The State of World Population 2000 Demographic, Social and Economic Indicators

  Total
population
(millions)
(2000)
Projected
population
(millions)
(2025)
Avg. pop.
growth
rate (%)
(1995-2000)
%
Urban
(1995)
Urban
growth rate
(1995-2000)
Population/
ha arable
and perm.
crop land
Total
fertility rate
(1995-2000)
% births
with
skilled
attendants
GNP
per capita
PPP$
(1998)
Per capita central govt.
expenditures (PPP$)
 
External
population
assistance
(US$,000)
Under-5
mortality
M/F
Per capita
energy
consumption
Access to
safe
water
Education Health
 
World Total 6,055.0 7,823.7 1.3 45 2.5   2.71 58   (1,632,053) 80 / 80  
More developed regions (*) 1,188.0 1,214.9 0.3 75 0.7   1.57 99   13 / 10  
Less developed regions (+) 4,867.1 6,608.8 1.6 38 3.3   3.00 53   87 / 88  
Least developed countries () 644.7 1,092.6 2.4 22 5.2   5.05   160 / 151  
 
Africa (1) 784.4 1,298.3 2.4 34 4.3   5.06 42   463,855(20) 146 / 133  
Eastern Africa 247.0 426.2 2.6 22 5.3   5.79 34   169 / 154  
Burundi 6.7 11.6 1.7 8 6.4 5.2 6.28 24 561 22.4 3.5 5,530 189 / 168   58
Eritrea 3.9 6.7 3.8 17 4.7 6.9 5.70 21 984 17.4 24.1 4,459 154 / 137   7
Ethiopia 62.6 115.4 2.5 13 5.1 4.6 6.30 8 566 22.5 9.8 29,130 193 / 174 284 26
Kenya 30.1 41.8 2.0 28 5.6 4.8 4.45 45 964 63.0 21.1 29,270 107 / 101 476 45
Madagascar 15.9 29.0 3.0 27 5.6 3.6 5.40 57 741 14.2 8.6 11,162 123 / 110   16
Malawi 10.9 20.0 2.4 14 4.6 4.6 6.75 55 551 29.6 14.9 22,654 223 / 217   60
Mauritius (2) 1.2 1.4 0.8 41 1.6 1.4 1.91 97 8,236 378.1 156.3 324 22 / 13   100
Mozambique 19.7 30.6 2.5 34 7.1 4.5 6.25 44 740   16.3 22,119 193 / 173 481 24
Rwanda 7.7 12.4 7.7 6 4.7 4.7 6.20 26   5,586 213 / 191  
Somalia 10.1 21.2 4.2 26 4.7 6.0 7.25 2   2,906 212 / 195  
Uganda 21.8 44.4 2.8 13 5.4 2.4 7.10 38 1,072 27.6 19.3 31,133 181 / 164   42
United Republic of Tanzania 33.5 57.9 2.3 24 5.7 6.2 5.48 38 483   6.0 35,037 138 / 123 453 49
Zambia 9.2 15.6 2.3 43 3.3 1.2 5.55 47 678 14.8 16.3 19,954 149 / 144 628 53
Zimbabwe 11.7 15.1 1.4 32 4.4 2.2 3.80 69 2,489   82.6 23,301 123 / 111 929 77

Middle Africa (3) 95.7 184.7 2.7 33 4.5   6.17 42   158 / 139  
Angola 12.9 25.1 3.2 32 5.6 2.4 6.80 17 999   71.1 5,443 217 / 199 532 32
Cameroon 15.1 26.5 2.7 45 4.7 1.1 5.30 58 1,395   15.0 6,647 120 / 109 369 41
Central African Republic 3.6 5.7 1.9 39 3.5 1.3 4.90 46 1,098   21.7 2,546 172 / 141   23
Chad 7.7 13.9 2.6 21 4.1 1.7 6.07 15 843 14.2 20.8 4,024 184 / 164   24
Congo, Democratic Republic of (4) 51.7 104.8 2.6 29 4.3 3.9 6.43   733   9.9 1,945 148 / 130 305  
Congo, Republic of 2.9 5.7 2.8 59 4.2 6.3 6.06 50 846 51.6 18.1 1,021 147 / 116 457  
Gabon 1.2 2.0 2.6 50 4.2 1.0 5.40 80 5,615 162.3 38.9 677 143 / 127 1403 67

