Technical notes

The statistical tables in The State of World Population 2015 include indicators that track progress toward the goals of the Progr
(MDGs) in the areas of maternal health, access to education, reproductive and sexual health. In addition, these tables include a
where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled.

Different national authorities and international organizations may employ different methodologies in gathering, extrapolating or a
sources of data. In some instances, therefore, the data in these tables differ from those generated by national authorities. Data
updates, methodological updates, and revisions of time series data.

The statistical tables draw on nationally representative household surveys such as Demographic and Heal
They also include the latest population estimates and projections from World Population Prospects: The 2015 revision and Mod
Population Division). Data are accompanied by definitions, sources, and notes. The statistical tables in The State of World Pop

Regional classification
UNFPA averages presented at the end of the statistical tables are calculated using data from countries and areas as classified
Asia and Pacific Region

Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; Cambodia; China; Cook Islands; Fiji; India; Indonesia; Iran (Islamic Republic of); Kiribati; Ko
States of); Mongolia; Myanmar; Nauru; Nepal; Niue; Pakistan; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Samoa; Solomon Island

Arab States Region

Algeria; Djibouti; Egypt; Iraq; Jordan; Lebanon; Libya; Morocco; Oman; Palestine; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Sudan; Syrian Arab R
Eastern Europe and Central Asia Region
Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Georgia; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Moldova, Republi
Latin American and the Caribbean Region

Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Bermuda; Bolivia (Plurinational State of); Brazil;
Grenada; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles; Nicaragua; Panama; Parag
Islands; Uruguay; Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
West and Central Africa Region

Benin; Burkina Faso; Cameroon, Republic of; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Congo, Republic of the; Cte d'Ivoir
Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
East and Southern Africa Region

Angola; Botswana; Burundi; Comoros; Congo, Democratic Republic of the; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Kenya; Lesotho; Madagascar; Mal
Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe

More developed regions comprise Europe, Northern America, Australia/New Zealand and Japan.
Less developed regions comprise all regions of Africa, Asia (except Japan), Latin America and the Caribbean plus Melanesia,

The least developed countries, as defined by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolutions (59/209, 59/210, 60/33,
Caribbean. The group includes 49 countries - Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambo
Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali
Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen and Zambia.

Notes on specific indicators

Maternal and Newborn Health

Maternal mortality ratio. This indicator presents the number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000
registration systems, household surveys and population censuses. UNFPA, WHO, the World Banks, UNICEF, and UNPD are m
and are revised where necessary, as part of the ongoing process of improving maternal mortality data. Estimates should not be

Births attended by skilled health personnel. Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel (doctors, nurses or mi
necessary supervision, care and advice to women during pregnancy, labour and the post-partum period; conducting deliveries o

Adolescent birth rate. The adolescent birth rate represents the risk of childbearing among adolescent women 15 to 19 years o
infants born alive but dead before registration or within the first 24 hours of life, the quality of the reported information relating to
age misreporting and coverage. For survey and census data, both the numerator and denominator come from the same popula
in the case of surveys.
Sexual and Reproductive health

The United Nations Population Division produces a systematic and comprehensive set of annual, model-based estimates and p
unmet need for family planning, total demand for family planning and the percentage of demand for family planning that is satis
time trends was used to generate the estimates, projections and uncertainty assessments. The model advances prior work and
information on family planning model-based estimates, methodology and updates can be found at <http://www.un.org/en/develo

Contraceptive prevalence, any method and any modern method. Model-based estimates are based on data that are derive
using, respectively, any method or modern methods of contraception. Modern or clinic and supply methods include male and fe

Unmet need for family planning. Women with unmet need for spacing births are those who are fecund and sexually active bu
family planning, which also includes unmet need for limiting births. The concept of unmet need points to the gap between wome
women who are married or in a consensual union.
Proportion of demand satisfied. Contraceptive prevalence divided by total demand for family planning.

d the goals of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the Millennium Develo
n, these tables include a variety of demographic indicators. The statistical tables support UNFPAs focus on progress and results towards d

hering, extrapolating or analyzing data. To facilitate the international comparability of data, UNFPA relies on the standard methodologies em
ational authorities. Data presented in the tables are not comparable to the data in previous The State of the World Population due to region

Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), United Nations organizations estimates, and inter
e 2015 revision and Model-based Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2015 (United Nations Department of Economic a
The State of World Population 2015 generally reflect information available as of August 2015.

and areas as classified below.

Republic of); Kiribati; Korea, Democratic People's Republic of; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Mic
Samoa; Solomon Islands; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Viet Nam

a; Sudan; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Yemen

zstan; Moldova, Republic of; Romania; Serbia; Tajikistan; The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine.

ational State of); Brazil; British Virgin Islands; Cayman Islands; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuado
aragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; T

public of the; Cte d'Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Mauritania; Niger; Nigeria; Sa

sotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Rwanda; Seychelles; South Africa; South Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania, Unite

aribbean plus Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

(59/209, 59/210, 60/33, 62/97, 64/L.55, 67/L.43) included 49 countries in June 2013: 34 in Africa, 9 in Asia, 5 in Oceania and one in Latin A
a Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritr
adagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, So Tom and Prncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leon
atu, Yemen and Zambia. These countries are also included in the less developed regions.

