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___ World Recources 2008 - Comparative Table of Population and Human Well-Being

World Resources 2008 includes a compilation of country-level data culled from a variety of sources.*

This table presents some of the data required to build a basic picture of the state of the Earth in its human, economic, and environmental dimensions.

The sortable list contains seven core indicators on population, health, education, and poverty. Three of these indicators—poverty rates, infant mortality, and HIV/AIDS prevalence—are measured under the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to track global progress toward eradicating poverty and improving human well-being.

Two other indicators—life expectancy and literacy rates—are elements of UN's Human Development Index (HDI), which measures achievement of development goals related to quality of life. In addition, this table displays the Gini Index, a single number that captures the level of income inequal- ity within a country. Recent international attention to the issue of global poverty through the MDGs and the HDI has lead to a substantial improvement in the quality of these indicators in the past decade.

Population
(in 1000)

Adult Literacy Rate (in %)
2000–2004

Human Health

International Poverty and Income Equality

Life
Expac-tancylive births) 2005

Infant Mortality Rate (per 1000 live births) 2005

% Adults age 15–49
living with HIV/AIDS

Population living on less than $ per day in % {b}

Gini Index {c} (0 = perfect equality)

Country	2007	2030	Woman	Men	Years	Infant Mortality	AIDS	$1	$2	Gini Index	Survey Year
World	6,671,226	8,317,707	77	87	67	52	1	..	..	..	..
Asia (excl. Middle East)	3,727,146	4,491,264	71	86	70	..	..	..	..	..	..
Armenia	3,002	2,838	99	100	72	26	0.1	2	31	34	2003 d
Azerbaijan	8,467	9,599	98	100	68	74	0.1	4	33	37	2001 d
Bangladesh	158,665	217,932	..	..	64	54	< 0.1	41	84	33	2000 d
Bhutan	658	851	..	..	66	65	<0.1	..	..	..	..
Cambodia	14,444	20,761	64	85	60	98	1.6	34	78	42	2004 d, e
China	1,328,630	1,458,421	87	95	73	23	0.1	10	35	47	2004 d
Georgia	4,395	3,807	..	..	71	41	0.2	7	25	40	2003 d
India	1,169,016	1,505,748	48	73	65	56	0.9	34	80	37	2004 d
Indonesia	231,627	279,666	87	94	71	28	0.1	8	52	34	2002 d
Japan	127,967	118,252	..	..	83	3	<0.1	..	..	25	1993 f
Kazakhstan	15,422	17,142	99	100	67	63	0.1	2	16	34	2003 d
Korea (North)	23,790	25,434	..	..	67	42	..	..	..	..	..
Korea (South)	48,224	48,411	..	..	79	5	<0.1	2	2	32	1998 f
Kyrgyzstan	5,317	6,343	98	99	66	58	0.1	2	21	30	2003 d
Lao PDR	5,859	8,142	61	77	64	62	0.1	27	74	35	2002 d
Malaysia	26,572	35,270	85	92	74	10	0.5	2	9	49	1997 f
Mongolia	2,629	3,204	98	98	67	39	<0.1	11	45	33	2002 d
Myanmar	48,798	56,681	86	94	62	75	1.3	..	..	..	..
Nepal	28,196	41,742	35	63	64	56	0.5	24	69	47	2004 d
Pakistan	163,902	240,276	36	63	66	79	0.1	17	74	31	2002 d
Philippines	87,960	122,388	93	93	72	25	<0.1	15	43	45	2003 d
Singapore	4,436	5,202	89	97	80	3	0.3	..	..	43	1998 f
Sri Lanka	19,299	20,249	89	92	72	12	<0.1	6	42	40	2002 d
Tajikistan	6,736	9,434	99	100	67	59	0.1	7	43	33	2003 d
Thailand	63,884	69,218	91	95	71	18	1.4	2	25	42	2002 d
Turkmenistan	4,965	6,270	98	99	63	81	<0.1	21	59	41	1998 d
Uzbekistan	27,372	35,199	..	..	67	57	0.2	2	2	37	2003 d
Viet Nam	87,375	110,429	87	94	74	16	0.5	..	..	34	2004 d
Europe	731,283	706,907	99	99 g	75	..	..	..	..	..	..
Albania	3,190	3,519	98	99	76	16	..	2	10	31	2004 d
Austria	8,361	8,643	..	..	80	4	0.3	..	..	29	2000 f
Belarus	9,689	8,346	99	100	69	10	0.3	2	2	30	2002 d
Belgium	10,457	10,780	..	..	79	4	0.3	..	..	33	2000 f
