The State of World Population 2000 Monitoring ICPD Goals:
Selected Indicators

  Indicators of Mortality
 Indicators of Education
 Reproductive Health Indicators
  Infant mortality
Total per 1,000 live births		 Life expectancy Maternal mortality ratio Primary enrolment (gross) Proportion reaching
grade 5		 Secondary enrolment (gross) %
Illiterate
(>15 years)		 Contraceptive knowledge Births per 1,000 women
aged 15-19		 Contraceptive prevalence
M/F M/F M/F M/F M/F %
knowing method		 %
knowing source		 Any method Modern methods
 
World Total 57 63.3 / 67.6   65 58 50
More developed regions (*) 9 71.1 / 78.7   31 70 51
Less developed regions (+) 63 61.8 / 65.0   71 55 50
Least developed countries (‡) 99 49.6 / 51.5   128  
 
Africa (1) 87 50.0 / 52.8   119 20 16
Eastern Africa 101 44.4 / 46.4   132  
Burundi 119 41.0 / 43.8   55 / 46 76 / 78 8 / 5 44 / 61 70 62 55 9 1
Eritrea 91 49.3 / 52.4 1,000 59 / 48 73 / 67 24 / 17 34 / 57   119 5 4
Ethiopia 116 42.4 / 44.3   55 / 30 51 / 50 14 / 10 57 / 68 63   152 4 2
Kenya 66 51.1 / 53.0 590 85 / 85 60 / 62 26 / 22 12 / 25 96 88 95 33 28
Madagascar 83 56.0 / 59.0 490 92 / 91 49 / 33 16 / 16 27 / 41   45 137 17 5
Malawi 138 38.9 / 39.6 620 140 / 127 38 / 48 21 / 12 26 / 55 90 80 162 22 14
Mauritius (2) 16 67.9 / 75.1 50 106 / 106 98 / 99 63 / 66 12 / 19 100 37 75 49
Mozambique 114 43.9 / 46.6   70 / 50 52 / 39 9 / 5 41 / 73   128 6 6
Rwanda 124 39.4 / 41.7   83 / 80 58 / 60 12 / 9 27 / 41 98 86 56 21 13
Somalia 122 45.4 / 48.6   213  
Uganda 107 38.9 / 40.4 510 81 / 68 82 / 73 15 / 9 23 / 44 82 74 180 15 8
United Republic of Tanzania 82 46.8 / 49.1 530 67 / 66 78 / 84 6 / 5 16 / 34 74 66 125 18 13
Zambia 82 39.5 / 40.6 650 91 / 86 89 / 84 34 / 21 15 / 30 89 81 134 25 14
Zimbabwe 69 43.6 / 44.7 400 115 / 111 78 / 79 52 / 45 8 / 16 96 93 89 48 42
Middle Africa (3) 95 48.6 / 51.7   196  
Angola 125 44.9 / 48.1   96 / 88   18 / 9   219  
Cameroon 74 53.4 / 56.0 430 93 / 84 64 / 69 32 / 22 19 / 32 72 54 140 16 4
Central African Republic 98 42.9 / 46.9 1,100 69 / 45 39 / 32 15 / 6 41 / 67   142 15 3
Chad 112 45.7 / 48.7 830 76 / 39 62 / 53 15 / 4 50 / 68   185  
Congo, Democratic Republic of (4) 90 49.2 / 52.3   86 / 59 68 / 58 32 / 19   217 8 2
Congo, Republic of 90 46.3 / 50.8   120 / 109 40 / 78 62 / 45 14 / 27   141  
Gabon 87 51.1 / 53.8   58 / 61     172  
Northern Africa (5) 52 63.3 / 66.4   50  
Algeria 44 67.5 / 70.3   113 / 102 93 / 95 65 / 62 23 / 44 99   25 52 49
Egypt 51 64.7 / 67.9 170 108 / 94 95 / 93 83 / 73 34 / 57 100 93 65 47 46
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 28 68.3 / 72.2 75 110 / 111   61 / 57 10 / 33   56 40 26
Morocco 51 64.8 / 68.5 230 97 / 74 76 / 74 44 / 34 39 / 65 99 94 50 50 42
Sudan 71 53.6 / 56.4   55 / 47 90 / 95 23 / 20 31 / 55 71 60 52 8 6
Tunisia 30 68.4 / 70.7 70 122 / 114 90 / 92 66 / 63 20 / 41 99 97 13 60 51
Southern Africa 62 51.5 / 57.5   71  
Botswana 59 46.2 / 48.4 330 107 / 108 87 / 93 61 / 68 26 / 21 95 95 78 33 32
Lesotho 93 54.7 / 57.3   102 / 114 72 / 87 25 / 36 28 / 7 79   86 23 19
Namibia 65 51.8 / 53.0 230 129 / 132 76 / 82 58 / 67 18 / 20 89 78 105 29 26
South Africa 59 51.5 / 58.1   135 / 131 72 / 79 88 / 103 14 / 16   68 50 49
Western Africa (6) 90 48.6 / 51.3   136  
Benin 88 51.7 / 55.2 500 98 / 57 64 / 57 26 / 11 45 / 76 40   116 16 3
Burkina Faso 99 43.6 / 45.2   48 / 31 74 / 77 11 / 6 67 / 87 66 30 157 8 4
Côte d'Ivoire 87 46.2 / 47.3 600 82 / 60 77 / 71 34 / 16 46 / 63 26   133 11 5
Ghana 66 58.3 / 61.8   81 / 69 81 / 79 44 / 28 21 / 39 76 70 113 20 10
Guinea 124 46.0 / 47.0   68 / 41 85 / 68 20 / 7   193 2 1
Guinea-Bissau 130 43.5 / 46.5 910 79 / 45   10 / 4 42 / 82   190  
Liberia 116 46.1 / 48.5   51 / 28   31 / 13 31 / 64 72 48 213 6 5
Mali 118 52.0 / 54.6 580 58 / 40 87 / 82 17 / 8 53 / 67 42 30 181 7 5
Mauritania 92 51.9 / 55.1   84 / 75 61 / 68 21 / 11 48 / 68 61   135 3 1
Niger 115 46.9 / 50.1 590 36 / 23 72 / 73 9 / 5 77 / 92 76 33 199 4 2
Nigeria 81 48.7 / 51.5   109 / 87   36 / 30 29 / 46 46 34 121 6 3
Senegal 63 50.5 / 54.2 560 78 / 65 89 / 85 20 / 12 54 / 73 74 44 119 13 8
Sierra Leone 170 35.8 / 38.7   60 / 41   22 / 13   78   202  
Togo 84 47.6 / 50.1 480 140 / 99 74 / 58 40 / 14 27 / 60 94 81 120 12 3
 
