War-torn regions have the worlds highest fertility rates

War-torn regions have the worlds highest fertility rates
Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
April 16, 2006

Back to main article: Life expectancy below 40 for some African countries, global population growth rates slow
Children born in 16 countries can expect to live past 80 according to an annual report released by the UN's World Health Organization. The report, "World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health", released earlier this month reveals a widening between the quality of life for the world's poorest and richest people.

Demographic figures

	Total population	Annual population growth rate	Life expectancy at birth Both sexes	Life expectancy at birth	Life expectancy at birth	% of population aged 60+ years	Total fertility rate
	population (000)	(%)	Both sexes	Males	Females	Total
Country	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004
Timor—Leste	887,000	0.5	63	61	66	5.0	7.8
Niger	13,499,000	3.5	41	42	41	3.3	7.8
Afghanistan	28,574,000	3.9	42	42	42	4.4	7.4
Guinea—Bissau	1,540,000	2.9	47	45	48	4.8	7.1
Uganda	27,821,000	3.2	49	48	51	3.9	7.1
Mali	13,124,000	2.9	46	44	47	4.3	6.8
Burundi	7,282,000	1.8	45	42	47	4.2	6.8
Liberia	3,241,000	4.6	42	39	44	3.7	6.8
Chad	9,448,000	3.3	46	45	48	4.7	6.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo	55,853,000	2.5	44	42	47	4.3	6.7
Angola	15,490,000	2.6	40	38	42	4.0	6.7
Burkina Faso	12,822,000	3.0	48	47	48	4.3	6.6
Sierra Leone	5,336,000	2.6	39	37	40	5.5	6.5
Congo	3,883,000	3.2	54	53	55	4.5	6.3
Somalia	7,964,000	2.3	44	43	45	4.2	6.3
Malawi	12,608,000	2.4	41	41	41	4.6	6.0
Yemen	20,329,000	3.4	59	57	61	3.7	6.0
Equatorial Guinea	492,000	2.4	43	42	44	6.0	5.9
Guinea	9,202,000	2.4	53	52	55	5.6	5.8
Mauritania	2,980,000	2.9	58	55	60	5.3	5.7
Nigeria	128,709,000	2.4	46	45	46	4.8	5.7
Ethiopia	75,600,000	2.6	50	49	51	4.6	5.7
Benin	8,177,000	3.2	53	52	53	4.3	5.7
Rwanda	8,882,000	4.9	46	44	47	3.9	5.6
Zambia	11,479,000	2.1	40	40	40	4.6	5.5
Mozambique	19,424,000	2.4	45	44	46	5.2	5.4
Eritrea	4,232,000	3.3	60	58	62	3.9	5.4
Madagascar	18,113,000	3.0	57	55	59	4.8	5.3
Togo	5,988,000	3.2	54	52	56	4.8	5.2
Kenya	33,467,000	2.4	51	51	50	4.1	5.0
Central African Republic	3,986,000	1.8	41	40	41	6.1	4.9
Côte d'Ivoire	17,872,000	2.2	44	41	47	5.2	4.9
United Republic of Tanzania	37,627,000	2.3	48	47	49	5.0	4.9
Senegal	11,386,000	2.5	55	54	57	4.8	4.9
Djibouti	779,000	2.7	56	54	57	4.6	4.9
Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,792,000	2.4	59	58	60	5.3	4.7
Iraq	28,057,000	3.0	55	51	61	4.5	4.7
Comoros	777,000	2.8	64	62	67	4.3	4.7
Gambia	1,478,000	3.2	57	55	59	5.9	4.6
Guatemala	12,295,000	2.3	68	65	71	6.1	4.5
Cameroon	16,038,000	2.1	50	50	51	5.6	4.5
Marshall Islands	60,000	1.7	62	60	64	6.5	4.4
Samoa	184,000	1.0	68	66	70	6.5	4.3
Sudan	35,523,000	2.2	58	56	60	5.6	4.3
Micronesia, Federated States of	110,000	0.4	70	68	71	4.9	4.3
Bhutan	2,116,000	2.2	63	62	65	6.9	4.2
Ghana	21,664,000	2.3	57	56	58	5.6	4.2
Solomon Islands	466,000	2.8	68	66	70	4.1	4.2
Kiribati	97,000	2.2	65	63	67	6.5	4.1
Pakistan	154,794,000	2.3	62	62	63	5.8	4.1
Maldives	321,000	2.8	67	66	68	5.1	4.1
Cambodia	13,798,000	2.2	54	51	58	5.5	4.0
Vanuatu	207,000	2.1	68	67	69	5.1	4.0
Gabon	1,362,000	2.3	57	55	59	6.2	3.9
Haiti	8,407,000	1.4	55	53	56	6.0	3.9
Sao Tome and Principe	153,000	2.0	59	57	60	5.8	3.9
Saudi Arabia	23,950,000	2.8	71	68	74	4.5	3.9
