
6.15
5.54
4.51
3.61
2.10
5.57
5.11
4.18
3.26
2.10
6.50
6.50
5.77
4.79
2.34
1.60
1.45
1.45
1.65
1.90
1.40
1.28
1.31
1.43
1.70
1.24
1.14
1.15
1.36
1.83
5.60
5.26
4.60
3.82
2.10
7.25
7.25
6.55
5.61
3.27
3.10
2.85
2.35
2.10
2.10
1.16
1.13
1.14
1.29
1.64
2.10
2.09
1.94
1.90
1.90
4.90
4.47
3.61
2.75
2.10
2.21
2.05
1.70
1.75
1.90
4.80
4.44
3.72
3.00
2.10
1.51
1.29
1.34
1.55
2.01
33
Table 3. Total fertility, by country, for selected periods (medium-fertility variant)
Total fertility (average number of children per woman)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
Switzerland
1.47
1.38
1.37
1.48
1.72
Syrian Arab Republic
4.00
3.65
2.96
2.27
2.10
Tajikistan
3.72
2.87
2.33
2.15
2.10
5
TFYR Macedonia
1.92
1.48
1.31
1.49
1.90
Thailand
2.10
2.00
1.85
1.88
1.90
Togo
5.80
5.36
4.49
3.62
2.10
Trinidad and Tobago
1.65
1.53
1.63
1.81
1.90
Tunisia
2.31
2.10
2.10
2.10
2.10
Turkey
2.70
2.30
2.10
2.10
2.10
Turkmenistan
3.60
3.17
2.31
2.10
2.10
Uganda
7.10
7.10
6.35
5.35
2.85
Ukraine
1.26
1.10
1.15
1.35
1.70
United Arab Emirates
3.17
2.86
2.25
2.10
2.10
United Kingdom
1.70
1.61
1.60
1.70
1.91
United Republic of Tanzania
5.48
5.03
4.13
3.23
2.10
United States of America
2.04
1.93
1.90
1.95
2.10
Uruguay
2.40
2.30
2.16
2.10
2.10
Uzbekistan
2.85
2.29
2.10
2.10
2.10
Vanuatu
4.59
4.26
3.59
2.93
2.10
Venezuela
2.98
2.72
2.34
2.10
2.10
Viet Nam
2.50
2.25
2.10
2.10
2.10
Western Sahara
4.40
3.80
2.99
2.38
2.10
Yemen
7.60
7.60
6.85
5.85
3.35
Yugoslavia
1.77
1.55
1.48
1.61
1.90
Zambia
6.05
5.66
4.87
4.08
2.10
Zimbabwe
5.00
4.50
3.43
2.37
2.10
Country or area*
Source : United Nations Population Division.
1
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
3
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
5
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
2
34
Table 4. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes combined) by country, for selected periods
Country or area*
World
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia 1
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
China, Macao SAR 3
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Life expectancy at birth (years)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
65.0
66.0
68.7
71.3
76.0
42.5
72.8
68.9
44.6
72.9
72.4
78.7
77.7
71.0
69.1
72.9
58.1
76.4
68.5
77.9
73.6
53.5
60.7
61.4
73.3
44.4
67.2
75.5
70.8
45.3
40.6
56.5
50.0
78.5
68.9
44.3
45.2
77.6
74.9
69.8
79.1
78.5
70.4
58.8
50.9
76.0
47.7
73.3
75.7
77.8
74.3
63.1
50.5
75.9
45.5
67.3
47.5
69.5
43.2
73.7
70.3
45.8
73.8
73.4
79.2
78.5
72.2
69.4
73.8
60.7
77.2
68.5
78.8
74.4
54.0
63.2
63.5
74.0
36.1
68.3
76.3
70.9
48.1
40.6
56.2
50.0
79.0
70.5
44.3
46.3
78.2
75.6
71.2
79.9
79.3
71.9
60.8
51.6
76.7
47.9
74.2
76.4
78.3
75.4
65.1
52.1
76.6
40.6
66.9
50.0
70.5
35
47.2
75.3
72.7
49.0
75.6
75.0
80.1
80.1
74.0
72.7
75.5
65.3
78.4
71.3
80.2
75.8
56.0
67.6
67.5
75.5
43.0
70.8
77.7
72.5
56.4
44.9
59.2
52.9
80.0
73.1
49.1
50.9
79.2
76.9
73.5
81.1
80.7
73.7
64.8
55.7
78.0
52.4
75.5
77.5
79.2
77.6
68.7
56.3
78.2
38.0
66.1
55.0
72.2
51.2
76.9
74.8
52.9
77.2
76.1
81.0
81.2
75.4
74.9
77.1
69.2
79.3
73.7
81.4
76.9
59.5
70.7
71.1
76.5
51.6
73.0
78.8
74.3
62.2
49.6
64.1
58.2
80.8
75.2
55.8
56.3
80.2
78.0
75.5
82.1
81.6
75.3
68.3
60.9
79.0
57.8
76.6
78.4
80.2
79.3
71.2
61.2
79.2
44.2
67.0
60.0
73.9
62.4
79.9
78.4
64.5
80.0
79.3
83.0
83.6
79.0
77.3
79.9
75.0
81.4
77.9
83.8
79.7
69.9
76.0
76.1
78.9
63.2
76.9
81.1
78.3
69.7
64.3
72.2
70.7
82.8
78.6
67.3
67.9
82.2
80.1
79.0
84.7
83.8
78.4
76.3
70.4
80.9
68.1
79.6
80.2
82.2
81.4
76.3
70.1
81.4
63.3
72.5
70.3
77.6
Table 4. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes combined), by country, for selected periods
Country or area*
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Life expectancy at birth (years)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
66.3
68.3
71.4
73.7
77.8
69.1
70.3
72.5
74.5
78.0
50.0
52.0
56.0
60.0
70.3
51.5
52.4
55.6
60.3
70.1
70.0
71.2
73.3
74.8
78.2
44.5
43.3
46.9
53.0
66.7
68.4
69.8
71.9
73.7
77.8
77.2
78.0
79.7
81.0
83.0
78.1
79.0
80.3
81.5
84.0
75.0
75.9
77.4
78.6
80.9
71.7
73.1
75.1
76.7
79.6
52.4
52.9
55.9
60.2
69.9
45.4
47.1
51.2
55.4
65.4
72.7
73.6
75.0
76.3
79.3
77.3
78.2
79.7
81.0
83.4
56.3
57.2
61.5
65.8
72.5
78.0
78.5
79.5
80.4
82.4
77.3
78.3
80.0
81.1
83.1
73.5
74.5
76.3
77.8
80.4
64.0
65.6
68.7
71.5
76.7
46.5
48.5
52.5
56.5
68.0
44.1
45.4
49.2
53.4
66.0
63.7
62.4
61.6
62.9
71.2
52.0
53.3
57.8
62.0
69.9
65.6
65.8
67.7
70.2
74.1
70.7
72.0
74.3
76.1
79.4
78.9
79.4
80.3
81.1
83.1
62.3
64.2
67.9
70.5
75.4
65.1
67.3
70.5
72.9
77.4
68.0
69.7
72.4
74.6
78.5
58.7
64.9
70.8
73.2
77.6
76.1
77.0
78.3
79.3
81.4
78.3
79.2
80.6
81.6
83.5
78.2
78.7
79.7
80.6
82.5
74.8
75.7
77.3
78.5
80.8
80.5
81.5
83.3
84.9
88.0
69.7
71.0
73.3
75.3
78.8
64.1
65.0
68.3
71.2
76.4
52.2
49.3
51.5
56.1
66.9
75.9
76.5
77.7
78.6
81.1
66.9
68.6
71.4
73.3
77.8
52.5
54.5
59.0
63.7
72.2
69.6
71.2
73.2
74.7
78.0
72.6
73.5
75.0
76.2
79.2
51.2
40.2
37.8
45.5
65.1
48.1
55.6
60.7
64.9
71.6
70.0
70.9
73.8
75.8
79.1
71.4
72.7
74.7
76.5
79.6
77.0
77.9
79.5
80.8
82.8
51.6
53.6
57.6
61.6
71.1
40.7
39.3
43.1
49.0
64.0
71.9
73.0
75.0
76.6
79.7