Asia 57 64.8 / 67.9   57 60 56
Eastern Asia (7) 38 68.8 / 73.4   5  
China 41 67.9 / 72.0 65 122 / 123 93 / 94 74 / 66 9 / 25   5 83 83
Democratic People's Republic
of Korea 22 68.9 / 75.1 110     2 62 53
Hong Kong, China (8) 6 75.8 / 81.4   93 / 95 99 / 100 71 / 76 4 / 10 98   7 86 79
Japan 4 76.8 / 82.9 8 101 / 101 100 / 100 103 / 104   4 59 53
Mongolia 51 64.4 / 67.3 150 86 / 91   48 / 65   47 61 25
Republic of Korea 10 68.8 / 76.0 20 94 / 95 98 / 99 102 / 102 1 / 4 100 94 4 79 69
South-eastern Asia 46 63.7 / 67.8   48  
Cambodia 103 51.5 / 55.0   123 / 104 51 / 46 31 / 17   14  
Indonesia 48 63.3 / 67.0 450 115 / 110 88 / 89 55 / 48 9 / 19 95 93 58 55 52
Lao People's Democratic Republic 93 52.0 / 54.5 650 123 / 101 57 / 54 34 / 23 37 / 68   104 19 15
Malaysia 11 69.9 / 74.3 39 101 / 101 98 / 100 59 / 69 9 / 17 99 94 25 48 31
Myanmar 79 58.5 / 61.8 230 122 / 117   29 / 30 11 / 20   26 17 14
Philippines 36 66.5 / 70.2 170 115 / 113 75 / 75 77 / 78 5 / 5 97 93 43 40 25
Singapore 5 74.9 / 79.3 6 95 / 93 100 / 100 69 / 65 4 / 12 98 95 7 74 73
Thailand 29 65.8 / 72.0 44 98 / 96   57 / 56 3 / 7 100 99 70 74 72
Viet Nam 38 64.9 / 69.6 160 115 / 111   48 / 46 5 / 9 95   27 65 44
South Central Asia 73 61.8 / 62.9   103  
Afghanistan 152 45.0 / 46.0   64 / 32 86 / 80 32 / 12 49 / 79 4   153 2 2
Bangladesh 79 58.1 / 58.2 440 77 / 66 18 / 26 25 / 13 48 / 71 100 98 115 49 41
Bhutan 63 59.5 / 62.0   81 / 84     71 19  
India 72 62.3 / 62.9 410 109 / 90 62 / 55 59 / 39 32 / 56 95   112 41 37
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 35 68.5 / 70.0 37 102 / 95 92 / 89 81 / 73 17 / 31 91   29 65 45
Nepal 83 57.6 / 57.1 540 129 / 96 52 / 52 51 / 33 42 / 77 93 80 120 29 26
Pakistan 74 62.9 / 65.1   101 / 45   33 / 17 41 / 70 78 46 90 18 13
Sri Lanka 18 70.9 / 75.4 60 110 / 108 83 / 84 72 / 78 6 / 11 99 98 20 66 43
Western Asia (9) 51 65.9 / 70.2   57  
Iraq 95 60.9 / 63.9   92 / 78 84 / 84 51 / 32 35 / 55   45 14 11
Israel 8 75.7 / 79.7 5 96 / 96   89 / 87 2 / 6   19  
Jordan 26 68.9 / 71.5 41   98 / 99   6 / 17 100 95 43 35 27
Kuwait 12 74.1 / 78.2 5 78 / 77   64 / 66 16 / 21   34 35 32
Lebanon 29 68.1 / 71.7 100 113 / 108   78 / 84 8 / 20 91   26 53 18
Oman 25 68.9 / 73.3 19 78 / 74 96 / 96 68 / 66 21 / 41   80 22 19
Saudi Arabia 23 69.9 / 73.4   77 / 75 87 / 92 65 / 57 17 / 34   113  
Syrian Arab Republic 33 66.7 / 71.2   106 / 96 93 / 94 45 / 40 12 / 41 78   44 36 28
Turkey (10) 45 66.5 / 71.7   111 / 104 92 / 93 68 / 48 7 / 24 99 95 44 63 35
United Arab Emirates 16 73.9 / 76.5 3 91 / 87 98 / 98 77 / 82 26 / 22   73 27 24
Yemen 80 57.4 / 58.4 350 100 / 40   53 / 14 34 / 76 60 27 102 13 10
 