ed causes per 100,000 live births. The estimates are produced by the Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-agency Group (MMEIG) using dat
NICEF, and UNPD are members of the MMEIG. Estimates and methodologies are reviewed regularly by MMEIG and other agencies and ac
Estimates should not be compared with previous inter-agency estimates.

el (doctors, nurses or midwives) is the percentage of deliveries attended by health personnel trained in providing life-saving obstetric care, i
d; conducting deliveries on their own; and caring for newborns. Traditional birth attendants, even if they receive a short training course, are n

women 15 to 19 years of age. For civil registration, rates are subject to limitations which depend on the completeness of birth registration, t
ed information relating to age of the mother, and the inclusion of births from previous periods. The population estimates may suffer from lim
me from the same population. The main limitations concern age misreporting, birth omissions, misreporting the date of birth of the child, and

el-based estimates and projections is provided for a range of family planning indicators for a 60-year time period. Indicators include contrace
mily planning that is satisfied among married or in-union women for the period from 1970 to 2030. A Bayesian hierarchical model combined w
advances prior work and accounts for differences by data source, sample population, and contraceptive methods included in measures of p
p://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population>. The estimates are based on the country-specific data compiled in World Contraceptive U

d on data that are derived from sample survey reports. Survey data estimate the proportion of married women (including women in consens
ods include male and female sterilization, IUD, the pill, injectables, hormonal implants, condoms and female barrier methods.

d and sexually active but are not using any method of contraception, and report wanting to delay the next child. This is a subcategory of tot
o the gap between women's reproductive intentions and their contraceptive behavior. For MDG monitoring, unmet need is expressed as a p

g.

d the Millennium Development Goals

ss and results towards delivering a world

ndard methodologies employed by the main

Population due to regional classifications

ons estimates, and inter-agency estimates.

epartment of Economic and Social Affairs,

es; Marshall Islands; Micronesia (Federated

atu; Viet Nam

kmenistan; Ukraine.

minican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador;

; Trinidad and Tobago; Turks and Caicos

itania; Niger; Nigeria; Sao Tome and

waziland; Tanzania, United Republic of ;

eania and one in Latin America and the

Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
pe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands,

Group (MMEIG) using data from vital

d other agencies and academic institutions

e-saving obstetric care, including giving the

ort training course, are not included.

ess of birth registration, the treatment of

ates may suffer from limitations connected to
of birth of the child, and sampling variability

dicators include contraceptive prevalence,

chical model combined with country-specific
cluded in measures of prevalence. More
n World Contraceptive Use 2015.

uding women in consensual unions) currently

r methods.

s is a subcategory of total unmet need for

eed is expressed as a percentage based on

Monitoring ICPD Goals: selected indicators

Maternal and Newborn Health

Countries and areas

Education

Maternal
Contraceptive
mortality ratio Births attended Adolescent birth
Contraceptive prevalence rate, Unmet need for Proportion of
(deaths per by skilled health
rate per 1,000 prevalence rate, women aged 15- family planning,
demand
Adjusted primary school
Gender parity Secondary school enrolment, net
100,000 live
personnel,
women aged 15 to women aged 15- 49, modern women aged 15- satisfied, women enrolment, net percent of primary index, primary percent of secondary school-age
births)a
percentb
19
49, any method
method
49
aged 15-49
school-age children, 1999-2014
education
children, 1999-2014
2015

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon, Republic of
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile

Sexual and Reproductive Health

2006-2014
396
29
140
477
52
25
6
4
25
80
15
176
27
4
7
28
405
148
206
11
129
44
23
11
371
712
161
596
7
42
882
856
22

39
99
97
47
100
97
100
99
99
97
98
100
42
98
100
96
77
75
85
100
95
98
100
100
66
60
89
64
98
78
54
23
100

1999-2014
90
18
12
191
67
70
23
34
14
8
47
40
15
83
49
22
8
64
98
28
89
11
39
65
17
43
136
65
57
128
13
92
229
203
50

2015

2015
29
66
59
19
63
62
59
68
68
57
67
66
64
60
65
69
58
17
68
63
48
56
79
67
19
28
58
29
73
62
24
6
65

2015
24
19
51
13
60
58
30
65
65
22
65
43
57
57
54
67
54
10
66
40
17
55
75
48
18
23
40
17
71
58
13
3
62

2015
27
13
13
28
14
15
13
10
10
14
12
11
12
16
11
9
17
31
11
18
17
17
8
14
27
30
13
22
8
15
23
23
13

male
52
84
82
40
82
80
82
87
87
80
85
85
84
79
86
88
78
36
86
78
74
77
91
83
41
48
82
56
90
81
50
21
83

female
93
98
97
87
100
89
94
97
90
94
100
94
97
92
99
100
100
89
82
90
95
96
69
100
100
100
99
99
81
96
92

1999-2014
90
96
74
85
99
98
98
98
88
99
98
98
97
94
99
100
88
92
81
92
95
97
67
90
97
89
100
97
64
75
92

0.96
0.98
0.77
0.98
0.99
1.10
1.04
1.00
0.98
1.06
0.99
1.05
0.99
1.02
1.00
1.00
0.88
1.03
0.99
1.02
1.00
1.00
0.96
0.90
0.97
0.89
1.01
0.98
0.79
0.78
1.00

male

female
60
66
15
88
86
83
73
85
88
80
95
44
84
96
96
72
50
56
71
56
91
89
23
22
40
43
65
18
16
86