65.4
67.6
71.5
74.4
78.2
50.9
52.1
56.1
60.5
69.7
77.6
78.5
80.3
81.6
84.0
36
Table 4. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes combined), by country, for selected periods
Country or area*
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius 4
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Life expectancy at birth (years)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
78.8
79.1
80.3
81.1
83.0
50.5
52.5
56.5
63.5
72.1
70.7
72.0
73.9
75.3
78.8
72.2
73.0
74.6
76.1
78.8
61.9
63.9
70.7
73.0
77.5
66.6
68.7
71.5
73.8
77.9
40.6
38.0
41.0
47.4
62.8
55.8
56.2
61.8
66.5
72.0
45.1
44.3
53.6
59.3
67.3
57.3
59.8
64.6
68.9
74.9
77.9
78.3
79.3
80.2
82.2
75.5
76.3
77.8
78.9
81.0
74.0
74.9
76.5
78.0
80.4
77.2
78.0
79.0
80.0
82.0
67.7
69.1
71.8
74.0
77.7
44.2
46.2
50.2
54.2
65.4
51.3
52.1
55.9
60.4
69.3
78.1
78.9
80.2
81.2
83.7
71.4
72.4
74.2
75.6
79.0
70.5
71.5
73.2
74.6
78.5
59.0
61.0
65.0
68.5
73.7
73.6
74.5
75.9
76.9
79.2
55.6
57.7
61.7
65.8
73.2
69.6
70.7
72.6
74.3
77.8
68.0
69.5
72.1
74.4
77.5
68.6
70.0
72.4
74.5
78.4
72.8
73.9
75.9
77.4
80.1
75.2
76.2
77.6
78.8
81.0
74.9
75.6
76.8
77.6
80.3
68.9
70.3
72.6
74.4
78.3
74.3
75.5
77.5
79.3
82.0
66.6
66.6
69.9
72.6
77.2
73.8
74.9
76.7
78.0
81.4
69.8
69.8
72.1
73.8
76.9
66.1
66.0
69.3
72.0
76.9
39.4
40.9
46.5
52.8
64.2
73.0
73.8
75.4
76.4
79.5
68.5
70.0
72.7
74.7
78.0
70.9
72.2
74.3
76.1
79.4
52.3
54.3
58.4
62.4
71.6
37.3
40.5
44.5
48.8
61.5
77.1
78.1
79.7
80.9
82.9
72.8
73.7
75.2
76.5
79.5
75.0
76.1
78.0
79.7
81.8
67.4
69.2
71.9
74.1
78.3
46.9
48.9
52.9
56.9
68.3
56.7
47.4
42.0
46.4
66.4
78.1
78.8
79.7
80.6
82.6
71.6
72.6
74.6
76.4
79.5
55.0
57.0
61.0
65.0
72.9
70.1
71.1
73.2
75.0
78.6
50.8
38.1
39.2
49.8
62.7
79.3
80.1
81.1
82.1
84.6
78.6
79.1
80.0
80.9
82.9
70.5
71.8
74.0
75.8
79.1
37
Table 4. Life expectancy at birth (both sexes combined), by country, for selected periods
Life expectancy at birth (years)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
Tajikistan
67.2
68.0
70.7
72.7
77.3
TFYR Macedonia 5
72.7
73.6
75.2
76.4
79.5
Thailand
69.6
70.8
73.5
75.9
79.1
Togo
51.3
52.2
57.0
62.3
69.9
Trinidad and Tobago
73.8
74.8
76.6
78.1
80.5
Tunisia
69.5
70.9
73.3
75.3
78.8
Turkey
69.0
70.5
72.9
74.9
78.6
Turkmenistan
65.4
67.1
69.8
72.3
77.1
Uganda
41.9
46.0
54.3
58.9
67.8
Ukraine
68.1
68.1
71.2
73.3
77.5
United Arab Emirates
74.6
75.4
76.9
77.9
80.5
United Kingdom
77.2
78.2
79.8
81.1
83.0
United Republic of Tanzania
51.1
51.1
56.3
62.3
69.6
United States of America
76.5
77.5
79.2
80.7
82.6
Uruguay
73.9
75.0
76.8
78.4
80.9
Uzbekistan
68.3
69.7
71.9
73.7
78.1
Vanuatu
67.2
68.8
71.3
73.3
76.5
Venezuela
72.4
73.3
75.0
76.4
79.2
Viet Nam
67.2
69.2
71.9
74.1
78.2
Western Sahara
61.4
63.9
68.2
71.3
76.4
Yemen
59.4
61.9
66.3
70.0
75.5
Yugoslavia
72.2
73.2
74.8
76.0
79.1
Zambia
40.5
42.2
52.1
58.6
66.0
Zimbabwe
42.9
42.9
50.2
56.3
66.3
Country or area*
Source : United Nations Population Division.
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
3
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
5
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
1
38
Table 5. Infant mortality rate by country, for selected periods
Country or area*
World
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia 1
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
China, Macao SAR 3
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
59.6
54.5
43.4
34.7
19.4
164.7
28.3
50.0
126.2
21.8
16.9
5.4
5.4
32.5
18.7
16.4
78.8
12.4
12.5
4.4
32.5
87.7
62.9
65.6
15.0
73.9
42.1
9.6
15.2
99.1
120.0
83.4
87.3
5.5
55.6
101.2
122.5
5.8
12.8
41.4
4.2
8.9
30.0
76.3
72.1
12.1
89.0
10.1
7.5
8.1
5.8
45.1
90.6
5.9
116.6
40.6
135.0
45.6
161.3
25.0
42.8
117.7
20.0
15.4
5.2
4.7
29.3
17.2
14.4
67.0
10.9
12.5
4.2
30.0
80.6
53.6
55.6
13.5
67.2
38.3
8.6
15.2
86.6
111.5
72.5
79.3
5.4
49.6
93.3
116.1
5.5
11.6
36.5
4.1
8.2
25.6
67.0
65.8
10.9
80.8
8.1
7.3
7.7
5.4
39.1
77.2
5.0
117.1
36.3
120.9
41.5
39
143.8
19.6
30.5
99.2
16.0
12.9
4.8
4.3
24.6
12.2
11.3
47.1
9.2
10.4
4.0
25.6
66.3
38.6
38.1
10.9
44.5
29.8
7.2
12.9
64.9
95.4
53.1
60.2
5.0
39.8
71.6
94.5
5.2
9.6
28.6
3.9
7.0
19.1
49.6
52.0
9.0
63.2
7.2
6.6
7.1
4.5
29.3
61.2
4.5
99.4
27.8
94.4
33.2
127.0
15.0
21.9
82.3
12.8
11.3
4.4
4.1
21.0
9.9
8.9
31.3
8.3
8.7
3.8
22.3
50.9
28.8
27.1
9.4
33.0
22.1
6.6
10.5
47.5
75.5
36.3
41.5
4.8
31.4
52.6
73.3
4.8
8.0
22.2
3.7
6.3
15.2
34.9
38.7
7.8
47.0
6.5
5.8
6.5
4.1
23.3
46.8
4.2
78.7
21.2
70.3
25.0
83.9
9.8
12.4
43.4
7.3
7.0
3.6
3.5
12.8
7.9
6.8
13.7
6.5
5.8
3.3
14.0
23.9
15.9
14.0
6.9
20.0
7.7
5.4
6.5
23.7
33.7
16.1
19.3
4.1
18.3
23.6
33.1
4.2
5.1
13.3
3.2
5.1
11.1
11.6
20.1
6.3
23.8
4.9
3.6
5.3
3.7
12.8
22.5
3.6
33.0
11.4
27.5
8.0
Table 5. Infant mortality rate, by country, for selected periods
Country or area*
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
50.8
40.5
26.8
18.7
10.3
32.0
26.4
17.5
12.1
7.3
107.7
98.8
81.7
65.7
30.1
89.3
82.4
64.0
46.2
22.6
11.1
9.7
8.3
7.3
5.2
114.8
106.1
83.0
61.8
28.3
19.6
17.5
14.3
11.9
7.5
4.4
4.0
3.7
3.4
2.9
5.5
5.0
4.6
4.3
3.6
31.9
28.7
24.3
20.7
13.6
9.7
8.7
7.3
6.3
5.0
87.7
80.0
63.8
49.2
23.6
125.3
115.0
96.2
79.5
41.8
19.4
17.6
15.4