Northern Africa (5) 173.3 249.1 2.0 46 3.1   3.58 64   79,216(21) 73 / 67  
Algeria 31.5 46.6 2.3 56 3.5 0.9 3.81 77 4,595 235.3 158.1 1,354 57 / 45 842  
Egypt 68.5 95.6 1.9 45 2.6 7.6 3.40 46 3,146 150.7 54.7 36,092 65 / 64 638 84
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5.6 8.6 2.4 86 3.9 0.2 3.80 94   11 32 / 31 2,935 95
Morocco 28.4 38.7 1.8 48 2.9 1.1 3.10 40 3,188 159.7 43.0 31,192 74 / 62 329 57
Sudan 29.5 46.3 2.1 25 4.7 1.0 4.61 86 1,240 10.8   3,931 115 / 108 397 60
Tunisia 9.6 12.8 1.4 57 2.6 0.5 2.55 81 5,169 397.0 162.1 2,797 38 / 36 735 90

Southern Africa 46.9 55.9 1.6 48 3.3   3.43 79   102 / 82  
Botswana 1.6 2.2 1.9 28 6.3 2.0 4.35 77 5,796 500.8 165.8 2,505 112 / 101   70
Lesotho 2.2 3.5 2.2 23 5.8 2.4 4.75 50 2,194 185.0 60.2 1,050 132 / 127   62
Namibia 1.7 2.3 2.2 37 5.3 1.0 4.90 68 5,280 479.9 195.2 2,265 125 / 119   60
South Africa 40.4 46.0 1.5 51 3.0 0.4 3.25 82 8,296 659.5 271.5 20,263 98 / 76 2,482 59

Western Africa (6) 221.7 382.5 2.5 37 4.9   5.47 35   162 / 149  
Benin 6.1 11.1 2.7 31 4.6 2.0 5.80 60 857 27.2 13.7 5,808 142 / 124 341 72
Burkina Faso 11.9 23.3 2.7 27 8.9 3.0 6.57 41 866 12.8 10.7 9,133 176 / 166  
Côte d'Ivoire 14.8 23.3 1.8 44 4.7 1.0 5.10 45 1,484 74.3 22.4 8,279 144 / 129 382 72
Ghana 20.2 36.9 2.7 36 4.4 2.3 5.15 44 1,735 72.2 31.4 16,050 107 / 95 380 65
Guinea 7.4 12.5 0.8 30 5.5 4.2 5.51 31 1,722 32.7 21.8 10,443 207 / 208   55
Guinea-Bissau 1.2 1.9 2.2 22 4.6 2.7 5.75 25 573   6.9 1,802 214 / 192   53
Liberia 3.2 6.6 8.2 45 4.5 5.1 6.31 58   934 184 / 163  
Mali 11.2 21.3 2.4 27 5.4 1.9 6.60 24 673 14.9 13.7 12,779 244 / 227   48
Mauritania 2.7 4.8 2.7 54 4.3 2.6 5.50 40 1,500 75.9 28.5 1,045 155 / 142   64
Niger 10.7 21.5 3.2 17 5.8 1.7 6.84 15 729 16.9 10.0 6,473 198 / 181   48
Nigeria 111.5 183.0 2.4 39 4.8 1.2 5.15 31 740 5.2 1.4 18,678 154 / 140 722 50
Senegal 9.5 16.7 2.6 42 4.0 2.9 5.57 47 1,297 48.5 33.9 9,571 117 / 112 302 50
Sierra Leone 4.9 8.1 3.0 36 4.4 5.2 6.06 25 445   7.8 400 277 / 248   34
Togo 4.6 8.5 2.6 31 4.8 1.1 6.05 32 1,352 61.0 15.3 2,073 137 / 120   55
 
Asia 3,682.6 4,723.1 1.4 35 3.2   2.60 54   365,118 71 / 77  
Eastern Asia (7) 1,485.2 1,695.4 0.9 37 2.9   1.77 86   39 / 50  
China 1,277.6 1,480.4 0.9 30 3.6 6.3 1.80 85 3,051 71.1 61.2 4,110 43 / 54 902 83
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 24.0 29.4 1.6 61 2.3 3.7 2.05 100   2,337 27 / 25 1,063 100
Hong Kong, China (8) 6.9 7.7 2.1 95 0.5 6.0 1.32 100 20,763 606.3 436.4 19 8 / 6 1,931  
Japan 126.7 121.2 0.2 78 0.4 1.4 1.43 100 23,592 849.3 1,362.0 (93,760)(22) 6 / 5 4,058 96
Mongolia 2.7 3.7 1.7 61 2.9 0.5 2.60 99 1,463 83.0 66.9 971 72 / 75   54
Republic of Korea 46.8 52.5 0.8 81 2.1 2.5 1.65 95 13,286 488.9 341.7 119 13 / 13 3,576 83