Gender parity
index,
secondary
education
1999-2014

33
64
12
94
92
96
81
86
86
86
92
51
96
97
97
77
34
64
72
65
93
86
20
21
36
37
75
10
5
89

0.55
0.96
0.81
1.07
1.07
1.16
1.10
1.01
0.98
1.07
0.97
1.16
1.15
1.01
1.01
1.08
0.68
1.15
1.02
1.16
1.02
0.97
0.87
0.93
0.92
0.87
1.14
0.52
0.33
1.03

China
China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Macao SAR
Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

27
64
335
693
442
25
645
8
39
7
4
6
229
92
64
33
54
342
501
9
353
30
3
8
291
706
36
6
319
3
27
88
679
549
229
359
129
17
3
174
126
25

100
99
82
80
93
99
59
100
99
99
100
98
87
100
98
94
92
98
68
34
99
16
100
100
97
89
57
100
99
68
99
63
45
45
92
37
83
99
52
87
96

6
4
3
85
71
135
147
67
125
12
50
4
11
2
21
47
90
100
56
63
177
85
16
71
28
7
9
84
40
115
88
40
8
65
9
53
21
60
92
154
137
97
65
99
20
7
39
47
35

83
80
78
24
23
47
79
20
66
74
78
71
24
63
72
73
60
71
16
20
65
36
50
75
74
34
11
52
67
22
69
64
58
54
57
8
17
45
38
73
75
60
63
77

83
75
72
17
9
23
76
15
42
72
69
66
23
60
69
61
58
64
11
16
59
36
43
72
72
21
10
37
62
20
46
60
51
45
48
5
13
44
34
64
68
52
59
59

4
5
8
31
27
18
6
24
11
9
7
9
30
14
11
9
12
12
33
29
13
25
19
8
6
25
28
17
10
34
10
13
16
17
17
25
22
27
33
11
8
13
11
7

96
94
91
43
45
73
93
46
85
90
92
88
44
82
87
89
83
86
33
41
84
59
72
91
92
57
28
75
87
40
87
83
78
76
77
23
44
63
53
87
90
82
85
92

100
91
86
37
88
90
81
98
96
98
98
69
96
90
96
100
92
62
97
69
98
99
99
67
96
99
89
99
98
88
82
73
70
89
96
98
92
95
98

99
91
81
35
96
91
75
100
97
98
99
60
99
88
98
97
92
62
97
63
100
99
99
72
97
99
89
100
98
88
71
69
80
91
96
98
89
96
96

0.99
1.00
0.95
0.95
1.09
1.01
0.93
1.02
1.00
1.00
1.01
0.86
1.03
0.98
1.02
0.97
1.01
0.99
1.01
0.92
1.02
1.01
1.01
1.07
1.01
1.00
1.00
1.01
1.00
0.99
0.86
0.95
1.14
1.02
1.00
1.01
0.97
1.01
0.98

87
77
71
46
71
92
88
91
90
29
76
58
82
86
61
25
88
18
79
94
97
92
55
99
80
49
37
11
86
45
92
89
77
84

87
80
77
49
76
95
89
93
93
21
82
66
85
85
64
19
90
11
88
94
98
92
54
99
81
45
23
6
100
53
92
89
76
79

1.00
1.04
1.08
1.07
1.07
1.03
1.01
1.02
1.03
0.72
1.07
1.15
1.04
1.00
1.03
0.77
1.02
0.61
1.11
1.01
1.02
1.00
0.97
1.00
1.02
0.92
0.63
0.56
1.16
1.19
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.95

Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Oman
Pakistan

50
8
5
4
89
5
58
12
510
90
82
11
4
76
197
18
15
487
725
9
10
10
353
634
40
68
587
9
602
53
38
100
23
44
7
121
489
178
265
258
7
11
150
553
814
5
17
178

91
100
100
99
100
100
100
62
80
100
100
99
98
42
99
78
61
100
100
100
44
87
99
99
56
100
65
100
96
100
99
99
99
74
54
71
88
56
97
88
29
38
99
99
52

68
9
10
6
72
4
27
31
101
49
1
2
8
42
94
15
18
94
147
4
14
6
147
143
13
14
178
16
20
71
31
84
33
25
40
12
32
166
17
78
87
5
23
22
92
210
123
6
12
48

55
67
71
65
72
57
62
56
57
28
70
79
56
42
54
68
63
60
20
49
63
46
58
57
42
12
81
60
14
76
73
63
58
34
68
18
52
57
52
68
71
80
15
16
79
37
39

38
62
53
49
68
50
43
52
56
22
63
69
44
39
46
60
40
59
20
28
53
37
56
42
34
11
59
54
13
53
67
45
52
10
58
16
49
57
48
65
67
75
10
11
72
25
28

14
11
9
11
10
16
12
16
19
27
11
6
16
17
18
12
13
18
32
20
13
19
19
15
25
27
5
15
31
7
11
13
14
24
10
28
16
17
24
10
9
7
18
22
6
28
20

79
86
89
85
88
78
84
78
76
51
87
93
78
71
75
85
83
77
39
71
83
71
75
79
63
31
94
80
31
92
87
83
80
59
88
39
76
77
69
87
89
92
47
42
93
57
65

