The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE5.. . to lead a long and healthy life . . .Demographic trendsHDI rankTotal population(millions)Annualpopulationgrowth rate(%)1975– 2005–Urban population a(% of total)2005Population Population agedunder age 15 65 and older(% of total) (% of total)1970–2015 b1975 2005 2015 b 1975 2005 2015 b 2005 2015 b 2005 2015 bTotal fertilityrate(births per woman)2000–1975 c 2005 cHIGH HUMAN DEVELOPMENT1 Iceland 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.0 0.8 86.7 92.8 93.6 22.1 20.0 11.7 14.2 2.8 2.02 Norway 4.0 4.6 4.9 0.5 0.6 68.2 77.4 78.6 19.6 17.7 14.7 17.0 2.2 1.83 Australia 13.6 20.3 22.4 1.3 1.0 85.9 88.2 89.9 19.5 17.9 13.1 16.1 2.5 1.84 Canada 23.1 32.3 35.2 1.1 0.9 75.6 80.1 81.4 17.6 15.6 13.1 16.1 2.0 1.55 Ireland 3.2 4.1 4.8 0.9 1.5 53.6 60.5 63.8 20.7 21.1 11.1 12.4 3.8 2.06 Sweden 8.2 9.0 9.4 0.3 0.4 82.7 84.2 85.1 17.4 16.7 17.2 20.2 1.9 1.77 Switzerland 6.3 7.4 7.7 0.5 0.4 55.7 75.2 78.7 16.7 14.5 15.4 18.7 1.8 1.48 Japan 111.5 127.9 126.6 0.5 -0.1 56.8 65.8 68.2 13.9 12.5 19.7 26.2 2.1 1.39 Netherlands 13.7 16.3 16.6 0.6 0.2 63.2 80.2 84.9 18.4 16.5 14.2 18.0 2.1 1.710 France 52.7 61.0 63.7 0.5 0.4 72.9 76.7 79.0 18.4 17.8 16.3 18.5 2.3 1.911 Finland 4.7 5.2 5.4 0.4 0.3 58.3 61.1 62.7 17.4 16.5 15.9 20.1 1.6 1.812 United States 220.2 299.8 329.0 1.0 0.9 73.7 80.8 83.7 20.8 19.8 12.3 14.1 2.0 2.013 Spain 35.7 43.4 46.0 0.7 0.6 69.6 76.7 78.3 14.4 15.4 16.8 18.3 2.9 1.314 Denmark 5.1 5.4 5.5 0.2 0.2 82.1 85.6 86.9 18.8 17.0 15.1 18.8 2.0 1.815 Austria 7.6 8.3 8.5 0.3 0.3 65.6 66.0 67.7 15.8 14.1 16.2 18.6 2.0 1.416 United Kingdom 56.2 60.2 62.8 0.2 0.4 82.7 89.7 90.6 18.0 17.2 16.1 18.1 2.0 1.717 Belgium 9.8 10.4 10.6 0.2 0.2 94.5 97.2 97.5 17.0 15.8 17.3 19.0 2.0 1.618 Luxembourg 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.8 1.1 77.3 82.8 82.1 18.5 17.0 14.2 14.6 1.7 1.719 New Zealand 3.1 4.1 4.5 0.9 0.8 82.8 86.2 87.4 21.5 19.4 12.2 14.7 2.8 2.020 Italy 55.4 58.6 59.0 0.2 0.1 65.6 67.6 69.5 14.0 13.5 19.7 22.1 2.3 1.321 Hong Kong, China (SAR) 4.4 7.1 7.7 1.6 0.9 89.7 100.0 100.0 15.1 12.3 12.0 14.5 2.9 0.922 Germany 78.7 82.7 81.8 0.2 -0.1 72.7 75.2 76.3 14.4 12.9 18.8 20.9 1.6 1.323 Israel 3.4 6.7 7.8 2.3 1.5 86.6 91.6 91.9 27.9 26.2 10.1 11.5 3.8 2.924 Greece 9.0 11.1 11.3 0.7 0.2 55.3 59.0 61.0 14.3 13.7 18.3 19.9 2.3 1.325 Singapore 2.3 4.3 4.8 2.2 1.