13.3
8.7
5.0
4.6
4.2
4.0
3.5
68.6
62.1
47.3
35.0
18.8
6.6
6.3
5.7
5.2
4.1
8.3
7.4
6.2
5.5
4.3
11.0
9.8
7.8
6.5
5.3
46.0
41.2
32.5
25.5
13.4
124.2
114.4
96.3
79.4
37.1
130.8
121.2
101.8
84.7
39.2
56.2
52.5
40.1
32.8
18.8
68.3
61.3
51.1
40.6
17.3
37.1
33.1
26.0
19.9
14.2
9.6
8.7
7.3
6.2
4.7
4.7
4.5
4.2
4.0
3.3
72.5
64.7
49.0
39.6
25.2
48.4
39.5
27.1
19.2
9.9
44.0
35.9
24.7
17.3
9.7
91.7
63.5
33.0
22.7
8.3
6.6
6.0
5.4
4.9
3.9
6.3
5.9
5.3
4.9
4.2
5.6
5.4
5.0
4.7
4.1
21.9
19.9
16.3
13.8
9.1
3.5
3.3
3.2
3.0
2.5
26.6
22.6
16.3
12.5
8.1
44.8
42.1
32.6
25.3
13.8
64.7
58.7
44.4
33.4
19.3
12.3
10.8
9.2
8.3
6.6
43.2
37.0
30.1
25.1
14.6
96.6
88.0
69.6
51.9
24.7
15.6
13.6
11.4
9.9
6.8
20.0
17.2
14.2
12.0
8.3
108.1
111.2
89.3
68.4
34.6
111.4
79.3
55.9
39.8
17.8
27.8
25.2
18.3
14.4
9.7
10.7
8.9
8.2
7.4
5.4
6.6
5.6
4.8
4.3
3.5
100.2
91.5
74.9
59.4
27.6
139.8
130.1
105.8
82.9
36.6
11.6
10.3
8.3
6.9
5.3
46.4
37.3
23.2
14.7
9.1
130.3
120.5
99.4
79.7
41.7
7.7
7.0
6.0
5.3
4.2
40
Table 5. Infant mortality rate, by country, for selected periods
Country or area*
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius 4
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
7.0
6.8
6.2
5.8
4.8
105.6
96.7
79.7
52.8
24.9
18.5
16.0
12.9
10.8
7.0
31.0
28.2
23.3
19.2
11.8
65.8
58.2
35.0
28.1
16.0
52.2
42.1
29.3
20.6
10.9
136.7
127.7
105.8
85.9
39.7
92.2
87.2
64.9
50.8
31.0
78.5
64.7
45.2
34.5
19.8
82.6
70.9
49.9
32.7
14.1
4.6
4.5
4.3
4.1
3.7
14.2
12.6
9.8
8.7
6.9
7.2
6.6
5.8
5.1
4.4
6.6
6.2
5.6
5.1
4.1
39.5
35.7
27.9
22.1
12.6
136.1
125.7
106.4
88.9
45.9
88.1
78.5
59.4
43.7
22.3
4.8
4.5
4.1
3.8
3.0
24.0
20.7
15.9
13.0
8.4
26.6
22.9
17.3
14.3
8.8
95.3
86.5
69.4
55.3
36.2
21.4
18.6
14.2
10.9
7.5
69.0
62.1
49.0
37.1
18.5
39.2
37.0
30.8
24.4
14.7
45.0
37.4
27.0
21.5
15.0
34.4
29.0
20.8
15.4
9.0
10.0
9.1
7.5
6.3
4.9
6.6
6.1
5.3
4.8
4.2
11.0
10.3
9.2
8.4
6.1
13.6
11.2
8.2
6.5
4.9
7.9
7.1
5.8
4.9
4.1
20.5
20.5
17.2
14.3
8.7
9.0
8.2
6.8
5.9
4.5
22.1
22.1
16.4
13.5
8.9
16.7
16.8
14.0
11.4
7.2
121.9
119.2
94.2
75.8
35.4
14.3
13.1
10.8
9.5
6.7
29.8
25.9
19.9
15.5
9.7
25.0
20.6
14.7
11.2
8.0
62.4
56.8
46.3
36.5
16.7
165.4
146.3
124.0
105.4
53.9
4.9
4.6
4.3
4.1
3.7
8.6
8.0
7.0
6.1
4.7
6.1
5.6
4.7
4.2
3.8
24.0
20.7
16.1
12.6
7.8
122.3
112.7
94.7
77.9
36.4
58.2
59.2
50.1
38.2
16.1
5.7
5.3
5.0
4.7
4.1
22.9
20.1
15.6
12.0
8.0
85.9
77.7
62.0
47.5
22.6
29.1
25.7
19.5
15.2
9.1
86.9
91.7
62.2
42.8
23.4
3.5
3.4
3.2
3.0
2.5
5.1
4.8
4.5
4.3
3.8
26.9
22.3
15.8
12.3
8.3
41
Table 5. Infant mortality rate, by country, for selected periods
Infant mortality rate (infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
Tajikistan
56.6
53.3
43.6
37.2
21.8
TFYR Macedonia 5
18.2
16.0
12.6
10.5
7.1
Thailand
25.4
20.8
15.5
12.0
8.1
Togo
83.1
74.8
57.9
42.9
22.9
Trinidad and Tobago
14.3
12.5
9.8
8.1
6.4
Tunisia
30.3
25.5
17.6
13.4
8.6
Turkey
45.7
38.5
27.7
20.7
10.9
Turkmenistan
54.8
48.6
40.1
32.9
18.7
Uganda
106.5
93.9
74.8
59.2
28.3
Ukraine
15.3
15.3
12.3
10.3
6.7
United Arab Emirates
12.0
10.9
8.9
8.1
6.5
United Kingdom
5.9
5.4
4.7
4.2
3.4
United Republic of Tanzania
81.3
72.7
55.0
40.6
21.6
United States of America
7.6
6.8
5.8
5.2
4.4
Uruguay
17.5
13.1
11.0
9.0
5.3
Uzbekistan
41.0
36.7
31.0
26.2
15.2
Vanuatu
32.5
28.5
22.6
18.5
12.4
Venezuela
20.9
18.9
15.3
12.4
7.4
Viet Nam
40.1
33.6
25.5
20.0
12.2
Western Sahara
64.5
53.6
35.6
24.4
11.6
Yemen
73.8
62.5
43.9
29.0
13.3
Yugoslavia
14.8
13.0
10.4
9.0
6.2
Zambia
93.6
79.6
59.2
44.2
24.0
Zimbabwe
65.0
55.0
40.3
30.7
18.6
Country or area*
Source : United Nations Population Division.
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
3
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
5
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
1
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Table 6. Annual population growth rate by country, for selected periods (medium-variant)
Country or area*
World
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia 1
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
China, Macao SAR 3
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Annual population growth rate (percentage)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
1.35
1.23
1.09
0.92
0.47
2.64
-0.32
1.82
2.94
1.26
0.14
1.15
0.08
0.91
1.44
2.21
2.12
0.37
-0.28
0.22
2.17
2.66
2.60
2.33
3.02
1.61
1.33
2.18
-1.12
2.32
0.89
2.80
2.28
0.93
2.30
2.10
3.15
0.10
1.36
0.90
1.99
1.30
1.77
2.95
2.96
2.48
2.14
0.09
0.42
1.05
-0.11
0.82
2.56
0.35
2.96
1.68
-2.60
3.68
0.63
1.76
2.99
1.19
0.06
0.99
-0.10
0.59
1.25
1.68
2.09
0.35
-0.40
0.09
1.89
2.81
2.62
2.15
1.13
0.54
1.22
1.81
-0.98
3.01
3.00
2.43
2.14
0.80
2.14
1.64
3.07
0.05
1.18
0.71
1.16
0.85
1.59
2.92
3.03
2.03
2.07
0.03
0.30
0.77
-0.10
0.68
3.34
0.16
1.03
1.50
3.93
43
2.56
0.76
1.30
3.15
0.95
0.01
0.82
-0.27
0.53
1.00
1.29
1.74
0.27
-0.32
-0.05
1.32
2.64
2.52
1.85
0.05
0.80
1.01
1.41
-1.05
3.21
2.54
2.22
1.95
0.71
1.65
1.92
2.93
-0.19
1.03
0.63
0.93
0.72
1.37
2.56
2.94
1.49
1.85
-0.12
0.23
0.55
-0.22
0.59
3.30
-0.01
0.70
1.04
1.50
2.34
0.61
1.12
3.02
0.78
-0.28
0.67
-0.34
0.32
0.86
1.04
1.29
0.11
-0.37
-0.08
1.18
2.29
2.14
1.48
-0.37
0.66
0.78
1.20
-1.09