97
100
97
99
92
100
98
98
83
98
99
99
98
97
99
78
39
97
95
77
90
98
93
78
95
72
98
97
82
91
96
98
99
90
87
98
97
98
93
69
71
100
97
77

86
100
98
98
91
100
96
100
87
97
98
98
96
98
93
82
37
97
96
78
97
95
94
68
95
75
98
99
84
91
94
99
98
85
90
97
97
98
94
58
60
100
98
67

0.89
1.00
1.01
0.99
1.00
1.00
0.98
1.02
1.04
0.99
0.99
0.99
0.98
1.01
0.94
1.05
0.95
1.00
1.01
1.00
1.07
0.96
1.01
0.88
1.00
1.05
1.00
1.02
1.02
1.00
0.98
1.01
0.99
0.95
1.04
0.99
1.00
1.00
1.01
0.84
0.84
1.00
1.02
0.87

49
99
97
91
72
99
86
91
57
66
98
86
82
46
86
67
27
18
97
84
30
32
71
46
39
80
23
80
66
77
78
59
19
46
45
58
92
97
42
15
95
77
43

40
100
100
92
76
100
89
92
55
73
97
88
83
43
88
68
42
15
96
87
31
30
67
53
32
84
20
81
69
78
86
53
18
48
57
62
93
98
49
10
95
91
32

0.81
1.01
1.03
1.01
1.05
1.01
1.03
1.01
0.97
1.11
0.99
1.03
1.00
0.95
1.01
1.00
1.56
0.83
0.99
1.04
1.02
0.96
0.95
1.14
0.80
1.05
0.87
1.01
1.04
1.01
1.11
0.90
0.98
1.05
1.27
1.06
1.01
1.01
1.14
0.66
1.00
1.19
0.74

Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey

45
94
215
132
68
114
3
10
14
13
31
25
290
48
45
51
156
12
315
17
1360
10
6
9
114
732
138
789
5
30
311
155
389
4
5
68
32
398
20
8
215
368
124
63
62
16

100
92
53
96
90
73
100
100
99
100
91
100
99
99
81
82
97
59
98
99
60
100
100
100
86
33
94
19
99
23
91
82
96
87
49
100
98
29
59
98
100
99
97

67
89
65
63
68
59
14
12
45
16
43
36
27
41
75
50
70
39
1
110
7
80
22
62
131
3
21
5
62
123
54
158
9
24
102
66
89
3
3
75
47
128
60
19
54
77
30
36
7
29

57
61
37
77
74
55
69
77
78
44
72
69
69
54
59
57
65
32
41
37
18
58
17
66
71
75
39
24
65
7
67
72
16
52
64
70
77
58
33
41
79
49
29
21
35
50
64
74

43
58
29
68
52
38
48
70
69
37
70
54
56
47
55
54
62
31
36
31
17
22
15
58
59
64
32
6
64
3
63
56
13
51
62
62
72
41
30
34
77
17
26
19
30
44
53
48

15
16
25
6
9
18
10
7
6
19
9
10
10
20
16
17
13
42
33
24
30
13
26
11
10
8
21
29
12
30
12
7
29
19
15
10
6
15
22
23
6
18
26
34
28
19
11
6

79
80
60
92
89
75
87
92
93
69
89
88
88
73
79
77
84
43
55
60
38
81
39
86
88
90
64
44
84
19
85
91
36
73
81
88
92
79
60
64
93
73
53
39
56
72
86
92

93
92
90
81
95
91
97
95
83
99
90
97
92
81
95
97
95
93
93
96
76
96
96
97
82
95
48
98
94
53
80
84
100
100
66
100
83
96
92
92
98
83
99
100
96

94
91
83
81
94
91
97
97
87
95
90
98
95
84
93
95
97
93
92
99
83
97
95
98
79
95
34
99
94
56
81
86
100
100
65
97
86
95
92
91
87
86
98
100
95

1.01
0.99
0.92
0.99
1.00
1.00
1.00
1.01
1.05
0.96
1.00
1.01
1.03
1.04
0.97
0.98
1.03
1.00
0.99
1.03
1.08
1.01
0.99
1.01
0.97
1.00
0.71
1.00
1.00
1.05
1.01
1.02
1.00
1.00
0.98
0.97
1.03
0.99
1.00
0.98
0.89
1.03
0.99
1.00
0.99

77
74
63
76
60
92
93
72
91
82
80
84
75
46
101
24
92
61
40
94
33
62
95
83
48
32
95
82
44
88
77
79
36
32
67
70
90

84
79
68
77
70
93
97
77
100
88
81
87
84
53
101
18
94
66
36
95
29
69
97
87
57
39
94
80
44
79
82
77
40
15
71
75
87

1.10
1.08
1.07
1.01
1.16
1.01
1.04
1.07
1.10
1.07
1.01
1.03
1.12
1.17
1.01
0.76
1.03
1.07
0.92
1.01
0.88
1.10
1.02
1.05
1.20
1.20
0.99
0.97
0.99
0.90
1.06
0.97
1.11
0.48
1.05
1.07
0.97

Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

42
343
24
6
9
14
15
36
78
95
54
385
224
443

100
98
57
99
100
99
98
100
89
96
94
45
64
80

SUMMARY INDICATORS
Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Latin American and Caribbean
East and Southern Africa