South-eastern Asia 518.5 683.5 1.5 34 3.7   2.69 54   66 / 57  
Cambodia 11.2 16.5 2.3 21 5.6 2.0 4.60 31 1,246 35.7 7.3 19,756 141 / 127   13
Indonesia 212.1 273.4 1.4 35 4.1 3.0 2.58 36 2,407 33.2 16.7 32,152 69 / 56 672 65
Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.4 9.7 2.6 22 5.7 4.5 5.75 30 1,683 35.9 21.5 3,409 154 / 146   51
Malaysia 22.2 31.0 2.0 54 3.4 0.5 3.18 98 7,699 381.1 108.0 843 16 / 13 1,950 89
Myanmar 45.6 58.1 1.2 26 3.7 3.1 2.40 57   884 121 / 104 294 60
Philippines 76.0 108.3 2.1 54 3.7 3.1 3.62 53 3,725 127.4 59.4 47,906 49 / 38 528 83
Singapore 3.6 4.2 1.4 100 0.8 7.0 1.68 100 25,295 753.8 274.3 8 6 / 6 7,835 100
Thailand 61.4 72.7 0.9 20 2.8 1.5 1.74 71 5,524 266.2 90.3 8,490 37 / 33 1333 89
Viet Nam 79.8 108.0 1.6 21 3.5 7.3 2.60 79 1,689 51.2 6.6 16,358 54 / 57 448 47

South Central Asia 1,490.8 2,049.9 1.8 29 3.4   3.36 34   91 / 101  
Afghanistan 22.7 44.9 2.9 20 7.7 1.8 6.90 8   1,060 257 / 257  
Bangladesh 129.2 178.8 1.7 18 5.2 8.7 3.11 8 1,407 31.4 21.3 93,145 106 / 116 197 84
Bhutan 2.1 3.9 2.8 6 6.3 11.4 5.50 12 1,438   1,076 98 / 94  
India 1,013.7 1,330.4 1.6 27 3.0 3.2 3.13 35 2,060 65.5 13.4 45,648 82 / 97 476 85
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 67.7 94.5 1.7 59 3.0 1.0 2.80 74 5,121 205.3 88.1 1,791 52 / 51 1,491 90
Nepal 23.9 38.0 2.4 14 6.5 7.0 4.45 9 1,181 37.5 15.0 16,948 110 / 124 320 59
Pakistan 156.5 263.0 2.8 35 4.6 3.5 5.03 18 1,652 44.6 15.9 15,967 108 / 104 446 62
Sri Lanka 18.8 23.5 1.0 22 2.8 4.6 2.10 94 2,945 101.3 42.3 2,186 22 / 20 371 70

Western Asia (9) 188.0 294.3 2.2 66 3.4   3.77 74   33,421 69 / 61  
Iraq 23.1 41.0 2.8 75 3.7 0.4 5.25 54   481 119 / 114 1,174 77
Israel 6.2 8.3 2.2 91 1.6 0.4 2.68 99 16,861 1,274.7 1,219.1 28 11 / 9 2,843 99
Jordan 6.7 12.1 3.0 71 4.1 1.4 4.86 97 2,615 177.3 123.9 7,869 32 / 31 1,040 98
Kuwait 2.0 3.0 3.1 97 3.4 2.6 2.89 98   304 16 / 14 8,167 100
Lebanon 3.3 4.4 1.7 87 2.3 0.5 2.69 89 4,144 104.4 129.8 608 39 / 31 1,164 94
Oman 2.5 5.4 3.3 13 7.4 14.1 5.85 91   352 35 / 24 2,231 88
Saudi Arabia 21.6 40.0 3.4 80 3.9 0.6 5.80 90 10,498 791.6 650.1   31 / 24 4,753 93
Syrian Arab Republic 16.1 26.3 2.5 52 4.3 0.8 4.00 77 2,702 83.8   2,678 47 / 33 1,002 88
Turkey (10) 66.6 87.9 1.7 69 3.5 0.7 2.50 76 6,594 146.4 187.2 6,725 67 / 52 1,045  
United Arab Emirates 2.4 3.3 2.0 84 2.5 1.6 3.42 99 18,871 337.8 797.3   21 / 17 13,155 98
Yemen 18.1 39.0 3.7 34 5.9 5.6 7.60 43 658 46.0 14.8 10,508 112 / 114 187 39
 