3.04
2.23
1.66
1.62
0.62
1.25
1.84
2.75
-0.28
0.81
0.34
0.73
0.51
1.10
2.07
2.80
1.17
1.38
-0.26
0.02
0.32
-0.34
0.56
3.05
-0.02
1.39
0.67
0.73
1.43
0.07
0.47
2.11
0.44
-0.95
0.41
-0.83
-0.27
0.35
0.37
0.70
-0.60
-0.57
-0.33
0.52
1.21
1.20
0.82
-0.93
0.57
0.32
0.52
-1.30
1.86
1.59
1.04
1.07
0.30
0.57
1.11
1.48
-0.81
0.36
-0.26
0.22
-0.21
0.52
1.18
1.54
0.57
0.89
-0.36
-0.61
-0.06
-0.65
0.26
1.60
-0.30
0.92
0.21
0.47
Table 6. Annual population growth rate, by country, for selected periods (medium-fertility
variant)
Country or area*
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Annual population growth rate (percentage)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
1.97
1.74
1.35
1.03
0.48
1.82
1.67
1.26
1.10
0.54
2.04
1.82
1.40
1.10
0.54
2.68
2.82
2.69
2.43
1.26
2.75
4.22
2.31
2.03
1.14
-1.26
-1.14
-1.02
-1.20
-1.51
2.55
2.41
2.34
2.33
1.63
1.16
1.06
0.64
0.23
-0.50
0.25
0.07
-0.03
-0.10
-0.39
0.37
0.36
0.22
0.11
-0.16
3.50
3.15
2.70
2.37
1.34
1.67
1.56
1.22
0.95
0.43
2.63
2.48
2.28
2.09
1.24
3.11
2.38
1.83
1.44
0.77
-0.34
-0.53
-0.74
-0.92
-1.46
0.09
-0.04
-0.17
-0.24
-0.52
2.20
2.20
1.94
1.46
0.86
0.30
0.04
-0.20
-0.34
-0.61
0.90
0.79
0.49
0.29
-0.32
1.42
2.15
1.81
1.30
0.79
2.64
2.58
2.20
1.73
0.96
2.13
1.48
2.45
2.15
1.09
2.14
2.41
2.40
2.24
1.19
0.47
0.20
-0.39
-0.70
-1.89
1.59
1.55
1.45
1.15
0.58
2.64
2.30
1.78
1.41
0.73
-0.49
-0.50
-0.50
-0.54
-0.66
0.87
0.67
0.52
0.44
0.05
1.69
1.52
1.11
0.92
0.41
1.41
1.21
1.01
0.82
0.35
1.69
1.38
1.50
1.21
0.62
2.70
2.75
2.29
1.68
0.96
1.05
0.96
0.97
0.65
0.40
2.43
2.02
1.24
0.94
0.50
0.08
-0.13
-0.41
-0.56
-0.98
0.83
0.89
0.95
0.94
0.43
0.26
0.14
-0.11
-0.35
-0.59
2.90
2.80
2.26
1.75
0.95
-0.54
-0.37
0.20
0.02
-0.37
2.32
1.91
1.59
1.01
0.74
2.48
2.56
2.24
1.30
0.61
1.51
1.16
1.15
0.95
0.45
2.38
2.30
2.08
1.59
0.90
-0.77
-0.56
-0.56
-0.67
-0.74
1.97
1.55
0.98
0.77
0.09
1.69
0.74
0.14
0.44
0.62
7.07
5.53
3.40
3.18
1.89
2.13
2.20
1.55
1.19
0.61
-0.10
-0.24
-0.32
-0.38
-0.62
1.28
1.20
1.09
1.05
0.79
2.94
2.83
2.64
2.37
1.24
2.42
2.16
2.20
2.20
1.49
2.09
1.72
1.31
1.13
0.54
3.02
3.01
2.86
2.35
1.27
44
Table 6. Annual population growth rate, by country, for selected periods (medium-fertility
variant)
Country or area*
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius 4
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Annual population growth rate (percentage)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
2.68
2.91
2.95
2.81
1.76
0.63
0.40
0.31
0.10
-0.24
0.59
0.54
0.37
0.23
-0.28
3.16
2.96
2.76
2.56
1.30
0.83
0.80
0.70
0.48
-0.03
1.63
1.42
1.09
0.82
0.24
0.97
1.14
1.45
1.10
0.46
1.87
1.78
1.29
1.06
0.47
2.31
1.76
1.66
1.74
0.97
1.48
1.16
0.84
0.84
0.31
2.06
1.71
1.96
1.73
0.97
2.40
2.32
2.11
1.76
1.01
0.52
0.35
0.13
0.08
-0.29
0.99
0.86
0.71
0.42
-0.06
2.18
1.93
1.47
1.26
0.70
0.94
0.73
0.49
0.37
0.01
2.72
2.59
2.11
1.65
0.89
3.46
3.63
3.46
3.26
2.38
2.74
2.61
2.36
1.93
1.09
0.50
0.37
0.24
0.28
-0.01
3.83
3.59
3.22
2.86
1.39
3.29
3.27
3.12
2.63
1.42
2.66
2.54
2.38
1.94
1.03
1.64
1.43
1.10
0.85
0.26
2.34
2.24
2.07
1.82
0.95
2.59
2.46
2.15
1.75
0.94
1.73
1.60
1.29
1.02
0.46
2.03
1.86
1.29
1.08
0.47
0.01
-0.09
-0.12
-0.26
-0.47
0.20
0.13
-0.10
-0.22
-0.50
1.03
0.88
0.65
0.45
0.03
1.99
1.51
1.21
0.72
0.31
0.78
0.66
0.40
0.25
-0.25
-0.20
-0.26
-0.18
-0.28
-0.60
1.67
1.33
0.85
0.71
0.18
-0.22
-0.26
-0.35
-0.42
-0.58
-0.36
-0.64
-0.54
-0.63
-0.82
8.48
2.11
2.17
1.99
1.00
1.14
1.07
0.72
0.52
-0.03
0.02
0.35
1.26
1.04
0.24
3.49
3.11
2.81
2.29
1.22
2.54
2.51
2.29
1.89
1.07
1.53
4.54
2.49
2.38
1.31
2.90
1.74
0.65
0.48
-0.60
0.13
0.08
-0.04
-0.25
-0.67
-0.02
-0.12
-0.31
-0.46
-0.91
3.44
3.32
2.99
2.61
1.34
3.56
4.21
3.30
3.14
2.19
1.57
0.77
-0.23
-0.09
0.54
0.09
-0.02
-0.28
-0.46
-0.95
0.96
0.94
0.71
0.42
-0.13
2.13
2.30
1.86
1.44
0.82
0.39
0.44
0.19
0.08
-0.47
2.04
0.92
0.70
1.11
0.76
45
Table 6. Annual population growth rate, by country, for selected periods (medium-fertility
variant)
Annual population growth rate (percentage)
1995-2000 2000-2005 2010-2015 2020-2025 2045-2050
Sweden
0.03
-0.13
-0.18
-0.12
-0.37
Switzerland
0.15
-0.06
-0.29
-0.39
-0.86
Syrian Arab Republic
2.59
2.55
2.21
1.48
0.85
Tajikistan
1.17
0.69
1.40
1.18
0.55
TFYR Macedonia 5
0.71
0.30
0.04
-0.08
-0.47
Thailand
1.34
1.14
0.79
0.63
0.01
Togo
3.27
2.55
2.42
2.15
1.14
Trinidad and Tobago
0.50
0.45
0.49
0.24
-0.39
Tunisia
1.12
1.14
1.15
0.83
0.32
Turkey
1.62
1.32
1.00
0.88
0.34
Turkmenistan
2.36
1.88
1.40
1.19
0.57
Uganda
2.95
3.19
3.46
3.21
1.92
Ukraine
-0.78
-0.94
-0.86
-0.94
-1.25
United Arab Emirates
2.05
1.72
1.11
0.61
0.15
United Kingdom
0.27
0.18
0.10
0.10
-0.25
United Republic of Tanzania
2.58
2.32
2.26
1.92
1.04
United States of America
1.05
0.89
0.81
0.74
0.47
Uruguay
0.73
0.70
0.58
0.53
0.27
Uzbekistan
1.76
1.39
1.37
1.02
0.47
Vanuatu
2.67
2.52
2.26
1.82
0.96
Venezuela
2.02
1.82
1.45
1.10
0.56
Viet Nam
1.40
1.30
1.25
1.03
0.45
Western Sahara
3.34
2.95
2.12
1.63
1.01
Yemen
4.17
4.07
3.82
3.71
2.45
Yugoslavia
0.01
-0.15
-0.18
-0.29
-0.49
Zambia
2.46
2.09
2.61
2.45
1.13
Zimbabwe
1.91
1.73
1.71
1.15
0.79
Country or area*
Source : United Nations Population Division.
