POPULATION MORTALITY RATES SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HEALTH SERVICES AND FINANCE
Member States by WHO Region

Total
population

 Dependency ratio Total fertility Infant mortality rate Probability of dying

(per 1 000)

 Maternal mortality ratio Life expectancy at birth (years) GDP per capita

adjusted for purchasing power

 Average years of education

for population aged 25+

 Malnutrition: Stunting among children under age 5 (%) Children immunized against measles (%) Health expenditures
Size (000) Annual growth rate (%) (per 100) (per 1 000) under age 5 between age 15 and age 59 (per 100 000) Males Females in 1985 US$ Annual growth rate (%) Females Male excess over females Males Females Total (% of GDP) Public sector (% of GDP) Public sector (% of total)
1998 1978-1998 1978 1998 1978 1998 1978 1998 Males 1998 Females 1998 Males 1998 Females 1998 1990 1978 1998 1978 1998 1992 1962-1992 1982-1992 1990 1990 around 1995 around 1995 1987 1997 around 1995 around 1995 around 1995
All Member States 5 884 576 1.6 72 59 3.9 2.7 87 57 83 83 225 156 430 60 65 63 69 4 123 2.7 2.5 4.5 2.1 … … 53 82 5.2 2.6 48
Africa 601 783 2.8 94 90 6.7 5.4 121 91 172 154 477 428 940 46 49 49 51 1 261 0.9 -1.9 1.9 1.5 … … 41 57 3.2 1.7 50
1 Algeria 30 081 2.7 104 70 7.2 3.8 112 44 57 45 147 120 160 1 57 68 59 70 2 719 2.6 -0.4 1.9 1.9 18 18 59 74 4.6 3.3 73
2 Angola 12 092 3.0 89 102 6.8 6.8 161 125 217 199 413 355 1 500 2 38 45 42 48 ... … … ... … ... ... 55 78 ... 4.1 ...
3 Benin 5 781 2.9 94 98 7.1 5.8 122 88 142 124 373 318 990 3 45 52 49 55 ... … … 0.7 1.2 27 23 26 82 ... 1.7 ...
4 Botswana 1 570 3.2 105 83 6.4 4.4 76 59 112 101 676 610 250 4 55 46 58 48 ... … … 2.4 0.5 ... ... 48 79 2.9 1.6 55
5 Burkina Faso 11 305 2.7 100 100 7.8 6.6 127 99 176 166 557 518 930 5 42 44 44 45 514 0.6 0.0 ... … 35 32 65 68 5.5 2.3 42
6 Burundi 6 457 2.5 94 97 6.8 6.3 127 119 189 168 603 545 1 300 6 44 41 48 44 569 0.4 1.2 ... … ... ... 54 ... ... 0.8 ...
7 Cameroon 14 305 2.8 91 90 6.5 5.3 108 74 120 109 389 345 550 7 47 53 50 56 1 029 1.3 -2.2 1.7 1.3 27 25 ... 43 1.4 1.0 72
8 Cape Verde 408 1.8 110 81 6.7 3.6 86 56 68 60 213 125 ... 8 59 66 62 71 1 085 3.0 1.9 ... … … … 75 82 ... 3.4 ...
9 Central African Republic 3 485 2.3 82 88 5.9 4.9 122 98 172 141 580 521 700 9 42 43 47 47 514 -1.0 -2.6 ... … 27 30 14 ... ... 1.9 ...
10 Chad 7 270 2.7 83 97 6.6 6.1 154 112 184 164 452 400 1 500 10 39 46 43 49 408 -2.2 1.0 ... … 41 39 16 30 3.7 3.7 98
11 Comoros 658 3.1 102 85 7.1 4.8 116 76 112 101 303 254 950 11 49 57 53 60 527 -0.2 -2.1 ... … 36 32 71 49 1.2 0.9 79
12 Congo 2 785 2.9 93 98 6.3 6.1 91 90 147 116 539 475 890 12 46 46 51 51 2 240 2.3 -1.2 2.9 2.2 ... ... 66 18 6.3 3.2 50
13 CÙte d'Ivoire 14 292 3.2 95 88 7.4 5.1 117 87 144 129 555 549 810 13 46 46 50 47 1 104 -0.2 -4.2 ... … 25 24 ... 68 3.5 1.4 41
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 49 139 3.4 94 103 6.5 6.4 117 90 148 130 442 391 870 14 46 49 50 52 ... … … 1.3 2.0 47 44 41 20 … 0.2 ...
15 Equatorial Guinea 431 3.7 82 89 5.7 5.6 149 108 184 169 379 322 820 15 40 48 44 52 ... … … ... … ... ... ... 82 6.3 5.2 81
16 Eritrea 3 577 2.3 89 89 6.4 5.7 123 91 154 137 430 374 1 400 16 44 49 47 52 ... … … ... … 36 41 ... 53 2.0 1.1 55
17 Ethiopia 59 649 2.8 92 96 6.8 6.3 149 116 193 174 559 528 1 400 17 40 42 44 44 ... … … ... … 66 63 13 52 2.6 1.6 61
18 Gabon 1 167 3.0 67 84 4.4 5.4 122 87 143 127 395 353 500 18 45 51 49 54 3 622 1.8 -1.5 ... … ... ... 67 ... ... 0.5 ...
19 Gambia 1 229 3.6 82 77 6.5 5.2 167 122 212 194 408 350 1 100 19 37 45 41 49 ... … … 0.5 0.8 33 28 88 91 ... 2.0 ...
20 Ghana 19 162 3.1 92 89 6.5 5.2 99 66 107 95 280 227 740 20 50 58 54 62 956 0.1 1.9 1.5 2.6 28 24 28 59 1.5 1.4 94
21 Guinea 7 337 2.7 93 90 7.0 5.5 167 124 207 208 402 366 1 600 21 38 46 39 47 740 0.8 -0.6 ... … ... ... ... 56 ... 1.2 ...
22 Guinea-Bissau 1 161 2.3 74 88 5.6 5.8 176 130 214 192 443 391 910 22 36 43 39 46 634 0.8 0.0 ... … ... ... 60 51 ... 1.1 ...
23 Kenya 29 008 3.2 114 90 8.1 4.5 88 66 107 101 515 475 650 23 51 51 55 53 914 1.5 0.6 1.9 1.9 35 32 ... 32 2.6 1.6 62
24 Lesotho 2 062 2.4 85 79 5.7 4.8 121 93 132 127 362 304 610 24 50 55 54 57 952 3.3 -0.8 3.8 -1.1 46 41 84 53 ... 4.1 ...
25 Liberia 2 666 2.1 92 97 6.8 6.3 167 116 184 163 489 445 560 25 48 46 51 49 ... … … 1.0 1.9 ... ... 40 ... ... … ...
26 Madagascar 15 057 2.9 94 90 6.6 5.4 130 83 123 110 319 267 490 26 48 56 51 59 608 -2.2 -3.0 ... … 51 48 27 ... ... 1.1 ...
27 Malawi 10 346 2.9 99 100 7.6 6.8 177 138 223 217 632 599 560 27 42 39 44 40 496 0.8 0.0 1.6 1.8 50 47 81 87 ... 2.3 ...
28 Mali 10 694 2.5 96 101 7.1 6.6 180 118 244 227 244 219 1 200 28 44 52 46 55 ... … … 0.4 0.8 31 29 8 56 2.7 1.2 46
29 Mauritania 2 529 2.7