162
127
25
68
407

West and Central Africa

More developed regions
Less developed regions
Least developed regions
World

21
29
42
140
27
34
21
27
59
60
26
78
101
36
67
145
120

57
34
30
67
48
81
75
69
77
67
47
70
77
38
51
66

51
27
28
51
39
80
69
62
74
61
37
64
65
28
45
65

15
28
33
10
20
5
7
11
8
10
24
12
7
27
20
11

79
55
47
87
71
94
92
87
91
88
66
85
92
58
72
85

77
85
90
97
99
100
92
100
93
98
95
95
93
93

84
87
93
99
97
100
92
99
90
97
93
81
93
95

1.08
1.02
1.03
1.02
0.98
1.00
1.00
0.99
0.97
0.99
0.98
0.85
1.01
1.02

70
23
87
73
98
86
68
51
72
51
44

89
22
87
79
98
88
76
53
78
34
44

1.28
0.95
1.00
1.09
1.01
1.02
1.12
1.04
1.09
0.66
1.01

75
71
98
93
56

56
33 c
30
76 d
112

51
69
65
73
39

43
63
47
67
34

17
10
11
11
24

76
87
86
87
62

86
95
95
93
86

82
95
94
94
84

0.95
1.00
1.00
1.00
0.97

64
69
89
73
35

58
65
89
78
33

0.92
0.94
0.99
1.06
0.93

679
-

48
70

128
18
56

18
70
63

13
61
57

24
10
12

42
88
84

78
96
91

69
96
90

0.89
1.00
0.98

38
90
64

31
91
61

0.83
1.01
0.95

113

40

34

22

64

216

71

51

64

57

12

84

92

90

0.99

67

65

0.96

NOTES
Data not available.
a

The MMR has been rounded according to the following scheme: <100, no rounding; 100-999, rounded to nearest 10; and >1000, rounded to nearest 100.

Includes surveys conducted between 2006-2014 only. Live births for 2010-2015 is used as this is the mid-year of the included surveys.

Excludes Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Tokelau, and Tuvalu due to data availability.

Excludes Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turks and Caicos Islands due to data availability.

DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS

Maternal mortality ratio: Number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per 100,000 live births during the same time period.
Births attended by skilled health personnel: Percentage of births attended by skilled heath personnel (doctor, nurse or midwife).
Adolescent birth rate: Number of births per 1,000 adolescent girls aged 1519.
Contraceptive prevalence rate: Percentage of married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 who are currently using any method of contraception.
Contraceptive prevalence rate, modern method: Percentage of married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 who are currently using any modern method of contraception.
Unmet need for family planning: Percentage of married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 who want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using a method of contraception.
Proportion of demand satisfied: Percentage of total demand for family planning among married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 that is satisfied.
Adjusted primary school net enrolment ratio: Percentage of children of the official primary age group who are enrolled in primary or secondary education.
Gender parity index, primary education: Ratio of female to male values of adjusted primary school net enrolment ratio.

Secondary school net enrolment ratio: Percentage of children of the official secondary age group who are enrolled in secondary education.
Gender parity index, secondary education: Ratio of female to male values of secondary school net enrolment ratio.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Maternal mortality ratio: United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-agency Group (WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank and the United Nations Population Division).
Births attended by skilled health personnel: United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goals Indicators. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goals Indicators.
Adolescent birth rate: United Nations Population Division and United Nations Inter-Agency and Expert Group on Millennium Development Goals Indicators. UNFPA regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Contraceptive prevalence rate: United Nations Population Division.
Contraceptive prevalence rate, modern method: United Nations Population Division.
Unmet need for family planning: United Nations Population Division.
Proportion of demand satisfied: United Nations Population Division.
Adjusted primary school net enrolment ratio: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Gender parity index, primary education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Secondary school net enrolment ratio: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Gender parity index, secondary education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Demographic Indicators

Population

Countries and areas

Life expectancy

Average annual
rate of
Total population in
population Population aged 10- Population aged 0- Population aged 15- Population aged 65
millions
change, percent
24, percent
14, percent
64, percent
and older, percent
2015

2010-2015

2015

2015

2015

2015

Dependency
ratio
2015

Fertility

Life expectancy at birth (years),

Total fertility
2010-2015
rate, per woman
male

female

2010-2015

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba

32.5
2.9
39.7
25.0
0.1
43.4
3.0
0.1

3.0
0.0
1.9
3.3
1.0
1.0
0.4
0.4

35
25
24
33
25
24
20
21

44
19
29
48
24
25
18
18

54
69
66
50
69
64
71
70

3
12
6
2
7
11
11
12

87.0
44.8
52.6
99.9
45.7
56.5
41.3
44.0

59
75
72
50
73
72
71
73

61
80
77
53
78
80
78
78

5.1
1.8
2.9
6.2
2.1
2.3
1.6
1.7

Australia1
Austria

24.0
8.5

1.6
0.4

19
17

19
14

66
67

15
19

50.9
49.2

80
78

84
84

1.9
1.5

9.8
0.4
1.4
161.0
0.3
9.5
11.3
0.4
10.9
0.8
10.7
3.8
2.3
207.8
0.4
7.1
18.1
11.2
15.6
23.3
35.9
0.5
4.9
14.0

1.4
1.5
1.8
1.2
0.3
0.0
0.7
2.2
2.7
1.5
1.6
-0.1
2.0
0.9
1.5
-0.7
2.9
3.3
1.6
2.5
1.0
1.2
2.0
3.3

