The State of World Population 2001 The State of World Population 2001
Demographic, Social and Economic Indicators

  Total
population
(millions)
(2001)
Projected
population
(millions)
(2050)
Avg. pop.
growth
rate (%)
(2000-2005)
%
Urban
(2000)
Urban
growth rate
(2000-2005)
Population/
ha arable
and perm.
crop land
Total
fertility rate
(2000-2005)
% births
with
skilled
attendants
GNP
per capita
PPP$
(1999)
% central govt.
expenditures)
External
population
assistance
(US$,000)
Under 5
mortality
Per capita
energy
consumption
Access to
safe
water
Education Health M/F
 
World Total 6,134.1 9,322.3 1.2 47 2.0 2.68 (1,680,520) 79 / 79
More developed regions (*) 1,193.9 1,181.1 0.2 76 0.5 1.50 10 / 9
Less developed regions (+) 4,940.3 8,141.1 1.5 40 2.7 2.92 54 86 / 86
Least developed countries () 675.0 1,829.5 2.5 26 4.5 5.24 30 154 / 147
 
Africa (1) 812.6 2,000.4 2.3 38 3.7 4.97 43 468,618 21 143 / 134
Eastern Africa 256.7 691.1 2.4 26 4.6 5.83 34 168 / 155
Burundi 6.5 20.2 3.0 9 5.9 5.3 6.80 24 570 3.5 0.6 1,601 207 / 188
Eritrea 3.8 10.0 4.2 19 4.6 5.6 5.28 21 1,040 1.5 2.9 4,043 149 / 134 46
Ethiopia 64.5 186.5 2.4 18 5.0 4.7 6.75 10 620 3.9 1.7 22,209 190 / 175 284 24
Kenya 31.3 55.4 1.9 33 4.1 4.9 4.15 44 1,010 6.5 2.4 29,047 109 / 98 505 49
Madagascar 16.4 47.0 2.8 30 4.8 3.6 5.68 47 790 1.9 1.1 9,625 150 / 144 47
Malawi 11.6 31.1 2.2 25 7.3 4.1 6.34 55 570 5.0 2.8 22,148 224 / 223 57
Mauritius (2) 1.2 1.4 0.8 41 1.6 1.3 1.90 97 8,950 4.7 1.8 254 21 / 15 100
Mozambique 18.6 38.8 1.8 40 4.1 4.3 5.86 44 810 2.8 20,853 236 / 212 405 60
Rwanda 7.9 18.5 2.1 6 4.2 5.6 5.77 26 880 2.0 7,886 206 / 186 41
Somalia 9.2 40.9 4.2 28 5.2 6.3 7.25 193 / 178
Uganda 24.0 101.5 3.2 14 5.7 2.4 7.10 38 1,160 2.4 1.9 43,324 167 / 151 50
United Republic of Tanzania 36.0 82.7 2.3 33 5.4 5.5 5.03 35 500 1.3 42,070 122 / 111 456 54
Zambia 10.6 29.3 2.1 40 2.6 1.2 5.66 47 720 2.1 3.6 17,636 143 / 144 630 64
Zimbabwe 12.9 23.5 1.7 35 2.9 2.2 4.50 84 2,690 2.9 21,891 112 / 104 861 85

Middle Africa (3) 98.2 340.6 3.0 35 4.3 6.33 41 155 / 139
Angola 13.5 53.3 3.0 34 4.9 2.5 7.20 1,100 3.9 6,778 211 / 191 595 38
Cameroon 15.2 32.3 2.1 49 4.0 1.1 4.70 55 1,490 1.0 4,175 138 / 127 432 62
Central African Republic 3.8 8.2 1.6 41 3.0 1.3 4.92 46 1,150 2.0 1,211 172 / 141 60
Chad 8.1 27.7 3.1 24 4.2 1.6 6.65 15 840 1.7 2.3 2,602 207 / 190 27
Congo, Democratic Republic of (4) 52.5 203.5 3.3 30 4.5 4.0 6.70 1,006 136 / 120 284 45
Congo, Republic of 3.1 10.7 3.0 63 3.7 5.4 6.29 540 8.6 2.0 1,244 136 / 108 433 51
Gabon 1.3 3.2 2.5 81 3.1 1.0 5.40 5,280 3.2 2.1 555 139 / 125 1,413 70

