Table 2.2: Population Size and Composition, Fertility, and GNP, by World Bank Region, 1990 and 2001
Population Size and Composition, Fertility, and GNP, by World Bank Region, 1990 and 2001 | Low- and middle- income countries | East Asia and Pacific | Europe and Central Asia | Latin America and the Caribbean | Middle East and North Africa | South Asia | Sub-Saharan Africa | High-income | World | | Population Characteristic | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | 1990 | 2001 | | Size | | Total population (thousands) | 4,398,401 | 5,216,587 | 1,625,868 | 1,848,388 | 467,797 | 477,116 | 439,709 | 525,864 | 243,973 | 309,762 | 1,117,887 | 1,387,873 | 503,166 | 667,583 | 862,342 | 928,110 | 5,260,742 | 6,144,696 | | Proportion of world population (%) | 83.6 | 84.9 | 30.9 | 30.1 | 8.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 21.2 | 22.6 | 9.6 | 10.9 | 16.4 | 15.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 | | Annual average growth rate, 1990-2001 (%) | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | | Composition (%) | | Age | | 0-14 | 34.8 | 31.8 | 30.2 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 21.8 | 36.2 | 31.5 | 43.1 | 36.4 | 37.8 | 35.3 | 45.7 | 44.3 | 20.0 | 18.5 | 32.4 | 29.8 | | 15-59 | 57.6 | 59.8 | 61.8 | 64.1 | 59.5 | 62.6 | 56.8 | 60.4 | 51.5 | 57.7 | 55.7 | 57.6 | 49.7 | 51.0 | 62.5 | 62.2 | 58.4 | 60.2 | | 60-69 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 5.4 | 5.6 | | 70+ | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 8.5 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 4.5 | | Urban | 36.9 | 41.6 | 28.8 | 37.0 | 63.2 | 63.5 | 71.1 | 75.4 | 53.5 | 57.5 | 25.0 | 27.4 | 27.9 | 34.0 | 74.4 | 77.1 | 43.0 | 46.9 | | Female | 49.4 | 49.5 | 48.9 | 49.0 | 51.9 | 51.9 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 49.0 | 49.3 | 48.4 | 48.5 | 50.4 | 50.4 | 51.0 | 50.8 | 49.6 | 49.7 | | Fertility | | Total fertility rate | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 2.7 | | Total no. of births (thousands) | 123,400 | 122,400 | 36,200 | 31,500 | 8,300 | 6,300 | 11,700 | 11,600 | 9,300 | 9,400 | 36,500 | 37,300 | 21,400 | 26,300 | 11,300 | 10,800 | 134,700 | 133,200 | | Crude birth rate per 1,000 | 28.2 | 23.4 | 22.3 | 17.0 | 16.7 | 12.7 | 26.6 | 22.0 | 34.8 | 27.3 | 32.7 | 26.7 | 44.6 | 40.8 | 13.4 | 11.9 | 25.7 | 21.6 | | GNP (exchange rate dollars) | | GNP per capita | 870 | 1,170 | 420 | 890 | 39,737 | 54,933 | 2,260 | 3,570 | 1,770 | 3,570 | 380 | 450 | 470 | 550 | 19,760 | 26,760 | 4,060 | 5,180 |
Source: UN Population Division 2002 revision estimates.
Note: GNP = gross national product. |
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