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
3
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
5
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
1
46
Table 7. Percentage distribution of the population in major age groups by country, 2000 and
2050 (medium-variant)
World
2000
Age groups
0-14
15-59
30.0
60.0
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia 1
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
China, Macao SAR 3
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Côte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Dem. Peoples's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
43.5
30.0
34.8
48.2
27.7
23.7
20.5
16.6
29.0
29.6
28.2
38.7
20.7
18.7
17.3
38.4
46.4
42.7
39.6
18.9
42.1
28.8
31.9
15.7
48.7
47.6
43.9
43.1
19.1
39.3
43.0
46.5
17.5
28.5
24.8
16.3
22.1
32.8
43.0
46.3
32.4
42.1
18.0
21.2
23.1
16.4
26.5
48.8
18.3
43.2
Country or area*
51.8
61.1
59.1
47.3
59.0
63.1
63.1
62.6
60.5
62.4
67.1
56.4
66.0
62.4
60.6
55.6
49.4
50.8
54.2
66.1
53.4
63.4
63.0
62.6
46.5
48.1
51.8
51.3
64.2
54.2
50.9
48.6
62.8
61.4
65.0
69.3
68.2
60.3
52.8
48.7
60.2
52.9
61.8
65.1
61.2
65.2
63.5
46.7
61.8
51.2
47
60+
10.0
2050
Age groups
0-14
15-59
21.0
58.0
60+
21.1
4.7
9.0
6.0
4.5
13.3
13.2
16.3
20.7
10.5
8.0
4.7
4.9
13.4
18.9
22.1
6.0
4.2
6.5
6.2
14.9
4.5
7.8
5.1
21.7
4.8
4.3
4.4
5.6
16.7
6.5
6.1
4.9
19.7
10.2
10.1
14.3
9.7
6.9
4.2
5.1
7.5
5.0
20.2
13.7
15.7
18.4
10.0
4.5
20.0
5.5
30.5
19.0
19.7
36.7
19.7
12.2
17.7
11.6
15.1
19.8
18.2
22.0
15.0
14.6
14.2
19.8
27.3
24.2
21.8
12.9
24.6
19.9
18.8
13.8
33.9
33.3
24.3
24.8
16.3
20.7
25.9
30.9
13.3
19.8
16.3
13.9
12.5
20.3
23.8
31.0
20.2
24.3
16.3
15.4
16.7
13.6
19.6
31.7
15.2
28.1
7.7
24.6
22.2
5.2
23.4
39.5
28.2
41.0
32.1
23.5
24.9
16.0
35.4
35.8
35.5
21.7
8.9
12.2
16.4
37.7
11.9
23.6
23.8
38.6
6.5
6.8
11.7
11.2
30.5
19.6
9.4
6.8
35.5
23.5
29.9
35.4
38.5
21.5
12.2
6.9
22.3
12.4
30.8
34.0
29.9
40.1
22.4
6.2
31.8
5.8
61.8
56.4
58.1
58.1
56.9
48.3
54.1
47.4
52.8
56.7
56.9
62.0
49.6
49.6
50.3
58.5
63.8
63.6
61.8
49.3
63.5
56.5
57.4
47.6
59.5
59.9
64.0
64.1
53.2
59.7
64.7
62.3
51.1
56.7
53.8
50.7
49.1
58.2
64.0
62.0
57.5
63.3
53.0
50.6
53.4
46.3
58.0
62.1
53.0
66.1
Table 7. Percentage distribution of the population in selected age groups, by country, 2000
and 2050 (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
2000
Age groups
0-14
15-59
33.5
59.9
43.0
52.2
33.8
59.2
35.4
58.3
35.6
57.2
43.7
50.3
43.9
51.4
17.7
62.1
45.2
50.1
33.3
60.9
18.0
62.0
18.7
60.7
34.8
58.8
30.8
62.3
40.2
51.1
40.3
54.6
20.5
60.8
15.5
61.2
40.9
54.0
15.1
61.5
24.5
62.7
34.7
56.9
43.6
51.1
44.1
51.5
43.5
50.9
30.6
62.5
40.6
53.8
41.8
53.1
16.9
63.3
23.3
61.6
33.5
58.9
30.8
61.6
37.4
57.4
41.6
53.8
21.6
63.2
28.3
58.6
14.3
61.7
31.5
58.9
14.7
62.1
40.0
55.4
27.0
61.8
43.5
52.3
31.3
64.3
33.9
57.1
42.7
51.6
17.4
61.7
31.1
60.3
39.3
54.2
42.7
52.8
33.9
60.6
19.5
62.0
18.7
62.0
44.7
50.5
48
60+
6.6
4.7
6.9
6.3
7.2
6.0
4.7
20.2
4.7
5.7
19.9
20.5
6.4
6.8
8.7
5.2
18.7
23.2
5.1
23.4
12.7
8.4
5.3
4.4
5.6
6.9
5.6
5.1
19.7
15.1
7.6
7.6
5.2
4.6
15.2
13.2
24.1
9.6
23.2
4.5
11.2
4.2
4.4
9.0
5.6
20.9
8.5
6.5
4.5
5.5
18.6
19.4
4.7
2050
Age groups
0-14
15-59
21.0
58.4
21.8
60.3
20.0
58.1
20.1
59.1
20.6
58.8
27.2
64.2
25.3
64.7
15.6
48.5
32.5
60.9
17.8
58.9
15.0
50.6
16.0
51.3
24.0
61.7
19.7
57.1
25.7
65.0
23.5
64.5
14.4
49.8
12.4
49.5
23.2
62.1
13.1
46.2
16.5
52.3
21.9
62.1
22.6
62.9
26.2
64.3
28.1
64.0
17.2
51.8
22.9
61.5
21.9
61.7
14.4
49.4
17.3
53.2
19.7
59.7
19.9
57.7
20.1
58.1
22.5
62.4
19.1
53.3
18.9
56.3
11.5
46.2
19.3
56.7
12.5
45.2
22.5
61.9
17.7
56.8
24.3
62.7
19.7
54.7
20.0
57.7
23.2
63.4
15.0
47.5
17.5
57.1
24.5
66.0
33.5
59.8
20.1
58.7
14.6
48.1
17.7
57.1
26.8
63.9
60+
20.7
18.0
21.9
20.8
20.6
8.6
10.0
35.9
6.6
23.3
34.4
32.7
14.3
23.2
9.3
12.0
35.8
38.1
14.7
40.7
31.2
15.9
14.4
9.6
7.9
31.0
15.6
16.4
36.2
29.5
20.6
22.3
21.7
15.1
27.6
24.8
42.3
24.0
42.3
15.6
25.4
13.0
25.7
22.3
13.3
37.5
25.4
9.5
6.7
21.1
37.3
25.2
9.3
Table 7. Percentage distribution of the population in selected age groups, by country, 2000
and 2050 (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius 4
Mexico
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
2000
Age groups
0-14
15-59
46.3
49.0
34.1
59.3
43.7
51.0
46.1
48.1
20.2
62.9
22.5
62.5
44.1
51.1
25.6
65.4
33.1
59.9
35.2
59.2
34.7
59.0
43.9
50.9
33.1
60.1
43.7
50.6
41.0
53.1
18.3
63.4
24.6
63.8
29.9
61.9
23.0
61.5
42.6
52.8
49.9
46.9
45.1
50.2
19.8
60.7
46.4
48.7
44.1
51.7
41.8
52.5
31.3
60.6
40.1
55.7
39.5
55.1
33.4
59.4
37.5
56.9
19.2
64.3
16.7
62.5
23.8
61.9
26.7
70.2
20.8
68.2
23.1
63.2
28.1
62.1
18.3
62.9
18.0
63.5
44.3
51.5
32.1
60.2
41.2
52.0
42.9
52.3
44.3
51.5
44.2
51.0
21.9
67.6
19.5
65.1
15.9
65.0
44.8
51.0
48.0
48.1
34.0
60.3
14.7
63.5
49
60+
4.6
6.6
5.3
5.7
17.0
15.0
4.7
9.0
6.9
5.6
6.4
5.1
6.8
5.6
5.9
18.3
11.6
8.2
15.6
4.6
3.3
4.8
19.6
4.9
4.2
5.8
8.1
4.1
5.3
7.2
5.5
16.6
20.8
14.3
3.1
11.0
13.7
9.9
18.8
18.5
4.2
7.8
6.8
4.8
4.2
4.8
10.6
15.4
19.2
4.2
3.9
5.7
21.8
2050
Age groups
0-14
15-59
32.2
61.2
19.8
59.4
24.2
63.7
33.6
59.4
15.3
51.1
15.7
51.7
27.2
63.8
17.4
56.4
19.3
56.3
19.7
57.2
20.1
59.3
26.8
65.4
19.7
58.7
24.7
64.2
23.6
64.0
14.7
52.5
17.4
55.8
19.5
58.0
17.1
53.7
22.0
61.9
38.4
56.6
25.1
64.6
16.1
51.7
26.7
63.3
26.8
62.7
23.1
64.4
19.1
56.5
23.2
64.6
22.2
61.9
19.8
57.8
20.3
60.1
15.7
48.7
14.4
49.9
17.0
55.1
19.8
59.5
16.5
50.4
15.3
52.2
17.4
56.2
15.9
50.0
13.5
49.3
27.2
63.8
19.7
58.3
22.7
62.6
23.1
64.0
24.4
64.7
31.0
62.2
13.9
51.1
13.2
50.0
12.4
45.1
24.6
64.5
36.3
58.0
23.6
62.7
11.4
44.5
60+
6.6
20.8
12.1
7.0
33.6
32.6
8.9
26.1
24.4
23.1
20.6
7.8
21.6
11.1
12.4
32.8
26.8
22.6
29.3
16.1
5.0
10.3
32.3
9.9
10.5
12.4
24.4
12.1
16.0
22.4
19.5
35.6
35.7
27.9
20.7
33.2
32.5
26.5
34.2
37.2
9.0
22.0
14.7
12.9
11.0
6.8
35.0
36.8
42.4
10.8
5.7
13.7
44.1
Table 7. Percentage distribution of the population in selected age groups, by country, 2000
and 2050 (medium-fertility variant)
Country or area*
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
TFYR Macedonia 5
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Yugoslavia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
2000
Age groups
0-14
15-59
26.3
64.4
40.1
54.4
30.5
61.4
41.6
53.1
18.2
59.4
16.7
62.1
40.8
54.4
39.4
53.8
22.6
63.0
26.7
65.2
44.3
50.9
25.0
65.4
29.7
61.9
30.0
61.5
37.6
55.9
49.2
47.0
17.8
61.6
26.0
68.9
19.0
60.4
45.0
51.0
21.7
62.1
24.8
58.1
36.3
56.7
42.0
53.0
34.0
59.4
33.4
59.2
36.4
55.9
50.1
46.3
20.0
61.7
46.5
48.9
45.2
50.1
60+
9.3
5.5
