The 21st Century climate challenge

TABLE5 Demographic trendsHuman development indicatorsHDI 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 c54 Saint Kitts and Nevis (.) (.) 0.1 0.3 1.2 35.0 32.2 33.5 .. .. .. .. .. ..55 Tonga 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 20.3 24.0 27.4 37.5 33.9 6.4 6.8 5.5 3.756 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 2.5 5.9 7.1 2.9 1.9 57.3 84.8 87.4 30.3 29.4 3.8 4.9 7.6 3.057 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.1 34.2 39.1 44.7 .. .. .. .. .. ..58 Oman 0.9 2.5 3.1 3.4 2.0 34.1 71.5 72.3 33.8 28.6 2.6 3.6 7.2 3.759 Trinidad and Tobago 1.0 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.4 11.4 12.2 15.8 22.2 20.8 6.5 8.2 3.5 1.660 Romania 21.2 21.6 20.6 0.1 -0.5 42.8 53.7 56.1 15.7 14.7 14.8 15.7 2.6 1.361 Saudi Arabia 7.3 23.6 29.3 3.9 2.1 58.3 81.0 83.2 34.5 30.7 2.8 3.3 7.3 3.862 Panama 1.7 3.2 3.8 2.1 1.6 49.0 70.8 77.9 30.4 27.2 6.0 7.5 4.9 2.763 Malaysia 12.3 25.7 30.0 2.5 1.6 37.7 67.3 75.4 31.4 27.3 4.4 5.8 5.2 2.964 Belarus 9.4 9.8 9.3 0.1 -0.6 50.6 72.2 76.7 15.7 14.4 14.4 13.7 2.3 1.265 Mauritius 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.1 0.7 43.4 42.4 44.1 24.4 20.9 6.6 8.3 3.2 1.966 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.7 3.9 3.9 0.1 (.) 31.3 45.7 51.8 17.6 13.9 13.7 16.3 2.6 1.367 Russian Federation 134.2 144.0 136.5 0.2 -0.5 66.9 73.0 72.6 15.1 15.9 13.8 13.1 2.0 1.368 Albania 2.4 3.2 3.3 0.9 0.6 32.7 45.4 52.8 26.3 22.3 8.4 10.6 4.7 2.269 Macedonia (TFYR) 1.7 2.0 2.0 0.6 (.) 50.6 68.9 75.1 19.7 16.2 11.1 13.0 3.0 1.670 Brazil 108.1 186.8 210.0 1.8 1.2 61.7 84.2 88.2 27.8 25.4 6.1 7.7 4.7 2.3MEDIUM HUMAN DEVELOPMENT71 Dominica 0.1 0.1 0.1 (.) -0.1 55.3 72.9 76.4 .. .. .. .. .. ..72 Saint Lucia 0.1 0.2 0.2 1.3 1.1 25.2 27.6 29.0 27.9 25.4 7.2 7.3 5.7 2.273 Kazakhstan 14.1 15.2 16.3 0.2 0.7 52.6 57.3 60.3 24.2 24.9 8.0 7.5 3.5 2.074 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 12.7 26.7 31.3 2.5 1.6 75.8 93.4 95.9 31.3 27.9 5.0 6.6 4.9 2.775 Colombia 25.3 44.9 50.7 1.9 1.2 60.0 72.7 75.7 30.3 25.4 5.1 6.8 5.0 2.576 Ukraine 49.0 46.9 43.4 -0.1 -0.8 58.4 67.8 70.2 14.7 13.9 16.1 15.9 2.2 1.277 Samoa 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.8 21.0 22.4 24.9 40.8 33.8 4.6 4.8 5.7 4.478 Thailand 42.2 63.0 66.8 1.3 0.6 23.8 32.3 36.2 21.7 19.7 7.8 10.2 5.0 1.879 