Northern Africa (5) 177.4 303.6 1.8 51 2.9 3.13 68 68,729 22 68 / 63
Algeria 30.8 51.2 1.8 60 3.2 0.9 2.79 77 4,840 5.3 2.6 852 50 / 44 898 94
Egypt 69.1 113.8 1.7 45 2.3 7.6 2.88 61 3,460 4.9 1.8 35,510 49 / 49 679 95
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5.4 10.0 2.2 88 2.6 0.2 3.31 94 28 / 28 2,343 72
Morocco 30.4 50.4 1.8 56 2.8 1.1 3.03 40 3,320 5.2 1.2 22,489 58 / 46 336 82
Sudan 31.8 63.5 2.3 36 4.5 1.1 4.47 86 0.9 0.7 4,081 126 / 118 526 75
Tunisia 9.6 14.1 1.1 66 2.3 0.5 2.10 81 5,700 8.1 2.2 2,636 32 / 29 812

Southern Africa 50.1 56.9 0.8 48 1.5 3.03 81 115 / 104
Botswana 1.6 2.1 0.5 50 2.2 2.0 3.94 87 6,540 10.1 2.5 1,590 146 / 137
Lesotho 2.1 2.5 0.7 28 4.6 2.4 4.45 50 2,350 6.4 3.4 984 182 / 180 91
Namibia 1.8 3.7 1.7 31 2.8 1.0 4.87 68 5,580 8.7 4.1 2,498 123 / 118 77
South Africa 43.8 47.3 0.8 50 1.3 0.4 2.85 84 8,710 7.8 3.3 21,286 107 / 95 2,681 86

Western Africa (6) 230.3 608.1 2.7 40 4.2 5.57 34 148 / 144
Benin 6.4 18.1 2.8 42 4.4 1.7 5.68 60 920 3.2 1.6 6,469 141 / 123 377 63
Burkina Faso 11.9 46.3 3.0 19 5.6 3.0 6.80 31 960 1.5 1.4 9,078 151 / 141
Côte d'Ivoire 16.3 32.2 2.1 46 3.4 1.0 4.64 47 1,540 5.4 1.2 5,874 144 / 131 77
Ghana 19.7 40.1 2.2 38 4.2 2.0 4.22 44 1,850 4.3 1.8 17,551 106 / 93 396 64
Guinea 8.3 20.7 1.5 33 4.5 4.2 5.83 35 1,870 1.9 2.2 5,325 188 / 191 48
Guinea-Bissau 1.2 3.3 2.4 24 4.0 2.8 5.99 25 630 1.1 1,272 219 / 196 49
Liberia 3.1 14.4 5.5 45 4.9 4.7 6.80 994 118 / 106
Mali 11.7 41.7 2.9 30 4.6 1.9 7.00 24 740 2.3 5.1 14,660 240 / 232 65
Mauritania 2.7 8.5 3.0 58 4.3 2.7 6.00 40 1,550 4.8 1.4 1,045 163 / 150 37
Niger 11.2 51.9 3.6 21 5.5 1.8 8.00 18 740 2.4 1.2 8,814 207 / 213 59
Nigeria 116.9 278.8 2.6 44 4.1 1.2 5.42 31 770 0.8 0.8 21,698 130 / 130 716 57
Senegal 9.7 22.7 2.5 47 4.0 3.0 5.11 47 1,400 3.8 2.6 14,762 107 / 102 312 78
Sierra Leone 4.6 14.4 4.5 37 4.0 5.4 6.50 440 0.9 1,579 266 / 242 28
Togo 4.7 11.8 2.6 33 4.2 1.2 5.36 51 1,380 4.5 1.3 2,964 132 / 116 54
 