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 19.5 12.8 8.5 13.5 2.6 1.426 Korea (Republic of) 35.3 47.9 49.1 1.0 0.3 48.0 80.8 83.1 18.6 13.7 9.4 13.3 4.3 1.227 Slovenia 1.7 2.0 2.0 0.5 (.) 42.4 51.0 53.3 14.1 13.4 15.6 18.2 2.2 1.228 Cyprus 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.0 47.3 69.3 71.5 19.9 17.3 12.1 14.2 2.5 1.629 Portugal 9.1 10.5 10.8 0.5 0.3 40.8 57.6 63.6 15.7 15.3 16.9 18.5 2.7 1.530 Brunei Darussalam 0.2 0.4 0.5 2.8 1.9 62.0 73.5 77.6 29.6 25.8 3.2 4.3 5.4 2.531 Barbados 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.3 40.8 52.7 58.8 18.9 16.1 9.2 11.6 2.7 1.532 Czech Republic 10.0 10.2 10.1 0.1 -0.1 63.7 73.5 74.0 14.8 13.8 14.2 18.2 2.2 1.233 Kuwait 1.0 2.7 3.4 3.3 2.2 89.4 98.3 98.5 23.8 22.5 1.8 3.1 6.9 2.334 Malta 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.9 0.4 89.7 95.3 97.2 17.4 14.6 13.2 17.7 2.1 1.535 Qatar 0.2 0.8 1.0 5.1 1.9 88.9 95.4 96.2 21.7 20.6 1.3 2.1 6.8 2.936 Hungary 10.5 10.1 9.8 -0.1 -0.3 62.2 66.3 70.3 15.8 14.2 15.2 17.3 2.1 1.337 Poland 34.0 38.2 37.6 0.4 -0.2 55.3 62.1 64.0 16.3 14.2 13.3 15.5 2.3 1.338 Argentina 26.0 38.7 42.7 1.3 1.0 81.0 90.1 91.6 26.4 23.9 10.2 11.1 3.1 2.439 United Arab Emirates 0.5 4.1 5.3 6.8 2.5 83.6 76.7 77.4 19.8 19.7 1.1 1.6 6.4 2.540 Chile 10.4 16.3 17.9 1.5 1.0 78.4 87.6 90.1 24.9 20.9 8.1 10.5 3.6 2.041 Bahrain 0.3 0.7 0.9 3.3 1.7 85.0 96.5 98.2 26.3 22.2 3.1 4.2 5.9 2.542 Slovakia 4.7 5.4 5.4 0.4 (.) 46.3 56.2 58.0 16.8 14.6 11.7 13.8 2.5 1.243 Lithuania 3.3 3.4 3.3 0.1 -0.5 55.7 66.6 66.8 16.8 14.0 15.3 16.8 2.3 1.344 Estonia 1.4 1.3 1.3 -0.2 -0.3 67.6 69.1 70.1 15.2 16.0 16.6 17.3 2.2 1.445 Latvia 2.5 2.3 2.2 -0.2 -0.5 64.2 67.8 68.9 14.4 14.2 16.6 17.7 2.0 1.246 Uruguay 2.8 3.3 3.4 0.5 0.3 83.4 92.0 93.1 23.8 21.4 13.5 14.4 3.0 2.247 Croatia 4.3 4.6 4.5 0.2 -0.2 45.1 56.5 59.5 15.5 13.9 17.2 18.7 2.0 1.348 Costa Rica 2.1 4.3 5.0 2.5 1.4 41.3 61.7 66.9 28.4 23.8 5.8 7.4 4.3 2.349 Bahamas 0.2 0.3 0.4 1.8 1.2 71.5 90.4 92.2 27.6 23.0 6.2 8.2 3.4 2.150 Seychelles 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.1 0.4 46.3 52.9 58.2 .. .. .. .. .. ..51 Cuba 9.4 11.3 11.3 0.6 (.) 64.2 75.5 74.7 19.2 15.7 11.2 14.3 3.6 1.652 Mexico 60.7 104.3 115.8 1.8 1.0 62.8 76.0 78.7 30.8 25.6 5.8 7.5 6.5 2.453 Bulgaria 8.7 7.7 7.2 -0.4 -0.8 57.6 70.0 72.8 13.8 13.5 17.2 19.2 2.2 1.3Human development indicatorsHUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008 243