8.1
5.3
22.4
21.3
4.7
6.8
14.4
8.1
4.9
9.6
8.4
8.4
6.5
3.8
20.5
5.1
20.6
4.0
16.1
17.2
7.1
5.0
6.6
7.5
7.7
3.6
18.3
4.5
4.7
2050
Age groups
0-14
15-59
17.3
55.1
22.7
62.9
16.5
54.1
25.8
65.0
14.0
48.3
12.5
48.6
21.8
60.2
20.0
59.0
14.2
52.0
17.1
55.8
25.4
64.5
16.4
50.3
19.6
55.9
19.5
57.5
20.1
60.0
34.8
59.5
12.9
49.0
18.6
54.8
15.0
51.1
24.3
64.6
18.5
54.6
19.2
55.9
19.9
57.8
22.7
63.4
20.2
58.4
19.8
56.6
22.0
62.2
37.0
57.7
15.2
52.4
28.6
63.6
24.9
63.8
60+
27.6
14.4
29.4
9.1
37.7
38.9
18.0
21.0
33.8
27.1
10.1
33.3
24.6
23.0
19.9
5.7
38.1
26.7
34.0
11.0
26.9
24.9
22.3
13.9
21.4
23.5
15.9
5.3
32.5
7.9
11.3
Source : United Nations Population Division.
Including Christmas Islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
3
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
4
Including Agalega, Rodrigues and St. Brandon.
5
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
1
50
Table 8. Countries with a population of 50 million or more, 1950, 2000 and 2050 (medium-variant)
Population
Population
Cumulated
Cumulated
Country
in 1950
Country
in 2000
percentage
percentage
(000)
(000)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
China
India
United States of America
Russian Federation
Japan
Indonesia
Germany
Brazil
United Kingdom
554 760
357 561
157 813
102 702
83 625
79 538
68 376
53 975
50 616
Source: United Nations Population Division.
22.0
36.2
42.5
46.6
49.9
53.0
55.7
57.9
59.9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
China
India
United States of America
Indonesia
Brazil
Russian Federation
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Japan
Nigeria
Mexico
Germany
Viet Nam
Philippines
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Egypt
Turkey
Ethiopia
Thailand
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
1 275 133
1 008 937
283 230
212 092
170 406
145 491
141 256
137 439
127 096
113 862
98 872
82 017
78 137
75 653
70 330
67 884
66 668
62 908
62 806
59 415
59 238
57 530
50 948
21.1
37.7
42.4
45.9
48.7
51.1
53.4
55.7
57.8
59.7
61.3
62.7
64.0
65.2
66.4
67.5
68.6
69.6
70.7
71.6
72.6
73.6
74.4
Country
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
India
China
United States of America
Pakistan
Indonesia
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Brazil
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Ethiopia
Mexico
Philippines
Viet Nam
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Egypt
Japan
Russian Federation
Yemen
Uganda
Turkey
United Republic of Tanzania
Thailand
Afghanistan
Colombia
Germany
Myanmar
Sudan
France
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom
Kenya
Argentina
Iraq
Angola
Nepal
Niger
Republic of Korea
Algeria
Morocco
Population
Cumulated
in 2050
percentage
(000)
1 572 055
1 462 058
397 063
344 170
311 335
278 788
265 432
247 244
203 527
186 452
146 651
128 383
123 782
121 424
113 840
109 220
104 258
102 379
101 524
98 818
82 740
82 491
72 267
70 862
70 805
68 546
63 530
61 832
59 683
58 933
55 368
54 522
53 574
53 328
52 415
51 872
51 560
51 180
50 361
16.9
32.5
36.8
40.5
43.8
46.8
49.7
52.3
54.5
56.5
58.1
59.5
60.8
62.1
63.3
64.5
65.6
66.7
67.8
68.9
69.7
70.6
71.4
72.2
72.9
73.7
74.3
75.0
75.6
76.3
76.9
77.4
78.0
78.6
79.2
79.7
80.3
80.8
81.4
Table 9. Countries accounting for 75 per cent of population growth in the world in 1950-1955, 2000-2005 and 2045-2050 (medium-variant)
Country
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Annual
population
increase
1950-1955
(000)
Cumulated
percentage
China
India
United States of America
Brazil
Russian Federation
Indonesia
Japan
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Mexico
Nigeria
Philippines
Thailand
Turkey
Egypt
Ukraine
Viet Nam
Poland
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Canada
10 849
7 507
2 652
1 782
1 740
1 384
1 238
864
816
800
707
645
627
610
572
560
537
491
436
400
23
39
45
48
52
55
58
60
61
63
64
66
67
68
70
71
72
73
74
75
WORLD
47 044
100
Source: United Nations Population Division.
Country
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
Annual
population Cumulated
increase 2000- percentage
2005 (000)
India
China
Pakistan
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Indonesia
United States of America
Brazil
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Ethiopia
Philippines
Mexico
Egypt
Viet Nam
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Turkey
Afghanistan
United Rep. of Tanzania
Yemen
Uganda
Sudan
Thailand
15 929
9 246
3 818
3 172
3 023
2 649
2 567
2 136
1 852
1 611
1 470
1 453
1 184
1 052
1 007
908
880
863
827
805
758
739
21
33
38
42
46
49
53
55
58
60
62
64
65
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
WORLD
76 857
100
Country
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
India
Pakistan
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Nigeria
Ethiopia
Yemen
Uganda
Bangladesh
United States of America
Niger
Indonesia
Angola
Afghanistan
Somalia
United Rep. of Tanzania
WORLD
Annual
population
increase
2045-2050
(000)
Cumulated
percentage
6 361
3 455
3 129
2 965
2 917
2 362
1 861
1 832
1 827
1 166
1 075
1 070
998
850
837
15
23
30
37
43
49
53
57
61
64
67
69
71
73
75
43 496
100
Table 10. Ten countries or areas with highest and ten countries or areas with the lowest total
fertility*, 2000-2005 and 2045-2050 (medium-variant)
2000-2005
Country or area**
2045-2050
Country or area**
Total fertility
Total fertility
A. Highest total fertility
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Niger
Yemen
Somalia
Angola
Uganda
Mali
Afghanistan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Liberia
8.00
7.60
7.25
7.20
7.10
7.00
6.80
6.80
6.80
6.80
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Niger
Yemen
Somalia
Angola
Uganda
Mali
Afghanistan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Liberia
3.82
3.35
3.27
3.26
2.85
2.85
2.82
2.82
2.81
2.81
B. Lowest total fertility
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Latvia
Armenia
Bulgaria
1
China, Macao SAR
Ukraine
Spain
Slovenia
Russian Federation
Czech Republic
China, Hong Kong SAR 2
WORLD
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.10
1.13
1.14
1.14
1.16
1.17
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Germany
Italy
Spain
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Channel Islands
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Macao SAR
Slovakia
Ukraine
2.68
WORLD
1.61
1.61
1.64
1.65
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
1.70
2.15
Source : United Nations Population Division.