Europe 12 69.2 / 77.4   25 72 46
Eastern Europe 18 63.3 / 73.9   38  
Bulgaria 17 67.6 / 74.7 15 100 / 98 91 / 90 77 / 76 1 / 2   49 76 7
Czech Republic 6 70.3 / 77.4 9 105 / 103   97 / 100   23 69 45
Hungary 10 66.8 / 74.9 15 104 / 102 98 / 98 96 / 99 1 / 1   28 73 59
Poland 15 68.2 / 76.9 8 97 / 95   98 / 97 0 / 0   23 75 26
Romania 23 66.2 / 73.9 41 104 / 103   79 / 78 1 / 3   36 57 14
Slovakia 11 69.2 / 76.7 9 102 / 102   92 / 96   32 74 42
Northern Europe (11) 8 73.5 / 79.5   24  
Denmark 7 73.0 / 78.3 10 102 / 101 100 / 99 120 / 122   9 78 71
Estonia 19 63.0 / 74.5 50 95 / 93 96 / 97 100 / 108   38 70 56
Finland 6 73.0 / 80.6 6 98 / 99 100 / 100 110 / 125   10 80 77
Ireland 7 73.6 / 79.2 6 105 / 104 100 / 100 113 / 122   19  
Latvia 18 62.5 / 74.4 45 98 / 93   82 / 85 0 / 0   27 48 39
Lithuania 21 64.3 / 75.6 18 99 / 96   85 / 88 0 / 1   37 59 20
Norway 5 75.2 / 81.1 6 100 / 100 100 / 100 121 / 116   13 74 69
Sweden 5 76.3 / 80.8 5 106 / 107 97 / 97 128 / 153   7 78 71
United Kingdom 7 74.5 / 79.8 7 115 / 116   120 / 139   29 82 78
Southern Europe (12) 10 73.7 / 80.1   14  
Albania 30 69.9 / 75.9   106 / 108 81 / 83 37 / 38 8 / 24   34  
Bosnia & Herzegovina 15 70.5 / 75.9 10   28  
Croatia 10 68.8 / 76.5 12 88 / 87   81 / 83 1 / 3   19  
Greece 8 75.6 / 80.7 1 93 / 93 99 / 100 95 / 96 2 / 4   13  
Italy 7 75.0 / 81.2 7 101 / 100 98 / 99 94 / 95 1 / 2   7 78 32
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) 23 70.9 / 75.3 11 100 / 98 95 / 95 64 / 62   42  
Portugal 9 71.8 / 78.9 8 131 / 124   106 / 116 6 / 11   20 66 32
Slovenia 7 70.6 / 78.2 11 98 / 98   90 / 93 0 / 0   17  
Spain 7 74.5 / 81.5 6 109 / 108 98 / 99 116 / 123 1 / 3   8 59 37
Yugoslavia 18 70.2 / 75.5 10 69 / 70   60 / 64   39 55 12
Western Europe (13) 6 74.1 / 80.8   10  
Austria 6 73.7 / 80.2   100 / 100   105 / 102   18 71 56
Belgium 7 73.8 / 80.6   104 / 102   142 / 151   11 79 75
France 6 74.2 / 82.0 10 106 / 104   112 / 111   9 75 70
Germany 5 73.9 / 80.2 8 104 / 104   105 / 103   11 75 72
Netherlands 6 75.0 / 80.7 7 109 / 107 93 / 96 134 / 129   4 79 76
Switzerland 6 75.4 / 81.8 5   4 71 65
 
