State of the World's Children 2013 - Unicef

TABLE 6
dEmOGRApHIC INdICATORS
Countries
Population (thousands)
2011
Population annual
growth rate (%) Crude death rate Crude birth rate Life expectancy
and areas
total under 18 under 5 1990–2011 2011–2030 a 1970 1990 2011 1970 1990 2011 1970 1990 2011 2011 2011 1990–2011 2011–2030 a
Uzbekistan 27,760 9,849 2,802 1.4 1.0 10 7 7 36 35 21 63 67 68 2.3 36 0.9 1.7
Vanuatu 246 109 34 2.5 2.2 14 8 5 42 36 29 52 63 71 3.8 25 3.8 3.4
Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) 29,437 10,215 2,935 1.9 1.2 7 5 5 37 29 20 64 71 74 2.4 94 2.4 1.3
Viet Nam 88,792 25,532 7,202 1.3 0.7 18 8 5 41 30 16 48 66 75 1.8 31 3.4 2.5
Yemen 24,800 12,697 4,179 3.5 2.7 24 12 6 51 52 38 40 56 65 5.1 32 5.5 4.3
Zambia 13,475 7,169 2,509 2.6 3.1 17 17 15 49 44 46 49 47 49 6.3 39 2.5 4.3
Zimbabwe 12,754 5,841 1,706 0.9 1.7 13 9 13 48 37 29 55 61 51 3.2 39 2.3 3.0
MEMORANDUM
Sudan and
South Sudan s – 20,660 6,472 – – 19 14 9 46 41 32 45 53 61 4.3 – – –
Total
fertility
rate
Urbanized
population
(%)
Average annual
growth rate of urban
population (%)
SUMMARY INDICATORS #
Sub-Saharan Africa 876,497 428,333 140,617 2.5 2.3 20 16 12 47 44 37 44 50 55 4.9 37 3.8 3.4
Eastern and
Southern Africa 418,709 196,675 63,188 2.5 2.2 19 15 12 47 43 35 47 51 56 4.5 30 3.6 3.4
West and Central Africa 422,564 210,616 70,843 2.6 2.4 22 18 13 47 45 39 42 48 53 5.3 43 3.9 3.5
Middle East and
North Africa 415,633 157,845 48,169 2.1 1.5 16 8 5 44 34 24 52 63 71 2.8 60 2.7 1.9
South Asia 1,653,679 614,255 176,150 1.8 1.1 17 11 8 40 33 23 49 59 66 2.7 31 2.8 2.4
East Asia and Pacific 2,032,532 533,810 141,248 1.0 0.4 10 7 7 36 23 14 61 68 73 1.8 50 3.4 1.8
Latin America
and Caribbean 591,212 195,081 52,898 1.4 0.9 10 7 6 36 27 18 60 68 74 2.2 79 2.0 1.1
CEE/CIS 405,743 95,460 28,590 0.2 0.1 10 11 11 20 18 14 66 68 70 1.8 65 0.3 0.6
Least developed countries 851,103 395,405 124,162 2.4 2.1 22 15 10 47 43 33 43 51 59 4.2 29 3.9 3.6
World 6,934,761 2,207,145 638,681 1.3 0.9 12 9 8 33 26 19 59 65 69 2.4 52 2.2 1.7
s Due to the cession in July 2011 of the Republic of South Sudan by the Republic of the Sudan, and its subsequent admission to the United Nations on 14 July 2011, disaggregated data for the Sudan
and South Sudan as separate States are not yet available for all indicators. Aggregated data presented are for the Sudan pre-cession (see Memorandum item).
# For a complete list of countries and areas in the regions, subregions and country categories, see page 98.
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS
Crude death rate – Annual number of deaths per 1,000 population.
Crude birth rate – Annual number of births per 1,000 population.
Life expectancy – Number of years newborn children would live if subject to the
mortality risks prevailing for the cross section of population at the time of their birth.
Total fertility rate – Number of children who would be born per woman if she lived
to the end of her childbearing years and bore children at each age in accordance
with prevailing age-specific fertility rates.
Urbanized population – Percentage of population living in urban areas as defined
according to the national definition used in the most recent population census.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Population – United Nations Population Division. Growth rates calculated by UNICEF based on
data from United Nations Population Division.
Crude death and birth rates – United Nations Population Division.
Life expectancy – United Nations Population Division.
Total fertility rate – United Nations Population Division.
NOTES
− Data not available.
a
Based on medium-fertility variant projections.
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