THE NOURISHING EFFECT

TABLE 1
Demographics & Economic Indicators
Population
Human
Life
expectancy
development
index (HDI) Employment Remittances Migration
employment
to pop. ratio
(% of total
pop. above
workers’ remittances
& compensation
received
number of
refugees
granted
asylum
ages
0-14
density
growth (per sq. rural urban
life exp.
at birth
score (0-1,
1 is most
net migration
(number of
number of
refugees
total (%) ( %) km) (%) (% ) (years) developed) age 15) (current US$) people) fleeing
2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2013 2010-2013 2012 2013 2013
MIDDLE EAST &
NORTH AFRICA 345,448,146 30.3 1.7 40.0 39.9 60.1 71.6 .. 40.6 26,014,530,403 -1,632,058 3,072,026 7,388,916
Algeria 39,208,194 27.8 1.9 16.5 30.5 69.5 71.0 0.72 39.6 209,640,491 -50,002 3,662 94,150
Bahrain 1,332,171 21.0 1.1 1,752.9 11.3 88.7 76.7 0.82 65.0 .. 22,081 275 294
Djibouti 872,932 33.7 1.5 37.7 22.8 77.2 61.8 0.47 .. 35,645,759 -15,996 762 20,015
Egypt, Arab Rep. 82,056,378 31.1 1.6 82.4 57.0 43.0 71.1 0.68 42.9 19,236,400,000 -215,681 12,834 230,086
Iran, Islamic Rep. 77,447,168 23.8 1.3 47.6 27.7 72.3 74.1 0.75 39.2 1,329,781,000 -300,001 75,043 857,354
Iraq 33,417,476 40.1 2.5 76.9 30.7 69.3 69.5 0.64 35.5 271,000,000 449,998 401,417 246,298
Israel 8,059,500 27.7 1.9 372.4 8.0 92.0 82.1 0.89 59.4 764,800,000 -75,985 1,043 48,325
Jordan 6,460,000 34.0 2.2 72.8 16.8 83.2 73.9 0.75 36.3 3,642,676,056 400,002 1,632 2,712,888
Kuwait 3,368,572 24.8 3.6 189.0 1.7 98.3 74.5 0.81 66.3 4,096,630 299,999 977 635
Lebanon 4,467,390 20.8 1.0 436.7 12.5 87.5 80.1 0.77 44.4 7,863,563,802 500,001 3,824 447,328
Libya 6,201,521 29.4 0.8 3.5 21.8 78.2 75.4 0.78 42.6 .. -238,688 3,322 25,561
Morocco 33,008,150 27.9 1.5 74.0 40.8 59.2 70.9 0.62 45.9 6,881,699,960 -450,000 1,318 1,470
Oman 3,632,444 23.5 9.2 11.7 23.3 76.7 76.9 0.78 59.9 39,011,704 1,029,938 26 138
Qatar 2,168,673 13.6 5.6 186.8 0.9 99.1 78.6 0.85 86.2 574,395,604 499,998 17 130
Saudi Arabia 28,828,870 29.0 1.9 13.4 17.3 82.7 75.7 0.84 51.8 268,773,333 300,000 584 559
Syrian Arab Republic 22,845,550 35.1 2.0 124.4 43.1 56.9 74.7 0.66 38.9 1,622,538,750 -1,500,000 2,468,369 517,255
Tunisia 10,886,500 23.2 1.0 70.1 33.5 66.5 73.6 0.72 41.3 2,290,512,364 -32,941 1,371 730
United Arab Emirates 9,346,129 15.3 1.5 111.8 15.0 85.0 77.1 0.83 76.9 .. 514,042 90 603
West Bank & Gaza 4,169,506 40.1 3.0 692.6 25.2 74.8 73.2 0.00 31.6 1,748,291,971 -43,750 96,044 1,994,493
Yemen, Rep. 24,407,381 40.2 2.3 46.2 66.6 33.5 63.1 0.50 40.3 3,342,500,000 -135,000 2,428 241,288
SOUTH ASIA 1,670,808,253 30.1 1.3 350.2 67.8 32.2 66.9 .. 54.0 110,979,835,275 -7,076,435 2,789,102 2,099,360
Afghanistan 30,551,674 46.6 2.4 46.8 74.1 25.9 60.9 0.47 44.0 537,523,432 -399,999 2,556,556 16,863
Bangladesh 156,594,962 30.0 1.2 1,203.0 67.2 32.8 70.7 0.56 67.8 13,857,127,756 -2,040,559 9,839 231,145
Bhutan 753,947 28.1 1.6 19.8 62.9 37.1 68.3 0.58 70.9 11,804,284 10,000 31,567 ..