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,935	3,653	94	99	75	13	<0.1	..	..	26	2001 d
Bulgaria	7,639	6,224	98	99	73	12	<0.1	2	6	29	2003 d
Croatia	4,555	4,168	97	99	76	6	<0.1	2	2	29	2001 d
Czech Republic	10,186	9,728	..	..	77	3	0.1	2	2	25	1996 f
Denmark	5,442	5,602	..	..	78	4	0.2	..	..	25	1997 f
Estonia	1,335	1,224	100	100	71	6	1.3	2	8	36	2003 d
Finland	5,277	5,469	..	..	79	3	0.1	..	..	27	2000 f
France	61,647	66,605	..	..	81	4	0.4	..	..	33	1995 f
Germany	82,599	79,348	..	..	79	4	0.1	..	..	28	2000 f
Greece	11,147	11,179	94	98	80	4	0.2	..	..	34	2000 f
Hungary	10,030	9,259	..	..	73	7	0.1	2	2	27	2002 d
Iceland	301	344	..	..	82	2	0.2	..	..	..	..
Ireland	4,301	5,475	..	..	79	5	0.2	..	..	34	2000 f
Italy	58,877	57,519	98	99	81	4	0.5	..	..	36	2000 f
Latvia	2,277	2,012	100	100	73	9	0.8	2	5	38	2003 d
Lithuania	3,390	3,023	100	100	73	7	0.2	2	8	36	2003 d
Macedonia, Rep. of	2,038	1,966	94	98	74	15	<0.1	2	2	39	2003 d
Moldova	3,794	3,388	98	99	69	14	1.1	2	21	33	2003 d
Montenegro	598	613	..	..	75	..	..	..	..	..	..
Netherlands	16,419	17,141	..	..	80	4	0.2	..	..	31	1999 f
Norway	4,698	5,366	..	..	80	3	0.1	..	..	26	2000 f
Poland	38,082	35,353	..	..	76	6	0.1	2	2	35	2002 f
Portugal	10,623	10,607	..	..	78	4	0.4	..	..	39	1997 f
Romania	21,438	18,860	96	98	73	16	<0.1	2	13	31	2003 d
Russia	142,499	123,915	99	100	66	14	1.1	2	12	40	2002 d
Serbia {g}	10,528	10,528	94	99	..	12	0.0	..	..	30	2003 d
Slovakia	5,390	5,217	..	..	75	7	<0.1	2	3	26	1996 f
Slovenia	2,002	1,901	..	..	78	3	<0.1	2	2	28	1998 d
Spain	44,279	46,682	..	..	81	4	0.6	..	..	35	2000 f
Sweden	9,119	10,012	..	..	81	3	0.2	..	..	25	2000 f
Switzerland	7,484	8,104	..	..	82	4	0.4	..	..	34	2000 f
Ukraine	46,205	38,053	99	100	68	13	1.4	2	5	28	2003 d
United Kingdom	60,769	66,162	..	..	79	5	0.2	..	..	36	1999 f
Middle East & N. Africa	460,067	649,569	64	82	69	43	0.2	i	2	20	2004
Afghanistan	27,145	53,252	13	43	44	165	<0.1	..	..	..	..
Algeria	33,858	44,726	60	80	72	34	0.1	2	15	35	1995 d
Egypt	75,498	104,070	59	83	71	28	<0.1	3	44	34	2000 d
Iran, Isl. Rep.	71,208	91,155	70	84	71	31	0.2	2	7	43	1998 d
Iraq	28,993	47,376	64	84	60	102	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	6,928	9,160	96	99	81	5	..	..	..	39	2001 f
Jordan	5,924	8,554	85	95	73	22	..	2	7	39	2003 d
Kuwait	2,851	4,273	91	94	78	9	..	..	..	..	..
Lebanon	4,099	4,925	..	..	72	27	0.1	..	..	..	..
Libya	6,160	8,447	..	..	74	18	..	..	..	..	..
Morocco	31,224	39,259	40	66	71	36	0.1	2	14	40	1999 d
Oman	2,595	3,865	74	87	76	10	..	..	..	..	..
Saudi Arabia	24,735	37,314	69	87	73	21	..	..	..	..	..
Syria	19,929	29,294	74	86	74	14	..	..	..	..	..
Tunisia	10,327	12,529	65	83	74	20	0.1	2	7	40	2000 d
Turkey	74,877	92,468	80	95	72	26	..	3	19	44	2003 d
United Arab Emirates	4,380	6,753	..	..	79	8	..	..	..	..	..
Yemen	22,389	40,768	..	..	63	76	..	16	45	33	1998 d
Sub-Saharan Africa	807,425	1,308,461	53	70 g	51	101	6.1 i	41	72	..	2004
Angola	17,024	30,652	54	83	43	154	3.7	..	..	..	..
Benin	9,033	16,076	23	48	57	89	1.8	31	74	37	2003 d
Botswana	1,882	2,358	82	80	51	87	24.1	28	56	61	1993 d
Burkina Faso	14,784	26,505	15	29	52	96	2.0	27	72	40	2003 d
Burundi	8,508	17,232	52	67	50	114	3.3	55	88	42	1998 d
Cameroon	18,549	26,892	60	77	50	87	5.4	17	51	45	2001 d
Central African Rep	4,343	6,214	34	65	45	115	10.7	67	84	61	1993 d
Chad	10,781	19,799	13	41	51	124	3.5	..	..	..	..
Congo, Rep	3,768	5,824	..	..	55	81	5.3	..	..	..	..
Congo, Dem. Rep	62,636	122,734	54	81	47	129	3.2	..	..	..	..
Côte d'Ivoire	19,262	28,088	39	61	48	118	7.1	15	49	45	2002 d
Equatorial Guinea	507	854	81	93	52	123	3.2	..	..	..	..
Eritrea	4,851	8,433	..	..	58	50	2.4	..	..	..	..
