Sub-

South

East

Least

East.

Sah-

Asia

Asia

S.E.

Dev.

Ind.

Euro.

ara

Arab

South

(excl.

East

(excl.

Asia

Coun-

Coun-

LAC

& CIS

Africa

States

Asia

India)

Asia

China)

tries

tries

World

Demographic Profile

Population

Estimated population (millions)

1970

280

338

268

120

741

186

882

51

289

286

1,044

3,660

1995

472

401

543

242

1,293

364

1,296

76

487

542

1,233

5,627

2015

619

404

920

372

1,768

556

1,498

89

636

874

1,295

7,187

Annual population growth rate (%)

1970-95

2.1

0.7

2.9

2.8

2.3

2.7

1.6

1.6

2.1

2.6

0.7

1.7

1995-2015

1.4

0.0

2.7

2.2

1.6

2.1

0.7

0.8

1.4

2.4

0.2

1.2

Urban Population

Urban population (as % of total)

1970

57.4

53.9

19.0

38.7

19.7

19.7

19.2

48.2

20.4

12.7

67.1

36.8

1995

73.4

66.0

31.5

54.4

28.1

31.6

32.9

75.9

33.4

22.9

73.7

45.4

2015

79.9

72.2

43.6

65.7

38.4

43.8

48.2

84.4

46.3

34.9

78.7

54.6

Annual urban population growth-

1970-95

3.1

1.5

5.0

4.3

3.7

4.7

3.8

3.4

4.1

5.1

1.1

2.6

rate (%)

1995-2015

1.8

0.5

4.4

3.2

3.2

3.8

2.7

1.4

3.0

4.6

0.6

2.2

Population doubling date

1995

2039

..

2020

2023

2034

2026

2071

2057

2038

2022

2223

2046

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 people)

1995

23.9

13.3

43.1

31.9

28.2

32.9

17.2

17.2

25.4

39.2

12.6

23.2

Crude death rate (per 1,000 people)

1995

6.5

11.8

14.9

7.7

9.2

8.8

7.1

6.1

7.7

14.1

10.1

9.0

Dependency ratio (%)

1995

63.1

52.9

93.2

77.2

70.2

83.5

47.7

42.2

63.4

88.8

50.5

60.8

Total fertility rate

1995

2.8

1.8

6.0

4.4

3.5

4.4

1.9

1.8

3.0

5.3

1.7

2.9

Contra. prev. rate - any method (%)

1990-95

64.3

..

16.1

37.1

40.8

40.4

82.5

74.0

53.0

21.6

70.2

58.5

Human Development

Human Development Index

Human development index (HDI) value

1995

0.831

0.756

0.386

0.636

0.462

0.490

0.676

0.883

0.684

0.344

0.911

0.772

Adult literacy rate (%)

1995

86.7

98.5

56.9

56.0

50.5

46.1

82.4

96.3

87.3

49.2

98.6

77.6

Gross enrollment ratio - levels 1-3 (%)

1995

69.3

74.6

42.3

58.3

52.4

46.4

64.8

78.2

61.1

36.4

82.8

61.6

Life expectancy at birth (years)

1995

69.2

68.1

50.6

63.5

61.8

62.1

69.3

71.7

64.7

51.2

74.2

63.6

Real GDP per capita (PPP$)

1995

5,982

4,109

1,407

4,454

1,724

2,518

3,359

9,934

3,852

1,008

16,337

5,990

Real GDP Per Capita (PPP$)

Poorest 20%

1980-94

933

1,505

..

..

587

779

747

..

1,251

..

4,811

1,759

Richest 20%

1980-95

17,380

9,962

..

..

2,837

3,467

5,338

..

8,266

..

32,273

12,584

Population without Access to:

Safe Water (%)

1990-96

22.6

..

48.4

21.5

18.4

17.0

31.8

11.2

34.7

42.9

..

..

Health Services (%)

1990-95

20.5

..

47.5

13.0

21.7

39.9

11.6

..

15.4

50.9

..

..

Sanitation (%)

1990-96

29.4

..

55.4

30.1

64.3

47.1

73.2

..

44.9

63.9

..

..

South-North Gaps (index: North = 100)

Life expectancy at birth

1960

80.7

..

58.2

66.4

64.1

63.7

69.2

78.3

66.1

57.0

100.0

..

1995

93.3

..

68.3

85.6

83.3

83.8

93.5

96.2

87.2

69.0

100.0

..

Adult literacy

1970

74.4

..

31.0

30.9

32.6

28.3

53.5

..

67.0

30.0

100.0

..

1995

88.0

99.9

57.7

56.8

51.2

46.8

83.5

97.6

88.5

49.9

100.0

..

Daily calories supply per capita

1970

82.6

..

73.8

73.1

69.4

71.1

67.7

89.3

64.9

69.3

100.0

..

1995

88.1

..

70.8

92.0

75.5

75.8

86.1

90.7

80.2

66.6

100.0

..

Access to safe water

1975-80

60.1

..

..

..

..

29.3

..

..

..

..

100.0

..

1990-96

78.2

..

..

..

..

77.0

..

..

..

..

100.0

..

Under-five mortality

1960

31.3

..

19.1

20.0

20.8

20.8

24.0

38.7

25.6

17.7

100.0

..

1996

36.2

..

9.4

21.3

14.3

15.0

35.2

81.1

22.8

9.6

100.0

..