Asia 3,720.7 5,428.2 1.3 37 2.5 2.54 53 405,287 68 / 73
Eastern Asia (8) 1,491.8 1,665.2 0.7 39 1.9 1.76 68 35 / 42
China 1,285.0 1,462.1 0.7 32 2.3 6.3 1.80 67 3,550 2.4 2.0 6,693 38 / 45 830 75
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.4 28.0 0.7 60 1.6 3.7 2.07 676 52 / 48 100
Hong Kong, China (9) 7.0 9.6 1.2 100 1.1 5.7 1.17 22,570 2.8 2.1 5 / 5 2,497
Japan 127.3 109.2 0.1 79 0.3 1.2 1.33 100 25,170 3.9 5.9 88,879 23 5 / 4 4,035
Mongolia 2.6 4.1 1.1 64 2.3 0.5 2.32 93 1,610 5.6 4.3 3,229 88 / 83 60
Republic of Korea 47.1 51.6 0.7 82 1.4 2.4 1.51 98 15,530 3.8 2.3 203 10 / 9 3,519 92

South-eastern Asia 529.8 800.3 1.4 37 3.2 2.52 60 60 / 48
Cambodia 13.4 29.9 2.4 16 4.2 2.0 4.77 33 1,350 3.0 0.6 21,806 110 / 98 30
Indonesia 214.8 311.3 1.2 41 3.6 3.0 2.27 56 2,660 1.6 0.7 32,848 55 / 43 604 76
Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.4 11.4 2.3 24 4.9 4.7 4.80 14 1,430 2.1 1.2 3,542 144 / 137 90
Malaysia 22.6 37.8 1.7 57 2.8 0.5 2.90 96 7,640 5.1 1.4 251 15 / 11 1,967
Myanmar 48.4 68.5 1.2 28 2.9 3.1 2.80 56 [1.2] 0.2 2,424 141 / 124 307 68
Philippines 77.1 128.4 1.9 59 3.1 3.0 3.24 56 3,990 3.4 1.7 46,625 40 / 30 526 87
Singapore 4.1 4.6 1.7 100 1.0 6.0 1.45 100 22,310 2.7 1.2 0 6 / 6 6,285 100
Thailand 63.6 82.5 1.1 22 2.7 1.5 2.00 5,950 5.0 1.9 4,249 32 / 19 1,153 80
Viet Nam 79.2 123.8 1.3 20 2.2 7.3 2.25 77 1,860 3.0 0.8 20,616 52 / 37 440 56

South Central Asia 1,506.7 2,538.8 1.7 31 3.0 3.25 40 89 / 100
Afghanistan 22.5 72.3 3.7 22 6.9 1.8 6.80 813 278 / 281 13
Bangladesh 140.4 265.4 2.1 25 4.0 8.6 3.56 13 1,530 2.2 1.7 87,699 88 / 97 159 97
Bhutan 2.1 5.6 2.6 7 6.0 11.8 5.10 15 1,260 924 82 / 78 62
India 1,025.1 1,572.1 1.5 28 2.8 3.2 2.97 43 2,230 3.2 0.8 58,134 79 / 92 486 88
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 71.4 121.4 1.4 62 1.8 1.0 2.76 86 5,520 3.9 1.7 2,127 40 / 45 1,649 95
Nepal 23.6 52.4 2.3 12 5.1 7.2 4.48 9 1,280 3.1 1.3 22,051 91 / 106 343 81
Pakistan 145.0 344.2 2.5 37 4.1 3.5 5.08 18 1,860 2.5 0.9 28,561 121 / 135 440 88
Sri Lanka 19.1 23.1 0.9 24 2.8 4.6 2.09 94 3,230 3.5 1.4 3,942 30 / 16 389 83