Europe 728.9 702.3 0.0 74 0.5   1.42 99     16 / 12  
Eastern Europe 307.0 287.5 -0.2 70 0.5   1.36 99   22,533(23) 25 / 18  
Bulgaria 8.2 7.0 -0.7 71 0.3 0.2 1.23 100 4,683 148.9 153.0 362 23 / 16 2,705  
Czech Republic 10.2 9.5 -0.2 65 0.4 0.3 1.19 99 12,197 625.7 794.4 3 9 / 7 3,917  
Hungary 10.0 8.9 -0.4 65 0.4 0.3 1.37 99 9,832 455.2 419.3 78 13 / 10 2,499  
Poland 38.8 39.1 0.1 65 0.9 0.6 1.53 99 7,543 563.5 318.0 226 18 / 14 2,807  
Romania 22.3 19.9 -0.4 55 0.6 0.4 1.17 99 5,572 201.1 164.0 2,740 39 / 26 2,027 62
Slovakia 5.4 5.4 0.1 59 1.2 0.3 1.39 95 9,624 479.3 500.2   14 / 12 3,266  

Northern Europe (11) 94.4 95.9 0.2 84 0.4   1.69 99   10 / 8  
Denmark 5.3 5.2 0.3 85 0.2 0.1 1.72 100 23,855 1,944.2 1,625.5 (46,990) 10 / 7 4,346  
Estonia 1.4 1.1 -1.2 73 -0.1 0.2 1.29 95 7,563 543.8 388.2   33 / 17 3,834  
Finland 5.2 5.3 0.3 63 1.0 0.2 1.73 100 20,641 1,539.8 1,192.4 (17,335) 7 / 6 6,143 98
Ireland 3.7 4.4 0.7 58 0.8 0.3 1.90 99 17,991 1,072.3 1,045.2   9 / 7 3,293  
Latvia 2.4 1.9 -1.5 73 -0.2 0.2 1.25 98 5,777 362.2 227.7 768 31 / 18 1,674  
Lithuania 3.7 3.4 -0.3 72 0.7 0.2 1.43 95 6,283 342.4 464.6 24 29 / 18 2,414  
Norway 4.5 4.8 0.5 73 0.7 0.3 1.85 100 26,196 1,951.6 1,627.0 (54,296) 7 / 6 5,284 100
Sweden 8.9 9.1 0.3 83 0.5 0.1 1.57 100 19,848 1,643.4 1,480.1 (53,177) 7 / 6 5,944  
United Kingdom 58.8 60.0 0.2 89 0.4 0.2 1.72 98 20,314 1,082.7 1,198.6 (117,431) 9 / 8 3,992 100

Southern Europe (12) 144.2 135.0 0.1 65 0.6   1.31 98   13 / 11  
Albania 3.1 3.8 -0.4 37 2.2 2.2 2.50 99 2,864 89.7 76.1 1,426 46 / 39 362 76
Bosnia & Herzegovina 4.0 4.3 3.0 49 6.1 0.4 1.35 97   635 19 / 15 777  
Croatia 4.5 4.2 -0.1 64 0.9 0.3 1.56   6,698 353.6 543.6 116 14 / 11 1,418 63
Greece 10.6 9.9 0.3 65 1.0 0.4 1.28 99 13,994 433.8 732.2   9 / 8 2,328  
Italy 57.3 51.3 0.0 67 0.2 0.3 1.20 100 20,365 993.8 1,092.7 (2,203) 9 / 8 2,808  
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) 2.0 2.3 0.6 60 1.5 0.5 2.06 93 4,224 216.3 330.5   27 / 24  
Portugal 9.9 9.3 0.0 36 1.4 0.5 1.37 98 14,569 839.2 690.8 (414) 12 / 10 1,928 82
Slovenia 2.0 1.8 -0.1 64 1.2 0.2 1.26 100 14,400 825.1 969.5   9 / 8 3,098 98
Spain 39.6 36.7 0.0 76 0.4 0.2 1.15 96 15,960 798.0 912.1 (7,438) 9 / 7 2,583  
Yugoslavia 10.6 10.8 0.1 57 0.9 0.6 1.84   18 28 / 23 1,364  

Western Europe (13) 183.3 183.9 0.3 81 0.4   1.48 100   8 / 6  
Austria 8.2 8.2 0.5 56 0.7 0.3 1.41 100 23,145 1,261.4 1,381.5 (577) 8 / 7 3,373  
Belgium 10.2 9.9 0.1 97 0.3 0.3(24) 1.55 100 23,622 732.3 1,577.6 (9,814) 9 / 7 5,552  
France