India 1,252,139,596 29.1 1.2 421.1 68.0 32.0 66.5 0.59 52.2 69,970,360,847 -2,294,049 11,042 188,395
Maldives 345,023 28.7 1.9 1,150.1 56.6 43.4 77.9 0.70 59.1 3,304,787 -53 31 ..
Nepal 27,797,457 34.7 1.2 193.9 82.1 17.9 68.4 0.54 81.1 5,551,527,542 -400,570 8,112 46,305
Pakistan 182,142,594 33.8 1.7 236.3 62.1 37.9 66.6 0.54 51.6 14,626,000,000 -1,634,420 48,867 1,616,507
Sri Lanka 20,483,000 25.2 0.8 326.6 81.7 18.3 74.2 0.75 52.6 6,422,186,627 -316,785 123,088 145
EAST ASIA & PACIFIC 2,005,810,617 21.0 0.7 126.0 49.1 50.9 74.0 .. 67.9 81,400,882,159 -3,060,546 1,031,242 547,913
Australia 23,129,300 19.1 1.7 3.0 10.8 89.2 82.2 0.93 61.5 2,464,661,934 749,997 28 34,503
Brunei Darussalam 417,784 25.3 1.3 79.3 23.4 76.6 78.6 0.85 61.6 .. 1,760 1 ..
Cambodia 15,135,169 31.1 1.8 85.7 79.7 20.3 71.7 0.59 82.3 175,950,000 -174,997 13,748 68
China 1,357,380,000 18.0 0.5 144.6 46.8 53.2 75.4 0.72 68.0 38,818,824,246 -1,500,000 195,137 301,047
Fiji 881,065 28.9 0.7 48.2 47.0 53.0 69.9 0.72 50.5 203,578,810 -28,720 1,112 5
Hong Kong SAR, China 7,187,500 11.7 0.5 6,845.2 .. 100.0 83.8 0.89 57.0 359,850,899 150,000 25 126
Indonesia 249,865,631 28.9 1.2 137.9 47.7 52.3 70.8 0.68 63.5 7,614,419,340 -700,000 14,786 3,206
Japan 127,338,621 13.1 -0.2 349.3 7.5 92.5 83.3 0.89 56.8 2,363,853,398 350,000 157 2,584
Kiribati 102,351 31.9 1.5 126.4 55.9 44.1 68.8 0.61 .. 12,766,282 -1,000 20 ..
Korea, Dem. Rep. 24,895,480 21.7 0.5 206.8 39.4 60.6 69.8 .. 74.4 .. .. 1,166 ..
Korea, Rep. 50,219,669 14.9 0.4 515.9 17.8 82.2 81.5 0.89 59.1 6,424,800,000 300,000 500 547
Lao PDR 6,769,727 35.2 1.8 29.3 63.5 36.5 68.2 0.57 76.6 59,626,040 -74,998 7,745 ..
Macao SAR, China 566,375 12.4 1.7 18,942.3 .. 100.0 80.3 .. 70.2 48,659,083 35,000 1 1
Malaysia 29,716,965 26.1 1.6 90.4 26.7 73.3 75.0 0.77 57.5 1,395,888,416 450,000 485 97,513
Mongolia 2,839,073 27.3 1.5 1.8 29.6 70.4 67.5 0.70 59.8 255,732,281 -15,001 2,064 9
Myanmar 53,259,018 24.9 0.9 81.5 67.0 33.0 65.1 0.52 75.9 229,419,845 -100,000 479,608 ..
New Zealand 4,442,100 20.2 0.8 16.9 13.8 86.2 81.4 0.91 63.6 459,239,419 75,003 17 1,403
Papua New Guinea 7,321,262 38.0 2.1 16.2 87.0 13.0 62.4 0.49 70.7 14,253,845 .. 221 9,378
Philippines 98,393,574 34.1 1.7 330.0 55.4 44.6 68.7 0.66 60.6 26,699,667,194 -700,000 726 182
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