Dominican Republic 5.3 9.5 10.9 2.0 1.4 45.7 66.8 73.6 33.5 30.5 5.6 6.7 5.7 3.080 Belize 0.1 0.3 0.3 2.4 2.0 50.2 48.3 51.2 37.6 32.0 4.2 4.6 6.3 3.481 China 927.8 d 1,313.0 d 1,388.6 d 1.2 d 0.6 d 17.4 40.4 49.2 21.6 18.5 7.7 9.6 4.9 1.782 Grenada 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 32.6 30.6 32.2 34.2 26.7 6.8 6.0 4.6 2.483 Armenia 2.8 3.0 3.0 0.2 -0.1 63.6 64.1 64.1 20.8 17.5 12.1 11.0 3.0 1.384 Turkey 41.2 73.0 82.1 1.9 1.2 41.6 67.3 71.9 28.3 24.4 5.6 6.5 5.3 2.285 Suriname 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 49.5 73.9 77.4 29.8 26.2 6.3 7.3 5.3 2.686 Jordan 1.9 5.5 6.9 3.5 2.2 57.7 82.3 85.3 37.2 32.2 3.2 3.9 7.8 3.587 Peru 15.2 27.3 30.8 2.0 1.2 61.5 72.6 74.9 31.8 27.4 5.6 6.7 6.0 2.788 Lebanon 2.7 4.0 4.4 1.3 1.0 67.0 86.6 87.9 28.6 24.6 7.2 7.6 4.8 2.389 Ecuador 6.9 13.1 14.6 2.1 1.1 42.4 62.8 67.6 32.6 28.2 5.9 7.5 6.0 2.890 Philippines 42.0 84.6 101.1 2.3 1.8 35.6 62.7 69.6 36.2 32.5 3.8 4.7 6.0 3.591 Tunisia 5.7 10.1 11.2 1.9 1.0 49.9 65.3 69.1 26.0 22.5 6.3 6.7 6.2 2.092 Fiji 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.2 0.5 36.7 50.8 56.1 32.9 28.7 4.2 6.0 4.2 3.093 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.4 27.0 45.9 50.0 29.3 26.8 6.5 7.0 5.5 2.394 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 33.3 69.4 79.4 2.4 1.3 45.7 66.9 71.9 28.8 25.6 4.5 4.9 6.4 2.195 Paraguay 2.8 5.9 7.0 2.5 1.7 39.0 58.5 64.4 35.8 31.4 4.8 5.8 5.4 3.596 Georgia 4.9 4.5 4.2 -0.3 -0.7 49.5 52.2 53.8 18.9 15.9 14.3 14.4 2.6 1.597 Guyana 0.7 0.7 0.7 (.) -0.3 30.0 28.2 29.4 31.1 25.3 5.7 8.2 4.9 2.498 Azerbaijan 5.7 8.4 9.0 1.3 0.8 51.9 51.5 52.8 25.3 20.6 7.2 6.8 4.3 1.799 Sri Lanka 13.7 19.1 20.0 1.1 0.4 19.5 15.1 15.7 24.2 21.4 6.5 9.3 4.1 2.0100 Maldives 0.1 0.3 0.4 2.6 1.8 17.3 29.6 34.8 34.0 29.0 3.8 3.9 7.0 2.8101 Jamaica 2.0 2.7 2.8 1.0 0.5 44.1 53.1 56.7 31.7 27.9 7.5 7.9 5.0 2.6102 Cape Verde 0.3 0.5 0.6 2.0 2.1 21.4 57.3 64.3 39.5 35.6 4.3 3.3 7.0 3.8103 El Salvador 4.1 6.7 7.6 1.6 1.3 41.5 59.8 63.2 34.1 29.7 5.5 6.5 6.1 2.9104 Algeria 16.0 32.9 38.1 2.4 1.5 40.3 63.3 69.3 29.6 26.7 4.5 5.0 7.4 2.5105 Viet Nam 48.0 85.0 96.5 1.9 1.3 18.8 26.4 31.6 29.6 25.0 5.6 5.8 6.7 2.3106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 1.3 3.8 5.1 3.7 3.0 59.6 71.6 72.9 45.9 41.9 3.1 3.0 7.7 5.6244 HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2007/2008