Western Asia 192.4 423.9 2.1 70 2.8 3.57 71 35,060 53 / 47
Iraq 23.6 53.6 2.7 77 3.3 0.4 4.77 54 3.8 1,004 79 / 76 1,342 85
Israel 6.2 10.1 2.0 91 1.8 0.4 2.70 18,070 7.7 6.0 21 9 / 9 3,165
Jordan 5.1 11.7 2.8 74 3.5 1.5 4.31 97 3,880 7.1 5.3 10,911 29 / 27 1,063 96
Kuwait 2.0 4.0 2.6 98 2.3 2.6 2.66 98 [5.0] 2.9 341 13 / 13 7,823
Lebanon 3.6 5.0 1.6 90 1.7 0.4 2.18 98 2.7 2.2 1,134 22 / 17 1,256 100
Occupied Palestinian Territory 3.3 11.8 3.6 95 4.1 5.60 95 2,101 27 / 21
Oman 2.6 8.8 3.3 84 4.4 14.2 5.46 91 [4.5] 2.9 29 / 25 3,165 39
Saudi Arabia 21.0 59.7 3.1 86 3.4 0.6 5.54 91 11,050 7.5 6.4 26 / 23 5,244 95
Syrian Arab Republic 16.6 36.3 2.5 55 3.3 0.8 3.65 76 3,450 4.0 0.8 3,463 28 / 25 1,133 80
Turkey (11) 67.6 98.8 1.3 75 2.6 0.8 2.30 81 6,440 2.2 2.9 8,235 56 / 42 1,144 83
United Arab Emirates 2.7 3.7 1.7 86 2.0 1.5 2.86 99 [1.8] 0.8 7 16 / 14 10,035
Yemen 19.1 102.4 4.1 25 4.7 5.5 7.60 22 730 7.8 4.8 7,830 87 / 83 201 69
 
Europe 726.3 603.3 -0.2 75 0.3 1.34 13 / 10
Eastern Europe 302.6 222.7 -0.5 71 0.2 1.17 26,859 22,24 21 / 16
Bulgaria 7.9 4.5 -1.0 70 -0.1 0.2 1.10 5,070 3.4 3.8 361 22 / 16 2,418 100
Czech Republic 10.3 8.4 -0.1 75 0.0 0.3 1.16 12,840 5.3 7.0 7 / 7 3,986
Hungary 9.9 7.5 -0.5 64 -0.0 0.3 1.20 11,050 4.8 5.2 12 / 10 2,497 99
Poland 38.6 33.4 -0.1 66 0.7 0.6 1.26 8,390 7.4 4.5 187 11 / 10 2,494
Romania 22.4 18.1 -0.3 56 0.2 0.4 1.32 5,970 3.7 2.6 1,986 29 / 25 1,760 58
Slovakia 5.4 4.7 0.1 57 0.5 0.3 1.28 10,430 4.8 5.7 10 / 10 3,136 100

Northern Europe (12) 95.2 92.8 0.1 84 0.3 1.57 7 / 6
Denmark 5.3 5.1 0.2 85 0.2 0.1 1.65 100 25,600 8.3 6.7 (60,114) 7 / 6 3,925 100
Estonia 1.4 0.8 -1.1 69 -1.0 0.1 1.20 8,190 7.7 5.5 38 14 / 10 3,335
Finland 5.2 4.7 0.1 67 0.9 0.2 1.55 100 22,600 7.6 5.2 (23,114) 5 / 4 6,493 100
Ireland 3.8 5.4 1.0 59 1.2 0.3 2.02 99 22,460 6.9 4.5 8 / 8 3,570
Latvia 2.4 1.7 -0.6 69 -1.0 0.2 1.10 95 6,220 6.6 4.3 285 19 / 15 1,746
Lithuania 3.7 3.0 -0.2 68 -0.1 0.2 1.20 95 6,490 5.9 4.8 42 14 / 10 2,524
Norway 4.5 4.9 0.4 76 0.9 0.3 1.70 100 28,140 7.6 7.4 (71,394) 6 / 5 5,736 100
Sweden 8.8 7.8 -0.1 83 0.3 0.1 1.29 100 22,150 8.3 6.7 (78,270) 5 / 4 5,928 100
United Kingdom 59.5 58.9 0.2 90 0.2 0.2 1.61 98 22,220 5.5 5.9 (125,934) 7 / 6 3,930 100

