Financial systems and development

Crude birth
Crutde deathi
rate per
rate per
Percentage of
thousand thouisand women of
population population chludbearing age
Total fertilitv rate
Percentage of
mnarried wnnien o
c hildbearinig age
uising conlrucrplion'
1965 1987 1965 1987 1965 1987 1965 1987 2000 1970 1985
68 Periu 45 31 17 9 44 49 6.7 4.1 2.9 .. 46
69 Mauritius 36 20 8 7 45 54 5.0 2.1 2.1 .78
70 Jordan 53 43 21 7 45 44 8.0 6.5 5.2 .. 26
71Costa Rica 45 28 8 4 42 52 6.4 3.3 2.4 .66
72 Syrian Arab Rep. 48 45 16 7 41 43 7.6 6.8 5.5.
73 Malayuia 41 31 12 6 43 51 6.3 3.8 2.8 7 51
74 Mexico 45 29 11 6 43 50 6.7 3.6 2.5 .. 53
75 South Africa 40 35 16 10 46 47 6.1 4.5 3.5.
76 Poland 17 16 7 10 47 48 2.5 2.2 2.1
77 Lebanon 41 .. 13 . 42 .. 6.2 . .. 55
Upper-middle-income 33 w 27 w 11 w 8 w 46 w 50 w 4.7 w 3.5 w 2.8 w
78 Brazil 39 28 II 8 45 51 5.7 3.5 2.5 . 65
79 Uruguay 21 19 10 11 49 46 2.9 2.6 2.1
80 Hungary 13 12 it 14 48 47 1.8 1.8 1.8 . 73
81 Panama 40 27 9 5 44 51 5.8 3.1 2.2 .. 61
82 Argenitina 23 21 9 9 50 47 3.1 3.0 2.3
83 Yugoslavia 21 15 9 9 50 50 2.7 2.0 2.0 59
84 Algeria 50 39 18 9 44 45 7.4 5.9 4.4
85 Korea, Rep. 36 20 Il 6 46 55 4.9 2.1 1.9 32 70
86 Gabon 31 42 22 16 49 47 4.1 5.5 6.0
87 Portugal 23 12 10 10 48 48 3.1 1.5 1.6
88 Venezuela 42 31 8 5 44 50 6.2 3.8 2.7
89 Greece 18 12 8 10 5I 47 2.3 1.7 1.7
90 Tdrinidad and Tobago 34 26 8 7 46 53 4.4 2.8 2.1 . 54
91 Libya 49 44 18 9 45 44 7.3 6.9 5.6
92 Oman 50 46 24 12 46 44 7.2 7.2 5.9
93 Iran, Islamic Rep. 46 41 18 9 42 47 7.1 5.6 4.4
94 Iraq 49 43 1s 8 45 44 7.2 6.4 5.1
95 Rotnania 15 15 9 1I 50 48 1.9 2.1 2.1
Low- and middle-income 41 w 30 w 15 w low 46 w SO w 6.1 w 4.0 w 3.3 w
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 w 47 w 22 w 16 w 45 w 44 w 6.6 w 6.6 w 5.8 w
East Asia 39 w 23 w 11 w 7 w 45 w 54 w 6.2 w 2.7 w 2.3 w
South Asia 45 w 34w 20 w 12 w 47 w 48 w 6.3 w 4.6 w 3.5 w
Europe, M.East, &N.Africa 35 w 31 w 15 w 10Ow 46 w 47 w 5.1 w 4.3 w 3.7 w
Latin America &Caribbean 40 w 29 w 12 w 7 w 45 w SO w 5.8 w 3.6 w 2.7 w
17 highly indebted 41 w 32 w 14 w 9 w 45 w 49 w 5.9 w 4.2 w 3.2 w
High-income economies 19 w 14 w low 9 w 47 wn 50 w 2.8 w 1.8 w 1.9 w
OECD members 19 w 13 w lO w 9 w 47 w SO w 2.7 w 1.7 w 1.7 w
tOther 36 w 30 w 11 w 7 w 45 w 48 w 5.5 w 4.6 w 4.1 w
96 Spain 21 12 8 9 49 48 2.9 1.6 1.6
97 Ireland 22 17 12 9 42 48 4.0 2.3 2.1
98 tSaudi Arabia 48 42 20 8 44 42 7.3 7.2 5.9
99 -',Israel 26 22 6 7 46 48 3.8 2.9 2.3
100 New Zealand 23 16 9 9 45 52 3.7 1.9 1.9
101 " Singapore 31 17 6 6 45 60 4.7 1.7 1.7 45 74
102 'Hong Kong 28 16 6 6 45 55 4.7 1.8 1.8 50 72
103 Italy 19 10 10 10 48 49 2.7 1.3 1.4
104 United Kingdom 18 13 12 12 45 48 2.9 1.8 1.8
105 Australia 20 15 9 8 47 52 3.0 1.9 1.9 67
106 Belgium 17 12 12 12 44 48 2.6 1.6 1.6 . 81
107 Netherlands 20 13 8 9 47 52 3.0 1.6 1.6 . 72
108 Austria 18 11 13 12 43 48 2.7 1.5 1.5 . 71
109 France 18 14 11 10 43 48 2.8 1.8 1.8
110 Germnany,Fed.Rep. 18 10 12 12 45 49 2.5 1.4 1.4 . 78
III Finland 17 12 10 t0 48 50 2.4 1.6 1.6 . 77
112 tKuwait 47 33 8 3 46 49 7.4 4.8 3.7
113 Denmark 18 11 10 12 47 50 2.6 1.5 1.6 67
114 Canada 21 IS 8 8 47 53 3.1 1.7 1.7 . 73
115 Sweden 16 12 10 13 47 47 2.4 1.9 1.9 .. 78
116 Japan 19 11 7 7 56 50 2.0 1.7 1.7 . 64
117 tUnited Arab Emirates 41 23 15 4 47 47 6.8 4.8 3.7
118 Norway 18 13 10 11 45 48 2.9 1.8 1.8
119 United States 19 16 9 9 45 51 2.9 1.9 1.9 65 68
120 Switzerland 19 12 10 10 48 50 2.6 1.6 1.6 . 70
Total reporting economies 36 w 28 w 14 w 10w 46 w 50 w 5.4 w 3.6 w 3.1 w
Oil exporters 45 w 36 w 18 w lO w 45 w 47 w 6.4 w 4.8 w 3.8 w
Nonreporting nonmembers 20 w 20 w 8 w lO w 47 w 47 w 2.7 w 2.5 w 2.3 w
a. Figures include women whose husbands practice contraception: see the technical note.
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