9 175 COUNTRY @@@@@@ REGION @@@@@@ RATE % POP88 mil. WEALTH $ GOVT @@@@@@ LIFE years BIRTH /1000 INFANT /1000 Guadeloupe Caribbean 1.3 0.3 72 20 17 Martinique Caribbean 1.2 0.3 74 18 13 Netherlands Antilles Caribbean 1.4 0.2 76 19 10 Puerto Rico Caribbean 1.2 3.4 5190 75 19 14.9 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Caribbean 2.0 0.1 960 H 69 26 26.5 Antigua & Barbuda Caribbean 1.0 0.1 2380 H 72 15 10 Barbados Caribbean 0.8 0.3 5140 H 74 16 10.8 Dominica Caribbean 1.6 0.1 1210 H 75 21 23.9 Grenada Caribbean 1.9 0.1 1240 H 72 26 22 Saint Lucia Caribbean 2.2 0.1 1320 H 69 28 21.5 Jamaica Caribbean 1.7 2.5 880 H 73 23 20 Dominican Republic Caribbean 2.4 6.5 710 H 65 32 70 Cuba Caribbean 1.0 10.4 S 74 16 13.6 Trinidad & Tobago Caribbean 2.2 1.3 5120 H 70 29 12.7 Bahamas Caribbean 1.9 0.2 7190 S 70 24 26.4 Haiti Caribbean 2.8 6.3 330 H 54 41 117 St. Kitts-Nevis Caribbean 1.4 0.04 1700 H 67 24 27.8 Central African Republic Middle Africa 2.5 2.8 290 H 45 44 148 Mexico Central America 2.4 83.5 1850 H 66 30 50 Panama Central America 2.2 2.3 2330 S 71 27 25 Costa Rica Central America 2.9 2.9 1420 S 74 34 18.9 Honduras Central America 3.1 4.8 740 H 63 39 69 Belize Central America 3.0 0.2 1170 S 69 36 36 El Salvador Central America 2.8 5.4 820 H 66 35 65 Nicaragua Central America 3.5 3.6 790 S 62 43 69 Guatemala Central America 3.2 8.7 930 S 61 41 65 Hongkong East Asia 0.8 5.7 6720 76 13 7.7 Macao East Asia 1.7 0.4 68 23 12 Taiwan East Asia 1.1 19.8 S 73 16 6.9 Japan East Asia 0.5 122.7 12850 S 78 11 5.2 South Korea East Asia 1.3 42.6 2370 H 68 19 30 Mongolia East Asia 2.6 2.0 L 62 37 53 North Korea East Asia 2.5 21.9 S 68 31 33 China East Asia 1.4 1087.0 300 H 66 21 44 Reunion Eastern Africa 1.8 0.6 3940 70 24 12 Tanzania Eastern Africa 3.6 24.3 240 H 52 50 111 Zambia Eastern Africa 3.7 7.5 300 H 55 50 87 Comoros Eastern Africa 3.4 0.4 280 H 55 47 96 Mauritius Eastern Africa 1.2 1.1 1200 H 68 19 27.2 Seychelles Eastern Africa 1.9 0.1 H 70 26 17.4 Ethiopia Eastern Africa 3.0 48.3 120 H 50 46 118 Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 3.5 9.7 620 H 57 47 76 Somalia Eastern Africa 3.1 8.0 280 S 41 48 147 Malawi Eastern Africa 3.2 7.7 160 H 46 53 157 Kenya Eastern Africa 4.1 23.3 300 H 54 54 76 Uganda Eastern Africa 3.4 16.4 H 50 50 108 Madagascar Eastern Africa 2.8 10.6 230 H 51 44 63 Burundi Eastern Africa 2.9 5.2 240 H 48 47 119 Rwanda Eastern Africa 3.7 7.1 290 H 49 53 122 Djibouti Eastern Africa 2.5 0.3 S 47 43 132 Mozambique Eastern Africa 2.6 15.1 210 S 46 45 147 Hungary Eastern Europe -0.2 10.6 2010 L 70 12 19.0 Bulgaria Eastern Europe 0.2 9.0 L 72 13 14.5 Romania Eastern Europe 0.5 23.0 L 70 16 25.6 Czechoslovakia Eastern Europe 0.2 15.6 S 71 14 13.9 East Germany Eastern Europe 0.0 16.6 L 72 13 9.2 Poland Eastern Europe 0.7 38.0 2070 S 71 17 17.5 Soviet Union USSR 1.0 286.0 7400 