23
23
22
30
20
16
17
32
32
29
30
16
29
25
25
14
33
31
30
33
18
31
33
34

22
21
22
29
19
16
17
33
42
27
32
14
32
23
23
14
46
45
32
43
16
30
39
48

73
71
76
66
67
70
65
64
55
68
61
71
64
69
73
66
52
53
64
54
68
66
57
50

6
8
2
5
14
14
18
4
3
5
7
15
4
8
4
20
2
3
4
3
16
5
4
3

38.0
41.2
31.4
52.5
50.4
43.0
54.2
56.8
82.0
46.9
63.7
40.7
55.3
44.7
38.0
51.9
92.2
89.7
55.6
84.3
47.3
52.0
75.2
100.7

68
72
76
70
73
65
78
67
58
69
65
74
62
70
77
71
57
54
66
54
80
71
48
50

74
78
77
72
78
77
83
73
61
69
70
79
67
78
80
78
59
58
70
56
84
75
51
52

2.3
1.9
2.1
2.2
1.8
1.6
1.8
2.6
4.9
2.1
3.0
1.3
2.9
1.8
1.9
1.5
5.6
6.1
2.7
4.8
1.6
2.4
4.4
6.3

Azerbaijan2
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon, Republic of
Canada
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad

Chile
China

China, Hong Kong SAR

17.9

1.1

22

20

69

11

45.2

78

84

1.8

1376.0

0.5

19

17

73

10

36.6

74

77

1.6

7.3

0.8

15

12

73

15

37.0

81

87

1.2

China, Macao SAR5

Colombia
Comoros
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Republic of the
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao

0.6
48.2
0.8
77.3
4.6
4.8
22.7
4.2
11.4
0.2

1.9
1.0
2.4
3.2
2.6
1.1
2.4
-0.4
0.1
1.3

16
26
32
32
31
24
33
16
18
19

13
24
40
46
43
22
43
15
16
19

78
69
57
51
54
69
55
66
70
66

9
7
3
3
4
9
3
19
14
15

28.2
45.6
75.6
95.9
86.2
45.4
83.5
51.1
43.4
51.1

78
70
61
57
60
77
50
74
77
75

83
77
65
60
63
82
52
80
81
81

1.2
1.9
4.6
6.2
5.0
1.9
5.1
1.5
1.6
2.1

Cyprus6
Czech Republic
Denmark

1.2
10.5
5.7

1.1
0.1
0.4

20
15
19

17
15
17

71
67
64

13
18
19

41.6
49.5
55.9

78
75
78

82
81
82

1.5
1.5
1.7

Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji

0.9
0.1
10.5
16.1
91.5
6.1
0.8
5.2
1.3
99.4
0.9

1.3
0.4
1.2
1.6
2.2
0.3
3.0
2.2
-0.3
2.5
0.7

31
28
28
27
30
30
32
15
35
26

33
30
29
33
27
39
43
16
41
29

63
63
64
62
65
58
55
65
55
65

4
7
7
5
8
3
3
19
4
6

58.5
57.8
55.6
62.3
54.3
72.9
83.2
53.5
81.6
52.8

60
70
73
69
68
56
61
72
61
67

63
76
78
73
77
59
65
81
65
73

3.3
2.5
2.6
3.4
2.0
5.0
4.4
1.6
4.6
2.6

Finland7
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia

5.5
64.4
0.3
0.3
1.7
2.0

0.5
0.5
2.8
1.1
2.2
3.2

17
18
27
25
31
32

16
19
34
22
37
46

63
62
61
70
58
52

21
19
5
8
5
2

58.3
60.3
63.2
42.2
73.1
94.2

78
79
76
74
63
59

83
85
83
79
64
61

1.7
2.0
3.5
2.1
4.0
5.8

Georgia8
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Grenada

4.0
80.7
27.4
11.0
0.1

-1.2
0.1
2.4
-0.4
0.4

18
15
31
15
27

17
13
39
15
27

69
66
58
64
66

14
21
3
21
7

45.7
51.8
73.0
56.2
50.7

71
78
60
78
71

78
83
62
84
76

1.8
1.4
4.2
1.3
2.2

0.5
0.2
16.3
12.6
1.8
0.8
10.7
8.1
9.9
0.3
1311.1

0.5
1.3
2.1
2.7
2.4
0.4
1.4
1.5
-0.3
0.7
1.3

20
26
33
32
32
34
31
33
16
21
28

22
26
37
43
41
29
34
32
15
20
29

63
66
59
54
56
66
62
63
68
66
66

15
9
5
3
3
5
5
5
18
14
6

57.6
52.0
70.9
83.8
78.4
51.1
62.3
57.8
47.9
51.6
52.4

77
76
68
58
53
64
60
70
71
81
66

84
81
75
58
57
69
64
75
79
84
69

2.2
2.4
3.3
5.1
5.0
2.6
3.1
2.5
1.3
2.0
2.5

Guadeloupe9
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India

Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Republic of
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia10
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Martinique
Mauritania

257.6
79.1
36.4
4.7
8.1
59.8
2.8
126.6
7.6
17.6
46.1
0.1
25.2
50.3
3.9
5.9
6.8
2.0
5.9
2.1
4.5
6.3
2.9
0.6
24.2
17.2