Southern Europe (13) 145.1 116.9 0.0 66 0.4 1.29 10 / 9
Albania 3.1 3.9 0.6 42 2.0 2.2 2.27 3,240 3.7 3.5 2,515 37 / 31 284
Bosnia & Herzegovina 4.1 3.5 1.1 43 2.3 0.3 1.30 736 17 / 14 517
Croatia 4.7 4.2 0.0 58 0.6 0.3 1.70 7,260 5.3 8.1 10 / 8 1,808
Greece 10.6 9.0 0.0 60 0.4 0.4 1.24 15,800 3.0 4.7 8 / 7 2,565
Italy 57.5 43.0 -0.1 67 0.1 0.3 1.20 22,000 4.9 5.6 (6,385) 7 / 6 2,916
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of) 2.0 1.9 0.3 62 1.3 0.5 1.48 4,590 5.3 5.5 19 / 18
Portugal 10.0 9.0 0.1 64 1.7 0.6 1.45 15,860 5.9 5.2 (1,244) 9 / 8 2,192
Slovenia 2.0 1.5 -0.1 50 0.3 0.2 1.14 16,050 5.8 6.6 8 / 7 3,354 100
Spain 39.9 31.3 0.0 78 0.2 0.2 1.13 17,850 5.1 5.4 (4,320) 7 / 6 2,865
Yugoslavia 10.5 9.0 -0.1 52 0.6 0.6 1.55 75 17 / 14

Western Europe (14) 183.4 170.9 0.1 83 0.4 1.50 6 / 6
Austria 8.1 6.5 -0.1 65 0.5 0.3 1.24 100 24,600 5.5 6.0 (1,784) 6 / 5 3,567 100
Belgium 10.3 9.6 0.1 97 0.1 0.3 25 1.48 100 25,710 3.1 7.9 (10,148) 6 / 6 5,719
France 59.5 61.8 0.4 76 0.6 0.1 1.80 99 23,020 6.0 7.3 (16,500) 6 / 6 4,378
Germany 82.0 70.8 0.0 88 0.2 0.2 1.29 100 23,510 4.8 7.9 (124,806)26 6 / 6 4,199
Netherlands 15.9 15.8 0.3 89 0.3 0.6 1.50 100 24,410 5.0 6.0 (119,230) 7 / 6 4,740 100
Switzerland 7.2 5.6 -0.1 68 0.6 1.1 1.38 99 28,760 5.1 7.6 (17,818) 7 / 5 3,742 100
 
Latin America & Caribbean 526.5 805.6 1.4 75 1.9 2.50 83 237,075 45 / 36
Caribbean (15) 38.3 49.8 1.0 63 1.6 2.41 69 60 / 50
Cuba 11.2 10.8 0.3 75 0.5 0.4 1.55 100 [6.7] 8.2 782 12 / 8 1,066 95
Dominican Republic 8.5 12.0 1.5 65 2.3 1.0 2.71 99 5,210 2.5 1.9 7,061 57 / 47 676 79
Haiti 8.3 14.0 1.6 36 3.4 5.6 3.98 21 1,470 1.4 20,144 111 / 96 271 46
Jamaica 2.6 3.8 0.9 56 1.7 2.0 2.37 95 3,390 8.1 3.2 5,588 28 / 21 1,575 71
Puerto Rico 4.0 4.8 0.9 75 1.2 1.6 1.90 14 / 11
Trinidad & Tobago 1.3 1.4 0.5 74 1.1 1.0 1.53 7,690 4.1 2.5 175 17 / 12 6,964 86

Central America 137.5 220.2 1.6 67 2.0 2.76 79 41 / 34
Belize 0.2 0.4 1.9 54 3.4 0.8 2.89 77 4,750 112 39 / 38 76
Costa Rica 4.1 7.2 2.0 48 2.6 1.7 2.67 98 7,880 6.4 5.2 239 15 / 11 789 98
El Salvador 6.4 10.9 1.8 47 2.7 2.6 2.88 90 4,260 2.6 2.6 7,045 38 / 31 640 74
Guatemala 11.7 26.6 2.6 40 3.4 2.9 4.41 41 3,630 1.6 2.1 9,980 58 / 51 579 92
Honduras 6.6 12.8 2.3 53 4.2 1.1 3.72 55 2,270 4.0 3.9 8,118 55 / 44 542 90
Mexico 100.4 146.7 1.4 74 1.7 0.9 2.49 86 8,070 5.5 2.8 28,948 37 / 31 1,552 86
Nicaragua 5.2 11.5 2.6 56 3.4 0.4 3.82 65 2,060 4.4 8.3 15,974 50 / 40 553 79
Panama 2.9 4.3 1.4 56 2.0 1.0 2.42 90