Ethiopia	83,099	137,052	..	..	53	109	..	23	78	30	2000 d
Gabon	1,331	1,791	..	..	57	60	7.9	..	..	..	..
Gambia, The	1,709	2,770	..	..	60	97	2.4	59	83	50	1998 d
Ghana	23,478	34,234	50	66	60	68	2.3	45	79	41	1998 d
Guinea	9,370	16,170	18	43	56	98	1.5	..	..	39	2003 d
Guinea-Bissau	1,695	3,358	..	..	46	124	3.8	..	..	47	1993 d
Kenya	37,538	62,762	70	78	54	79	6.1	23	58	43	1997 d
Lesotho	2,008	2,252	90	74	43	102	23.2	36	56	63	1995 d
Liberia	3,750	7,797	..	..	46	157	..	..	..	..	..
Madagascar	19,683	32,931	65	77	59	74	0.5	61	85	48	2001 d
Malawi	13,925	23,550	54	75	48	79	14.1	21	63	39	2004 d
Mali	12,337	23,250	12	27	55	120	1.7	36	72	40	2001 d
Mauritania	3,124	4,944	43	60	64	78	0.7	26	63	39	2000 d
Mozambique	21,397	31,117	..	..	42	100	16.1	36	74	47	2002 d
Namibia	2,074	2,678	84	87	53	46	19.6	35	56	74	1993 f
Niger	14,226	30,842	15	43	57	150	1.1	61	86	51	1995 d
Nigeria	148,093	226,855	..	..	47	100	3.9	71	92	44	2003 d
Rwanda	9,725	16,646	60	71	46	118	3.1	60	88	47	2000 d
Senegal	12,379	19,554	29	51	63	77	0.9	17	56	41	2001 d
Sierra Leone	5,866	9,592	24	47	43	165	1.6	57	75	63	1989 d
Somalia	8,699	15,193	..	..	48	133	0.9	..	..	..	..
South Africa	48,577	53,236	81	84	49	55	18.8	11	34	58	2000 d
Sudan	38,560	58,446	52h	71h	59	62	1.6	..	..	..	..
Tanzania	40,454	65,516	62	78	53	76	6.5	58	90	35	2000 d
Togo	6,585	10,856	39	69	58	78	3.2	..	..	..	..
Uganda	30,884	61,548	58	77	52	79	6.7	..	..	46	2002 d
Zambia	11,922	17,870	60	76	42	102	17.0	64	87	51	2004 d
Zimbabwe	13,349	16,628	..	..	44	81	20.1	56	83	50	1996 d
North America	338,831	405,429	95	96 g	79	..	0.8i	..	..	..
Canada	32,876	39,105	..	..	81	5	0.3	..	..	33	2000 f
United States	305,826	366,187	..	..	78	6	0.6	..	..	41	2000 f
C. America & Caribbean	188,782	235,487	88	90	74	26 j	..	..	..	..
Belize	288	413	..	..	76	15	2.5	..	..	..	..
Costa Rica	4,468	5,795	95	95	79	11	0.3	3	10	50	2003 f
Cuba	11,268	11,126	100	100	78	6	0.1	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	9,760	12,709	87	87	72	26	1.1	3	16	52	2004 f
El Salvador	6,857	8,935	..	..	72	23	0.9	19	41	52	2002 f
Guatemala	13,354	21,691	63	75	70	32	0.9	14	32	55	2002 f
Haiti	9,598	12,994	..	..	61	84	3.8	54	78	59	2001 f
Honduras	7,106	10,298	80	80	70	31	1.5	15	36	54	2003 f
Jamaica	2,714	2,924	86	74	73	17	1.5	2	14	46	2004 d
Mexico	106,535	128,125	90	92	76	22	0.3	3	12	46	2004 d
Nicaragua	5,603	7,407	77	77	73	30	0.2	45	80	43	2001 d
Panama	3,343	4,488	91	93	76	19	0.9	7	18	56	2003 f
Trinidad and Tobago	1,333	1,400	..	..	70	17	2.6	12	39	39	1992 f
South America	383,406	477,332	90	91	73	26 j	..	..	..	..
Argentina	39,531	47,534	97	97	75	15	0.6	7	17	51	2004 f
Bolivia	9,525	13,034	81	93	66	52	0.1	23	42	60	2002 f
Brazil	191,791	236,480	89	88	72	31	0.5	8	21	57	2004 f
Chile	16,635	19,778	96	96	79	8	0.3	2	6	55	2003 f
Colombia	46,156	57,577	93	93	73	17	0.6	7	18	59	2003 f
Ecuador	13,341	16,679	90	92	75	22	0.3	18	41	54	1998 f
Guyana	738	660	..	..	67	47	2.4	2	6	43	1999 f
Paraguay	6,127	8,483	..	..	72	20	0.4	14	30	58	2003 f
Peru	27,903	35,564	82	94	71	23	0.6	11	31	52	2003 f
Suriname	458	481	87	92	70	30	1.9	..	..	..	..
Uruguay	3,340	3,590	..	..	76	14	0.5	2	6	45	2003 f
Venezuela	27,657	37,149	93	93	74	18	0.7	19	40	48	2003 f
Oceania	34,240	43,206	93	94 g	76	..	0.3i	..	..	..
Australia	20,743	25,287	..	..	81	5	0.1	..	..	35	1994 f
Fiji	839	918	..	..	69	16	0.1	..	..	..	..
New Zealand	4,179	4,895	..	..	80	5	0.1	..	..	36	1997 f
Papua New Guinea	6,331	9,183	51	63	57	55	1.8	..	..	51	1996 d
Solomon Islands	496	762	..	..	64	24	..	..	..	..	..
Developed	1,353,287	1,411,479	99	99 g	76	5	..	..	..	..	..
Developing	5,317,004	6,903,869	70	84	67	57	..	..	..	..	..