S 69 20 25 Sao Tome & Principe Middle Africa 2.7 0.1 340 S 65 36 61.7 Congo Middle Africa 3.4 2.2 1040 L 55 47 112 Gabon Middle Africa 1.6 1.3 3020 L 49 34 112 Chad Middle Africa 2.0 4.8 S 39 43 143 Angola Middle Africa 2.6 8.2 S 43 47 143 Cameroon Middle Africa 2.6 10.5 910 H 50 43 126 Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 1.9 0.3 L 45 38 130 Zaire Middle Africa 3.0 33.3 160 H 51 45 103 Bhutan Southern Asia 2.0 1.5 160 S 46 38 139 Maldives Southern Asia 3.7 0.2 310 S 60 47 83 Afghanistan Southern Asia 2.4 14.5 H 39 48 183 Iran Southern Asia 3.2 51.9 S 57 45 113 India Southern Asia 2.0 816.8 270 H 54 33 104 Pakistan Southern Asia 2.9 107.5 350 H 54 43 121 Sri Lanka Southern Asia 1.8 16.6 400 H 70 24 30.5 Nepal Southern Asia 2.5 18.3 160 H 52 42 112 Bangladesh Southern Asia 2.7 109.5 160 H 50 43 135 Canada North America 0.7 26.1 14100 S 76 15 7.9 United States North America 0.7 246.1 17500 S 75 16 10.0 Tunisia Northern Africa 2.2 7.7 1140 H 63 31 71 Libya Northern Africa 3.1 4.0 S 65 39 74 Morocco Northern Africa 2.6 25.0 590 H 61 36 90 Algeria Northern Africa 3.2 24.2 2570 H 61 42 81 Egypt Northern Africa 2.8 53.3 760 H 59 38 93 Sudan Northern Africa 2.8 24.0 320 S 49 45 112 Finland Northern Europe 0.3 5.1 12640 S 75 11 8.4 Sweden Northern Europe 0.1 8.4 13170 L 77 12 5.9 Iceland Northern Europe 0.9 0.2 13370 S 77 16 5.4 United Kingdom Northern Europe 0.2 57.1 8920 S 75 13 9.5 Ireland Northern Europe 0.8 3.5 5080 S 73 17 8.9 Denmark Northern Europe -0.1 5.1 12640 S 75 11 8.4 Norway Northern Europe 0.2 4.2 15480 S 76 13 8.5 French Polynesia Oceania 2.4 0.2 71 28 23 Vanuatu Oceania 3.3 0.2 S 69 38 38 Fiji Oceania 2.3 0.7 1810 H 67 28 21 New Zealand Oceania 0.8 3.3 7110 S 74 16 10.8 Western Samoa Oceania 2.9 0.2 680 H 65 37 50 Australia Oceania 0.8 16.5 11910 S 76 15 9.8 Papua New Guinea Oceania 2.4 3.7 690 H 54 36 100 Solomon Islands Oceania 3.6 0.3 530 H 68 41 42 New Caledonia Oceania 1.8 0.2 68 24 36 Bolivia Tropical South America 2.6 6.9 540 L 53 40 110 Guyana Tropical South America 2.0 0.8 500 S 68 26 36 Suriname Tropical South America 2.1 0.4 2510 S 69 27 33 Argentina Temperate South America 1.5 32.0 2350 S 70 24 35.3 Venezuela Tropical South America 2.4 18.8 2930 S 70 29 36 Chile Temperate South America 1.6 12.6 1320 L 71 22 19.5 Uruguay Temperate South America 0.8 3.0 1860 L 71 18 29.5 Paraguay Tropical South America 2.9 4.4 880 S 66 36 45 Brazil Tropical South America 2.0 144.4 1810 S 65 28 63 Peru Tropical South America 2.5 21.3 1130 H 61 34 88 Ecuador Tropical South America 2.8 10.2 1160 S 65 36 66 Colombia Tropical South America 2.1 30.6 1230 S 64 28 48 Kampuchea Southeast Asia 2.3 6.7 L 48 40 134 East Timor Southeast Asia 2.2 0.7 43 44 166 Singapore Southeast Asia 1.0 2.6 7410 L 73 15 9.4 Brunei Southeast Asia 2.7 0.3 15400 S 71 31 11 Malaysia Southeast Asia 2.4 17.0 1850 S 67 