Latin America & Caribbean 36 66.1 / 72.6   76 66 57
Caribbean (14) 36 66.3 / 71.0   74  
Cuba 9 74.2 / 78.0 27 108 / 104   76 / 85 3 / 4 100   65 70 68
Dominican Republic 34 69.0 / 73.1   94 / 94   47 / 61 17 / 17 100 96 89 64 60
Haiti 68 51.4 / 56.2   49 / 46 47 / 46 21 / 20 49 / 53 81 66 70 18 13
Jamaica 22 72.9 / 76.8   100 / 99 93 / 98 63 / 67 18 / 10 99   91 62 58
Puerto Rico 12 69.4 / 78.5     7 / 6   70 64 57
Trinidad & Tobago 15 71.5 / 76.2   99 / 98 98 / 99 72 / 75 1 / 3 97 96 40 53 45
Central America 33 68.4 / 74.0   81  
Belize 29 73.4 / 76.1   123 / 119 70 / 71 47 / 52 7 / 7 95   99 47 42
Costa Rica 12 74.3 / 78.9 29 104 / 103 86 / 89 47 / 52 5 / 4 100 99 85 75 65
El Salvador 32 66.5 / 72.5   98 / 96 76 / 77 35 / 39 19 / 24 98   95 53 48
Guatemala 46 61.4 / 67.2 190 93 / 82 52 / 47 27 / 25 24 / 40 70 64 119 31 26
Honduras 35 67.5 / 72.3 220 110 / 112 45 / 51 29 / 37 26 / 26 95   115 50 41
Mexico 31 69.5 / 75.5 48 116 / 113 85 / 86 64 / 64 7 / 11 91 72 70 67 58
Nicaragua 43 65.8 / 70.6 150 100 / 102 52 / 57 52 / 62 33 / 30 97   152 49 45
Panama 21 71.8 / 76.4 85 108 / 104 80 / 84 61 / 65 8 / 9 95   82 58 54
South America (15) 37 65.3 / 72.3   73  
Argentina 22 69.7 / 76.8 38 114 / 113   73 / 81 3 / 3   65  
Bolivia 66 59.8 / 63.2 390 99 / 90 63 / 58 40 / 34 8 / 21 73 66 79 45 17
Brazil 42 63.1 / 71.0 160 107 / 98   31 / 36 15 / 15 100 95 72 77 71
Chile 13 72.3 / 78.3 23 103 / 100 100 / 100 72 / 78 4 / 5   49  
Colombia 30 67.3 / 74.3 80 113 / 112 70 / 76 64 / 69 8 / 9 98 94 88 72 59
Ecuador 46 67.3 / 72.5 160 134 / 119 84 / 86 50 / 50 7 / 11 89 88 72 57 46
Paraguay 39 67.5 / 72.0 190 112 / 109 77 / 80 46 / 48 6 / 8 98 90 76 56 41
Peru 45 65.9 / 70.9 270 125 / 121 78 / 74 72 / 67 6 / 15 96 89 58 64 41
Uruguay 18 70.5 / 78.0 21 109 / 108 96 / 99 75 / 90 3 / 2   70  
Venezuela 21 70.0 / 75.7 65 90 / 93 86 / 92 33 / 46 7 / 8 98 68 98 49 37
 