1.3
1.3
3.3
0.3
1.7
0.1
0.4
-0.1
3.1
1.6
2.7
1.8
0.5
0.5
4.8
1.7
1.7
-1.2
6.0
1.2
2.6
0.0
-1.6
2.2
2.8
3.1

26
23
31
18
23
14
28
14
30
22
32
29
23
18
19
27
33
15
28
34
32
25
17
18
33
33

28
24
41
22
28
14
24
13
36
27
42
35
21
14
22
31
35
15
24
36
42
30
15
16
42
45

67
71
56
65
61
64
67
61
61
67
55
61
69
73
76
64
61
66
68
60
55
66
67
70
56
51

5
5
3
13
11
22
9
26
4
7
3
4
10
13
2
4
4
19
8
4
3
5
19
14
3
3

49.0
40.2
78.7
53.7
64.1
56.5
48.6
64.5
64.8
50.3
80.9
63.0
44.3
37.2
32.1
55.3
62.8
52.2
47.3
67.3
82.9
52.4
50.1
43.7
80.3
94.5

67
74
67
78
80
80
73
80
72
64
59
63
66
78
73
66
64
69
77
49
59
69
67
79
63
60

71
76
71
83
84
85
78
86
76
74
62
69
73
85
76
74
67
79
81
50
61
74
79
84
66
62

2.5
1.7
4.6
2.0
3.1
1.4
2.1
1.4
3.5
2.6
4.4
3.8
2.0
1.3
2.2
3.1
3.1
1.5
1.7
3.3
4.8
2.5
1.6
1.6
4.5
5.3

30.3
0.4
17.6
0.4
0.4
4.1

1.5
1.8
3.0
0.3
0.1
2.5

27
28
32
18
19
31

25
28
48
14
17
40

70
68
50
66
64
57

6
5
3
19
19
3

43.6
47.4
100.2
50.8
57.0
76.1

72
75
57
79
78
61

77
77
57
82
84
64

2.0
2.2
6.4
1.4
2.0
4.7

1.3

Mauritius11
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)

127.0
0.1

0.4
1.4
0.2

23
28
36

19
28
34

71
66
62

10
7
4

40.6
51.7
62.4

71
74
68

78
79
70

1.5
2.3
3.3

Moldova, Republic of12

Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria

4.1
3.0
0.6
34.4
28.0
53.9
2.5
28.5
16.9
0.3
4.5
6.1
19.9
182.2

-0.1
1.7
0.1
1.4
2.8
0.8
2.3
1.2
0.3
1.3
0.7
1.2
4.0
2.7

19
24
20
26
33
28
32
33
18
23
21
30
31
31

16
28
19
27
45
28
37
33
17
22
20
30
51
44

74
68
68
67
51
67
60
62
65
68
65
65
47
53

10
4
14
6
3
5
4
6
18
10
15
5
3
3

34.6
47.6
47.7
50.1
94.8
49.1
67.3
61.8
53.3
47.9
54.0
54.1
113.0
87.7

67
65
74
73
53
64
62
68
79
74
80
71
60
52

75
73
78
75
56
68
67
70
83
79
83
77
62
53

1.3
2.7
1.7
2.6
5.5
2.3
3.6
2.3
1.8
2.1
2.1
2.3
7.6
5.7

5.2

1.3

19

18

66

16

52.2

79

83

1.8

Norway13

Oman
Pakistan

4.5
188.9

8.4
2.1

21
30

21
35

77
61

3
5

30.0
65.3

75
65

79
67

2.9
3.7

Palestine14
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Reunion
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal

4.7
3.9
7.6
6.6
31.4
100.7
38.6
10.3
3.7
2.2
0.9
19.5
143.5
11.6
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.2
31.5
15.1

2.7
1.6
2.1
1.3
1.3
1.6
0.0
-0.4
-0.1
4.7
0.7
-0.8
0.0
2.4
1.2
0.8
0.0
0.8
0.7
2.2
2.3
3.1

34
26
31
30
27
30
16
16
22
19
23
16
16
32
26
26
31
32
24
32

40
27
37
30
28
32
15
14
19
16
24
16
17
41
23
25
37
43
29
44

57
65
60
64
65
64
70
65
67
83
66
67
70
56
68
68
58
54
69
53

3
8
3
6
7
5
16
21
15
1
10
17
13
3
9
7
5
3
3
3

76.0
53.4
67.1
56.6
53.2
57.6
43.8
53.5
50.0
20.1
51.2
48.9
43.1
78.1
47.3
46.8
74.0
84.2
45.9
87.6