Population
Total Population refers to the de facto population of a country, in thousands of
people, as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Adult Literacy Rate measures the proportion of the men or women older than the
age of 15 who can both read and write with understanding a short, simple statement
on their everyday life.

Human Health
Life Expectancy at Birth is the average number of years that a newborn baby is
expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates effective at the year of birth
apply throughout his or her lifetime.

Infant Mortality Rate is the probability of a child dying between birth and 1 year
of age expressed per 1,000 live births. The indicator is used as a measure of
children’s well-being and the level of effort being made to maintain child health.

Percent of Adults Ages 15–49 Living With HIV or AIDS is the estimated percentage
of people aged 15–49 living with HIV/AIDS in 2005. These estimates include all
people with HIV infection, whether or not they have developed symptoms of AIDS,
who are alive at the end of the year specified.

International Poverty and Income Equality
Population Living on Less Than $1, $2 per day is the percentage of the population
of a country living on less than $1.08 a day at 1993 international prices, equivalent
to $1 in 1985 prices when adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP). This amount
is used because it is comparable to the poverty lines used in many developing
countries, and income below this level is referred to as “extreme poverty.”

Gini Index (Gini coefficient ) is a measure of income inequality that describes the
deviation of income or consumption distribution from perfect equality. A score of
zero implies perfect equality while a score of 100 implies perfect inequality.
If every person in a country earned the same income, the Gini Index would be zero;
if all income were earned by one person, the Gini Index would be 100.

b. Measures the percent of the population living below $1.08 per day and $2.15 per day at 1993 prices. c. The Gini Index measures the equality of income distribution within the population (0 = perfect equality;100 = perfect inequality). d. Based on per capita consumption or expenditure data. e. Poverty Rates for Cambodia were obtained from a 1997 survey. f. Based on per capita income data. g. Data for Serbia include the country of Montenegro (these countries were a single nation from 2003 to 2006). h. Estimates are for North Sudan only. i. Regional totals are calculated by UNAIDS. j. Regional total are calculated by UNICEF and combine South America, Central America and the Caribbean; a list of countries classified in each region is avilable at http://www.unicef.org/files/Table9.pdf.

Sources: Data compilation: World Resources Institute (WRI) based on data from United Nations Population Division; United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization; United Nations Children’s Fund; Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS; WorldBank.


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