1
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
* Average number of children per woman
** Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
2
53
Table 11. Ten countries or areas with the highest and ten countries or areas with the lowest life
expectancy at birth, 2000-2005 and 2045-2050
2000-2005
Country or area*
2045-2050
Life expectancy
Country or area*
Life expectancy
A. Highest life expectancy at birth
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Japan
Sweden
China, Hong Kong SAR 1
Iceland
2
China, Macao SAR
Australia
Israel
Martinique
Switzerland
France
81.5
80.1
79.9
79.4
79.3
79.2
79.2
79.1
79.1
79.0
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Japan
China, Hong Kong SAR1
Sweden
Malta
France
Belgium
2
China, Macao SAR
Norway
Austria
Israel
88.0
84.7
84.6
84.0
84.0
83.8
83.8
83.7
83.6
83.5
B. Lowest life expectancy at birth
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Botswana
Mozambique
Swaziland
Malawi
Lesotho
Sierra Leone
Djibouti
Burundi
Rwanda
Zambia
WORLD
36.1
38.0
38.1
39.3
40.2
40.5
40.6
40.6
40.9
42.2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Sierra Leone
Afghanistan
Swaziland
Mozambique
Botswana
Djibouti
Malawi
Rwanda
Burundi
Angola
66.0
WORLD
61.5
62.4
62.7
62.8
63.2
63.3
64.0
64.2
64.3
64.5
76.0
Source : United Nations Population Division.
1
As of July 1st 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
2
54
Table 12. Ten countries or areas with the highest and ten countries or areas with the lowest
rates of population growth, 2000-2005 and 2045-2050 (medium-variant)
2000-2005
2045-2050
Annual
growth rate
(percentage)
Country or area*
Country or area*
Annual
growth rate
(percentage)
A. Highest rate of population growth
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Liberia
Sierra Leone
Eritrea
Somalia
Yemen
Afghanistan
Niger
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Oman
5.53
4.54
4.22
4.21
4.07
3.68
3.63
3.59
3.34
3.27
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Yemen
Niger
Somalia
Angola
Uganda
Liberia
Burkina Faso
Mali
Ethiopia
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
2.45
2.38
2.19
2.11
1.92
1.89
1.86
1.76
1.63
1.60
B. Lowest rate of population growth
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Estonia
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Russian Federation
Latvia
Georgia
Hungary
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Republic of Moldova
WORLD
-1.14
-0.98
-0.94
-0.64
-0.56
-0.53
-0.50
-0.40
-0.37
-0.26
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Estonia
Georgia
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Italy
Armenia
Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovenia
Switzerland
1.23
WORLD
Source : United Nations Population Division.
* Countries or areas with 1 million persons or more in 2000.
55
-1.51
-1.46
-1.30
-1.25
-0.98
-0.95
-0.95
-0.93
-0.91
-0.86
0.47
Table 13. Ten countries or areas with the highest and ten countries or areas with the lowest rates
of natural increase, 2000-2005 and 2045-2050 (medium-variant)
2000-2005
Country or area*
2045-2050
Rate of natural
increase
Country or area*
(percentage)
Rate of natural
increase
(percentage)
A. Highest rate of natural increase
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Liberia
Yemen
Niger
Somalia
Occupied Palestinian Terr.
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Uganda
Mali
Angola
Oman
4.32
4.05
3.61
3.48
3.47
3.36
3.34
3.23
3.22
3.19
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Yemen
Niger
Somalia
Angola
Uganda
Burkina Faso
Liberia
Mali
Ethiopia
Burundi
2.45
2.38
2.20
2.11
1.92
1.88
1.88
1.84
1.63
1.61
B. Lowest rate of natural increase
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Russian Federation
Latvia
Belarus
Hungary
Estonia
Germany
Sweden
Lithuania
WORLD
-0.73
-0.72
-0.67
-0.56
-0.50
-0.46
-0.46
-0.26
-0.24
-0.24
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Italy
Spain
Slovenia
Ukraine
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Switzerland
Austria
Bulgaria
Russian Federation
Greece
1.23
WORLD
Source : United Nations Population Division.
* Countries or areas with 1 million persons or more in 2000.
56
-1.12
-1.04
-0.97
-0.93
-0.93
-0.93
-0.90
-0.87
-0.87
-0.82
0.47
Table 14. Ten countries or areas with the oldest and ten countries with the youngest
populations, 2000 and 2050 (medium-variant)
2000
Country or area*
2050
Median age
Country or area*
Median age
A. Oldest population
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Japan
Italy
Switzerland
Germany
Sweden
Finland
Bulgaria
Belgium
Greece
Denmark
41.2
40.2
40.2
40.1
39.7
39.4
39.1
39.1
39.1
38.7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Spain
Slovenia
Italy
Austria
Armenia
Japan
Czech Republic
Greece
Switzerland
China, Macao SAR 1
55.2
54.1
54.1
53.7
53.4
53.1
52.4
52.3
52.0
51.9
B. Youngest population
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Yemen
Niger
Uganda
Burkina Faso
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Angola
Somalia
Burundi
Zambia
Benin
WORLD
15.0
15.1
15.4
15.6
15.6
15.9
16.0
16.0
16.5
16.6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Niger
Yemen
Angola
Somalia
Uganda
Burkina Faso
Liberia
Mali
Burundi
Malawi
26.5
WORLD
20.4
21.1
21.2
21.5
22.1
22.8
22.9
22.9
23.2
23.7
36.2
Source : United Nations Population Division.
1
As of December 20th 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
57
Table 15. Countries or areas whose population is projected to decrease between 2000 and
2050 (medium-variant)
Rank
Population (000)
Difference
Country or area*
order
2000
2050
Absolute Percentage
1 Russian Federation
145 491
104 258
-41,233
-28.3
2 Ukraine
49 568
29 959
-19,609
-39.6
3 Japan
127 096
109 220
-17,876
-14.1
4 Italy
57 530
42 962
-14,568
-25.3
5 Germany
82 017
70 805
-11,212
-13.7
6 Spain
39 910
31 282
-8,629
-21.6
7 Poland
38 605
33 370
-5,235
-13.6
8 Romania
22 438
18 150
-4,288
-19.1
9 Bulgaria
7 949
4 531
-3,419
-43.0
10 Hungary
9 968
7 486
-2,481
-24.9
11 Georgia
5 262
3 219
-2,043
-38.8
12 Belarus
10 187
8 305
-1,882
-18.5
13 Czech Republic
10 272
8 429
-1,842
-17.9
14 Austria
8 080
6 452
-1,628
-20.1
15 Greece
10 610
8 983
-1,627
-15.3
16 Switzerland
7 170
5 607
-1,563
-21.8
17 Yugoslavia
10 552
9 030
-1,522
-14.4
18 Sweden
8 842
7 777
-1,066
-12.1
19 Portugal
10 016
9 006
-1,010
-10.1
20 Kazakhstan
16 172
15 302
-871
-5.4
21 Slovakia
5 399
4 674
-724
-13.4
22 Republic of Moldova
4 295
3 577
-718
-16.7
23 Lithuania
3 696
2 989
-707
-19.1
24 Latvia
2 421
1 744
-677
-28.0
25 Belgium
10 249
9 583
-667
-6.5
26 Estonia
1 393
752
-642
-46.1
27 Armenia
3 787
3 150
-637
-16.8
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina
3 977
3 458
-519
-13.0
29 United Kingdom
59 415
58 933
-482
-0.8
30 Finland
5 172
4 693
-479
-9.3
31 Croatia
4 654
4 179
-474
-10.2
32 Slovenia
1 988
1 527
-461
-23.2
33 Cuba
11 199
10 764
-435
-3.9
34 Guyana
761
504
-257
-33.7
35 Denmark
5 320
5 080
-240
-4.5
1
36 TFYR Macedonia
2 034
1 894
-140
-6.9
37 Channel Islands
144
120
-25
-17.2
38 Netherlands
15 864
15 845
-18
-0.1
39 Barbados
267
263
-4
-1.7
Source : United Nations Population Division.
1
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
* Countries or areas with 140,000 persons or more in 2000.