71
74
60
71
72
65
73
77
75
77
76
71
64
60
72
71
70
64
73
64

75
80
64
75
77
72
81
84
83
80
83
78
76
66
78
75
76
68
75
68

4.3
2.5
3.8
2.6
2.5
3.0
1.4
1.3
1.6
2.1
2.2
1.5
1.7
4.1
1.9
2.0
4.2
4.7
2.9
5.2

Serbia15
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan

8.9
0.1
6.5
5.6
5.4
2.1
0.6
10.8
54.5
12.3

-0.5
0.7
2.2
2.0
0.1
0.1
2.1
2.4
1.1
4.1

19
21
33
19
17
14
32
33
29
33

16
23
42
16
15
15
40
47
29
42

67
70
55
73
71
67
57
51
66
54

17
7
3
12
14
18
3
3
5
4

50.1
43.5
81.9
37.4
40.8
48.7
75.1
98.1
52.1
83.7

72
69
50
80
72
77
66
53
55
54

78
78
51
86
80
83
69
57
59
56

1.6
2.3
4.8
1.2
1.4
1.6
4.1
6.6
2.4
5.2

Spain16
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan

46.1
20.7
40.2
0.5
1.3
9.8
8.3
18.5
8.5

-0.2
0.5
2.2
0.9
1.5
0.8
1.2
-2.3
2.2

14
23
32
26
35
18
16
33
30

15
25
41
27
37
17
15
37
35

66
66
56
66
59
63
67
59
62

19
9
3
7
4
20
18
4
3

50.8
51.2
78.0
50.8
69.3
59.3
48.8
70.0
60.9

79
71
62
68
50
80
80
64
66

85
78
65
74
49
84
85
76
73

1.3
2.1
4.5
2.4
3.4
1.9
1.5
3.0
3.6

Tanzania, United Republic of17

Thailand
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago

53.5
68.0
2.1
1.2
7.3
0.1
1.4

3.2
0.4
0.2
2.3
2.7
0.4
0.5

32
19
20
32
32
32
20

45
18
17
42
42
37
21

52
72
71
52
55
57
70

3
11
12
6
3
6
9

93.8
39.2
41.4
92.3
81.8
74.3
43.2

63
71
73
66
58
70
67

66
78
77
70
60
76
74

5.2
1.5
1.5
5.9
4.7
3.8
1.8

Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
United States Virgin Islands
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

11.3
78.7
5.4
0.0
0.0
39.0
44.8
9.2
64.7
321.8
0.1
3.4
29.9
0.3
31.1
93.4
0.6
26.8
16.2
15.6

1.1
1.7
1.3
2.1
0.2
3.3
-0.4
1.9
0.6
0.8
0.0
0.3
1.5
2.3
1.4
1.1
2.2
2.6
3.1
2.2

23
25
28
34
15
17
18
20
20
22
27
29
27
24
25
34
33
33

23
26
28
48
15
14
18
19
20
21
29
37
28
23
26
40
46
42

69
67
68
49
70
85
65
66
62
64
67
59
66
70
71
57
51
55

8
8
4
3
15
1
18
15
18
14
5
4
6
7
3
3
3
3

SUMMARY INDICATORS
Arab States
Asia and the Pacific
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Latin American and Caribbean
East and Southern Africa

339
3865
265
629 a
547

2.0
1.0
0.8
1.1
2.7

29
25 b
22
26 c
32

34
25 b
22
26 c
42

61
68 b
68
67 c
54

West and Central Africa

More developed regions
Less developed regions

403
1251
6098

2.7
0.3
1.4

32
17
26

44
16
28

Least developed regions

954

2.4

32

7349

1.2

25

World

44.8
49.7
47.9
102.3
43.3
17.8
55.1
50.9
61.2
55.9
49.7
68.7
52.4
42.5
40.2
75.6
95.4
80.4

72
72
61
56
66
76
78
76
77
73
65
70
70
71
66
62
57
54

77
78
70
59
76
78
82
81
83
80
72
74
78
80
70
65
60
56

2.2
2.1
2.3
5.9
1.5
1.8
1.9
1.9
2.3
2.0
2.5
3.4
2.4
2.0
2.2
4.4
5.5
4.0

5
7 b
10
8 c
3

63.9
46.3
47.7
50.1
84.2

67
68
68
71
58

71
72
76
78
61

3.5
2.2
2.0
2.2
4.8

53
66
66

3
18
6

87.3
51.5
52.5

54
76
68

56
82
72

5.5
1.7
2.6

40

57

77.1

63

66

4.3

26

66

52.3

69

74

2.5

NOTES
Data not available.
a

Excludes Netherlands Antilles due to data availability.

Excludes Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Tokelau, and Tuvalu due to data availability.

Excludes Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Turks and Caicos Islands due to data availability.

Includes Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.

Includes Nagorno-Karabakh.

For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China, and Taiwan Province of China.

As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

Includes Northern-Cyprus.

Includes land Islands.

Includes Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Includes Saint-Barthlemy and Saint-Martin (French part).

10

Includes Sabah and Sarawak.

11

Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.

12

Includes Transnistria.

13

Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

14

Includes East Jerusalem.

15

Includes Kosovo.

16

Includes Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.

17

Includes Zanzibar.

DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS

Total population: Estimated size of national populations at mid-year.
Average annual rate of population change: Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period, based on a medium variant projection.
Population aged 10-24, percent: Proportion of the population between age 10 and age 24.
Population aged 0-14, percent: Proportion of the population between age 0 and age 14.
Population aged 15-64, percent: Proportion of the population between age 15 and age 64.
Population aged 65 and older, percent: Proportion of the population aged 65 and older.
Dependency ratio: Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (those ages 15-64). Data are shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age population.
Life expectancy at birth: 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.
MAIN DATA SOURCES
Total population: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Average annual rate of population change: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Population aged 10-24, percent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Population aged 0-14, percent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Population aged 15-64, percent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Population aged 65 and older, percent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Dependency ratio: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Life expectancy at birth: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Total fertility rate: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.