31 30 Vietnam Southeast Asia 2.6 65.2 H 63 34 53 Thailand Southeast Asia 2.1 54.7 810 H 64 29 52 Burma Southeast Asia 2.1 41.1 200 S 53 34 103 Indonesia Southeast Asia 1.7 177.4 500 H 58 27 88 Laos Southeast Asia 2.5 3.8 S 50 41 122 Philippines Southeast Asia 2.8 63.2 570 H 66 35 51 Namibia Southern Africa 2.8 1.7 1020 49 45 111 South Africa Southern Africa 2.3 35.1 1800 H 60 32 66 Swaziland Southern Africa 3.1 0.7 600 H 50 47 124 Botswana Southern Africa 3.4 1.3 840 H 58 48 67 Lesotho Southern Africa 2.6 1.6 410 H 50 41 106 Spain Southern Europe 0.4 39 4840 S 76 12 9.0 Malta Southern Europe 0.7 0.4 3470 S 75 15 13.0 Yugoslavia Southern Europe 0.6 23.6 2300 S 70 15 27.1 Portugal Southern Europe 0.3 10.3 2230 S 73 12 15.8 Italy Southern Europe 0.0 57.3 8570 S 75 10 10.1 Albania Southern Europe 2.1 3.1 S 71 27 43 Greece Southern Europe 0.2 10.1 3680 L 74 11 12.3 Gaza Western Asia 4.1 0.6 64 48 58 South Yemen Western Asia 3.3 2.4 480 H 51 48 116 Bahrain Western Asia 2.8 0.5 8530 S 67 32 32 Iraq Western Asia 3.5 17.6 L 62 45 86 Kuwait Western Asia 2.9 2.0 13890 L 72 32 18.4 Jordan Western Asia 3.6 3.8 1540 S 69 42 56 Qatar Western Asia 2.7 0.4 12520 S 69 30 42 Cyprus Western Asia 1.1 0.7 4360 L 75 20 12 Lebanon Western Asia 2.0 3.3 S 67 28 51 Saudi Arabia Western Asia 3.3 14.2 6930 S 61 42 85 North Yemen Western Asia 3.3 6.7 550 H 45 55 175 Turkey Western Asia 2.2 52.9 1110 H 63 31 95 Syria Western Asia 3.8 11.3 1560 S 64 47 59 United Arab Emirates Western Asia 2.6 1.5 14410 S 68 30 38 Israel Western Asia 1.6 4.4 6210 L 75 23 11.2 Oman Western Asia 3.3 1.4 4990 S 52 47 117 Gambia Western Africa 2.1 0.8 230 H 36 49 169 Nigeria Western Africa 2.9 111.9 640 H 47 46 122 Guinea Western Africa 2.4 6.9 H 41 47 153 Burkina Faso Western Africa 2.8 8.5 150 S 46 48 145 Senegal Western Africa 2.6 7.0 420 H 44 46 137 Mali Western Africa 2.9 8.7 170 S 43 50 175 Liberia Western Africa 3.1 2.5 450 H 50 48 127 Cape Verde Western Africa 2.6 0.3 460 S 60 35 77 Togo Western Africa 3.3 3.3 250 H 54 47 117 Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 2.4 0.9 170 S 45 44 132 Sierra Leone Western Africa 1.8 4.0 310 H 35 47 175 Benin Western Africa 3.0 4.5 270 H 45 51 115 Mauritania Western Africa 3.0 2.1 440 S 45 50 132 Niger Western Africa 2.9 7.2 260 H 44 51 141 Ghana Western Africa 3.1 14.4 390 H 58 42 72 Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 3.1 11.2 740 S 52 46 105 Austria Western Europe 0.0 7.6 10000 S 75 12 10.3 Luxembourg Western Europe 0.1 0.4 15920 L 74 12 7.9 France Western Europe 0.4 55.9 10740 L 75 14 8.0 Belgium Western Europe 0.1 9.9 9230 S 75 12 9.7 Switzerland Western Europe 0.3 6.6 17840 S 77 12 6.8 Netherlands Western Europe 0.4 14.7 10050 S 76 13 7.7 West Germany Western Europe -0.1 61.2 12080 L 75 10 8.6 Western Sahara Northern Africa 2.5 0.2 49 Pacific Islands Oceania 2.9 0.2 71 34 33