58
Table 16. Expectation of life at birth with and without AIDS for the most affected countries
and groups of affected countries in major areas, 1995-2000, 2000-2005 and 2010-2015
Country
Angola
Bahamas
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Thailand
Togo
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Expectation of life at birth (years)
1995-2000
2000-2005
2010-2015
With Without
With Without
With Without
AIDS AIDS
AIDS AIDS
AIDS AIDS
44.6
46.5
45.8
48.5
49.0
52.5
69.1
72.8
69.4
73.7
72.7
76.7
53.5
55.0
54.0
57.0
56.0
61.0
44.4
67.6
36.1
69.7
43.0
73.0
67.2
67.6
68.3
68.9
70.8
71.3
45.3
53.4
48.1
55.9
56.4
60.9
40.6
49.6
40.6
51.6
44.9
55.5
56.5
58.0
56.2
60.3
59.2
64.8
50.0
56.2
50.0
58.6
52.9
63.7
44.3
52.9
44.3
55.2
49.1
59.3
45.2
47.2
46.3
48.8
50.9
53.4
50.9
56.9
51.6
58.9
55.7
63.0
47.7
56.6
47.9
58.6
52.4
62.7
50.5
54.9
52.1
58.2
56.3
62.1
45.5
50.5
40.6
52.4
38.0
56.5
67.3
68.2
66.9
69.6
66.1
71.9
51.5
53.3
52.4
55.7
55.6
60.7
44.5
50.6
43.3
53.0
46.9
58.1
52.4
55.5
52.9
57.5
55.9
61.5
45.4
47.0
47.1
49.0
51.2
53.0
56.3
60.0
57.2
62.0
61.5
66.0
44.1
45.7
45.4
47.8
49.2
51.8
63.7
65.4
62.4
66.8
61.6
70.8
52.0
57.1
53.3
59.0
57.8
63.0
65.6
67.1
65.8
67.8
67.7
69.7
62.3
62.8
64.2
65.0
67.9
68.9
52.2
63.6
49.3
65.9
51.5
69.8
51.2
61.4
40.2
63.7
37.8
67.9
48.1
51.8
55.6
59.3
60.7
63.6
40.7
51.2
39.3
53.2
43.1
57.3
50.9
52.6
52.1
54.7
56.1
58.9
40.6
47.0
38.0
49.0
41.0
53.0
55.8
57.2
56.2
58.6
61.8
64.0
45.1
62.1
44.3
64.5
53.6
68.6
51.3
55.6
52.1
58.1
55.9
63.1
39.4
49.2
40.9
50.6
46.5
54.8
37.3
39.0
40.5
43.0
44.5
47.0
56.7
63.3
47.4
65.8
42.0
69.6
50.8
60.2
38.1
62.7
39.2
67.2
69.6
71.4
70.8
72.7
73.5
74.7
51.3
57.1
52.2
59.2
57.0
63.3
41.9
52.0
46.0
54.2
54.3
58.3
51.1
57.1
51.1
59.2
56.3
63.3
40.5
57.6
42.2
59.6
52.1
63.6
42.9
66.5
42.9
68.5
50.2
71.4
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Table 16. Expectation of life at birth with and without AIDS for the most affected countries
and groups of affected countries in major areas, 1995-2000, 2000-2005 and 2010-2015
Country
All 45 countries
35 African countries
4 Asian countries
6 Latin American countries
9 countries with prevalence
of 14 per cent or more
Expectation of life at birth (years)
1995-2000
2000-2005
2010-2015
With Without
With Without
With Without
AIDS AIDS
AIDS AIDS
AIDS AIDS
56.9
48.3
62.2
66.1
59.8
54.8
62.8
66.9
57.5
48.2
64.0
67.2
61.7
57.1
64.9
68.2
60.4
52.4
67.7
69.5
65.2
61.2
68.9
70.7
49.3
61.5
45.3
63.6
47.5
67.1
Source : United Nations Population Division
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Table 17. Excess deaths in a projection with AIDS in relation to a projection assuming no AIDS
for affected countries and groups of affected countries in major areas, 1995-2000, 2000-2005
and 2010-2015
1995-2000
2000-2005
2010-2015
Excess
Excess
Excess
Percentage
Percentage
Percentage
deaths
deaths
deaths
increase
increase
increase
(000)
(000)
(000)
Angola
60
5
87
7
122
9
Bahamas
2
27
3
29
2
24
Benin
20
6
42
11
85
21
Botswana
83
193
148
342
109
234
Brazil
142
3
193
3
195
3
Burkina Faso
195
25
178
22
86
10
Burundi
148
29
178
33
187
29
Cambodia
38
6
115
18
181
29
Cameroon
198
23
294
35
405
48
Central African Republic
79
31
101
39
87
33
Chad
39
6
49
7
48
6
Congo
37
22
48
26
51
26
Côte d'Ivoire
317
37
406
46
407
43
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
463
15
649
21
682
20
Djibouti
8
17
21
44
30
62
Dominican Republic
14
6
46
18
115
39
Eritrea
15
7
31
13
55
22
Ethiopia
998
22
1 668
35 1 845
37
Gabon
8
10
13
15
16
18
Gambia
6
5
7
6
6
5
Ghana
140
16
192
22
201
22
Guinea-Bissau
5
5
8
7
8
7
Guyana
3
9
8
27
15
58
Haiti
90
21
101
23
90
21
Honduras
15
8
22
11
26
11
India
989
2
1 592
4 2 386
6
Kenya
681
63
1 129
104 1 414
129
Lesotho
47
49
132
141
166
179
Liberia
19
10
23
12
22
12
Malawi
295
33
418
45
411
41
Mali
37
4
57
6
67
6
Mozambique
333
21
631
38
609
35
Myanmar
150
6
276
11
255
11
Namibia
70
91
87
113
56
72
Nigeria
1 025
16
1 504
23 2 000
30
Rwanda
162
31
189
30
145
21
Sierra Leone
27
5
35
6
33
5
South Africa
654
41
2 191
138 3 469
208
Swaziland
20
48
67
161
70
167
Thailand
234
15
247
14
155
7
Togo
54
23
70
28
66
25
Uganda
521
31
365
20
100
5
United Republic of Tanzania
459
27
661
37
569
31
Zambia
440
77
435
73
233
37
Zimbabwe
668
161
753
179
597
131
Country
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Table 17. Excess deaths in a projection with AIDS in relation to a projection assuming no AIDS
for affected countries and groups of affected countries in major areas, 1995-2000, 2000-2005
and 2010-2015
Country
1995-2000
2000-2005
2010-2015
Excess
Percentage
deaths
increase
(000)
Excess
Percentage
deaths
increase
(000)
Excess
Percentage
deaths
increase
(000)
All 45 countries
10 010
35 African countries
8 332
4 Asian countries
1 412
6 Latin American countries
266
9 countries with
prevalence of 14 per cent
or more
2 958
11
25
3
4
15 468
12 866
2 230
372
61
5 361
17 17 877
37 14 457
5 2 976
5
443
110
Source : United Nations Population Division
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6 526
19
40
6
6
128
Table 18. Difference in projected population with and without AIDS and percentage difference for affected
countries and groups of affected countries in major areas, 2000, 2015 and 2050
Country
Angola
Bahamas
Benin
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Côte d'Ivoire
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Swaziland
Thailand
Togo
Uganda
United Rep. of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
2000
Population
Percentage
difference
difference
(000)
147
1
4
1
35
1
113
7
231
0
501
4
385
6
46
0
437
3
170
4
95
1
88
3
679
4
994
2
11
2
17
0
24
1
1 741
3
15
1
12
1
286
1
10
1
3
0
203
2
27
0
1 624
0
1 195
4
62
3
45
2
605
5
73
1
649
3
192
0
112
6
2 263
2
470
6
59
1
782
2
25
3
322
1
118
3
1 627
7
835
2
948
8
1 456
10
2015
Population
Percentage
difference
difference
(000)
723
3
13
3
314
3
675
28
883
0
1 508
8
1 535
14
621
3
2 015
9
638
12
377
3
364
7
2 608
11
4 611
5
136
16
287
3
210
4
11 558
11
84
5
43
2
1 192
4
51
3
43
5
611
6
113
1
8 460
1
6 563
14
731
25
177
3
2 856
15
414
2
3 888
14
1 166
2
465
17
10 448
6
1 496
12
249
3
11 675
21
332
25
1 025
1
467
7
3 873
9
3 847
7
2 895
16
4 677
22
63
2050
Population
Percentage
difference
difference
(000)
3 563
6
26
6
1 616
8
1 610
43
1 754
1
5 120
10
5 650
22
1 986
6
6 336
16
1 671
17
1 377
5
1 329
11
6 873
18
18 485
8
466
30
1 147
9
904
8
44 739
19
305
9
113
4
3 259
8
171
5
116
19
1 538
10
329
2
24 129
2
19 899
26
1 967
44
765
5
9 935
24
1 835
4
10 964
22
2 870
4
1 231
25
37 093
12
3 963
18
838
6
30 093
39
863
38
1 175
1
1 367
10
12 783
11
10 253
11
8 210
22
11 373
33
Table 18. Difference in projected population with and without AIDS and percentage difference for affected
countries and groups of affected countries in major areas, 2000, 2015 and 2050
Country
All 45 countries
35 African countries
4 Asian countries
6 Latin American countries
9 countries with
prevalence of 14 per
cent or more
2000
Population
Percentage
difference
difference
(000)
2015
Population
Percentage
difference
difference
(000)
2050
Population
Percentage
difference
difference
(000)
19 739
17 069
2 185
485
1
3
0
0
96 913
83 693
11 272
1 948
4
10
1
1
302 090
267 019
30 161
4 910
8
15
2
2
5 298
4
30 869
18
85 180
30
Source : United Nations Population Division
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