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The designations employed in this publication
do not imply the expression of any
opinion on the part of the United Nations
Population Fund concerning the legal status
of any country, territory or area or of its
authorities, or concerning the delimitation
of its frontiers or boundaries.
Data for small countries or areas,
generally those with population of
200,000 or less in 1990, are not given
in this table separately. They have been
included in their regional population
figures. |
| (*) | More-developed regions comprise
North America, Japan, Europe and
Australia-New Zealand. |
| (+) | Less-developed regions comprise all
regions of Africa, Latin America and
Caribbean, Asia (excluding Japan), and
Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. |
| (‡) | Least-developed countries according to
standard United Nations designation. |
| (1) | Including British Indian Ocean Territory
and Seychelles. |
| (2) | Including Agalesa, Rodrigues and
St. Brandon. |
| (3) | Including Sao Tome and Principe. |
| (4) | Formerly Zaire. |
| (5) | Including Western Sahara. |
| (6) | Including St. Helena, Ascension and
Tristan da Cunha. |
| (7) | Including Macau. |
| (8) | On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a
Special Administrative Region (SAR)
of China. |
| (9) | This entry is included in the more
developed regions aggregate but not
in the estimate for the geographical
region. |
| (10) | Turkey is included in Western Asia for
geographical reasons. Other classifications
include this country in Europe. |
| (11) | Including Channel Islands, Faeroe
Islands and Isle of Man. |
| (12) | Including Andorra, Gibraltar, Holy See
and San Marino. |
| (13) | Including Leichtenstein and Monaco. |
| (14) | Including Anguilla, Antigua and
Barbuda, Aruba, British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada,
Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia,
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Turks
and Caicos Islands, and United States
Virgin Islands.
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| (15) | Including Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
and French Guiana. |
| (16) | Including Bermuda, Greenland, and
St. Pierre and Miquelon. |
| (17) | Including Christmas Island, Cocos
(Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island. |
| (18) | Including New Caledonia and Vanuatu. |
| (19) | The successor States of the former
USSR are grouped under existing
regions. Eastern Europe includes
Belarus, Republic of Moldova, Russian
Federation and Ukraine. Western Asia
includes Armenia, Azerbaijan and
Georgia. South Central Asia includes
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Regional
total, excluding subregion reported
separately below.
|
| (20) | Regional total, excluding subregion
reported separately below. |
| (21) | These subregions are included in the
UNFPA Arab States and Europe region. |
| (22) | Estimates based on previous years’
reports. Updated data are expected. |
| (23) | Total for Eastern Europe includes some
South European Balkan States and
Northern European Baltic States. |
| (24) | This figure includes Belgium and
Luxembourg. |
| (25) | More recent reports suggest this figure
might have been higher. Future publications
will reflect the evaluation of this
information. |
| (26) | Comprising Federated States of
Micronesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall
Islands, Nauru, Northern Mariana
Islands, and Pacific Islands (Palau). |
| (27) | Comprising American Samoa, Cook
Islands, Johnston Island, Pitcairn,
Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Midway Islands,
Tuvalu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. |