Northern America (16) 7 73.6 / 80.2   56 71 68
Canada 6 76.1 / 81.8   103 / 101   105 / 105   23 75 74
United States of America 7 73.4 / 80.1 8 102 / 101   98 / 97   59 71 67
 
Oceania 24 71.4 / 76.3   28 29 22
Australia-New Zealand 6 75.2 / 80.9   22 76 72
Australia (17) 6 75.5 / 81.1   101 / 101   150 / 155   20 76 72
Melanesia (18) 53 59.9 / 62.2   34  
New Caledonia 11 69.2 / 76.3   127 / 123 96 / 94 95 / 106   55  
New Zealand 7 74.1 / 79.7 15 101 / 101 99 / 99 110 / 116   34 75 72
Papua New Guinea 61 57.2 / 58.7   87 / 74 72 / 74 17 / 11 30 / 44   24 26 20
Vanuatu 39 65.5 / 69.5   101 / 94 90 / 91 23 / 18   74  
 
Countries with Economies in Transition of the Former USSR (19)
Armenia 26 67.2 / 73.6 35 87 / 91   100 / 79 1 / 2   41  
Azerbaijan 36 65.5 / 74.1 37 108 / 105   73 / 81   17  
Belarus 23 62.2 / 73.9 22 100 / 96   91 / 95 0 / 1   36 50 42
Georgia 20 68.5 / 76.8 70 89 / 88   78 / 76   47  
Kazakhstan 35 62.8 / 72.5 70 97 / 98   82 / 91   54 59 46
Kyrgyzstan 40 63.3 / 71.9 65 105 / 103   75 / 83   40  
Republic of Moldova 29 63.5 / 71.5 42 98 / 97   79 / 82 0 / 2   32 74 50
Russian Federation 18 60.6 / 72.8 50 108 / 107   84 / 91 0 / 1   45  
Tajikistan 57 64.2 / 70.2 65 96 / 94   83 / 74 0 / 1   35  
Turkmenistan 55 61.9 / 68.9 110   20  
Ukraine 19 63.8 / 73.7 25 87 / 87   88 / 95 0 / 1   36  
Uzbekistan 44 64.3 / 70.7 21 79 / 77   100 / 88 7 / 16   35 56 52

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