Papua New Guinea	5,772,000	2.4	60	58	61	3.9	3.9
Bolivia	9,009,000	2.1	65	63	66	6.7	3.8
Nauru	13,000	2.5	61	58	65	6.5	3.8
Paraguay	6,017,000	2.5	72	70	74	5.6	3.8
Swaziland	1,034,000	1.0	37	36	39	5.3	3.8
Namibia	2,009,000	2.3	54	52	55	5.2	3.8
Tuvalu	10,000	0.6	61	61	62	7.5	3.7
Tajikistan	6,430,000	1.2	63	62	64	5.2	3.7
Cape Verde	495,000	2.4	70	67	71	5.7	3.6
Nepal	26,591,000	2.3	61	61	61	5.7	3.6
Honduras	7,048,000	2.6	67	65	70	5.5	3.6
Oman	2,534,000	1.8	74	71	77	4.0	3.6
Lesotho	1,798,000	0.7	41	39	44	7.4	3.5
Tonga	102,000	0.6	71	71	70	8.7	3.4
Zimbabwe	12,936,000	1.1	36	37	34	5.4	3.4
Jordan	5,561,000	3.1	71	69	73	5.0	3.4
Syrian Arab Republic	18,582,000	2.6	72	70	74	4.7	3.3
Egypt	72,642,000	1.9	68	66	70	7.1	3.2
Bangladesh	139,215,000	2.0	62	62	63	5.6	3.2
Nicaragua	5,376,000	2.1	69	67	71	4.8	3.2
Philippines	81,617,000	2.0	68	65	72	6.0	3.1
Belize	264,000	2.4	68	65	72	5.9	3.1
Botswana	1,769,000	1.1	40	40	40	5.0	3.1
India	1,087,124,000	1.7	62	61	63	7.8	3.0
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	5,740,000	2.0	72	70	75	6.3	2.9
Fiji	841,000	1.0	69	66	71	6.2	2.9
Qatar	777,000	4.2	76	76	75	2.6	2.9
Israel	6,601,000	2.4	80	78	82	13.1	2.8
Peru	27,562,000	1.6	71	69	73	7.6	2.8
El Salvador	6,762,000	2.0	71	68	74	7.5	2.8
Niue	1,000	-2.1	71	68	74	7.5	2.8
Malaysia	24,894,000	2.3	72	69	74	6.8	2.8
South Africa	47,208,000	1.4	48	47	49	6.6	2.8
Panama	3,175,000	2.0	76	73	78	8.6	2.7
Ecuador	13,040,000	1.5	72	70	75	8.1	2.7
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	26,282,000	2.0	75	72	78	7.4	2.7
Morocco	31,020,000	1.6	71	69	73	6.8	2.7
Uzbekistan	26,209,000	1.5	66	63	69	6.3	2.7
Turkmenistan	4,766,000	1.5	60	56	65	6.3	2.7
Dominican Republic	8,768,000	1.5	67	64	70	6.1	2.7
Suriname	446,000	0.8	67	65	70	8.9	2.6
Kyrgyzstan	5,204,000	1.4	63	59	67	7.7	2.6
Cook Islands	18,000	-0.9	72	70	75	7.5	2.6
Colombia	44,915,000	1.7	73	68	77	7.4	2.6
Algeria	32,358,000	1.6	71	69	72	6.4	2.5
United Arab Emirates	4,284,000	6.4	77	76	79	1.7	2.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000	0.5	71	69	72	10.5	2.4
Grenada	102,000	0.3	68	66	69	10.5	2.4
Jamaica	2,639,000	0.7	72	70	74	10.1	2.4
Turkey	72,220,000	1.6	71	69	73	7.9	2.4
Mongolia	2,614,000	1.0	65	61	69	5.7	2.4
Brunei Darussalam	366,000	2.4	77	76	78	4.6	2.4
Bahrain	716,000	2.4	74	73	75	4.3	2.4
Uruguay	3,439,000	0.7	75	71	79	17.4	2.3
Argentina	38,372,000	1.1	75	71	78	13.8	2.3
Antigua and Barbuda	81,000	1.7	72	70	75	10.5	2.3
Lebanon	3,540,000	1.4	70	68	72	10.2	2.3
Bahamas	319,000	1.5	73	70	76	9.1	2.3
Brazil	183,913,000	1.5	70	67	74	8.7	2.3
Indonesia	220,077,000	1.3	67	65	68	8.2	2.3
Mexico	105,699,000	1.5	74	72	77	7.6	2.3
Viet Nam	83,123,000	1.5	71	69	74	7.5	2.3
Myanmar	50,004,000	1.3	59	56	63	7.4	2.3
Kuwait	2,606,000	4.1	77	76	78	3.0	2.3
Albania	3,112,000	-0.2	72	69	74	11.8	2.2
Saint Lucia	159,000	0.9	74	71	77	9.8	2.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	118,000	0.5	69	66	73	8.9	2.2
Costa Rica	4,253,000	2.3	77	75	80	8.1	2.2
Guyana	750,000	0.3	63	62	64	7.3	2.2
Seychelles	80,000	0.7	72	67	78	9.4	2.1
Iran, Islamic Republic of	68,803,000	1.2	70	68	72	6.4	2.1
New Zealand	3,989,000	1.0	80	77	82	16.5	2.0
United States of America	295,410,000	1.0	78	75	80	16.5	2.0
Iceland	292,000	1.0	81	79	83	15.6	2.0
Chile	16,124,000	1.3	77	74	81	11.3	2.0
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	22,384,000	0.8	66	65	68	10.9	2.0
Dominica	79,000	0.5	74	72	76	10.5	2.0
Mauritius	1,233,000	1.1	72	69	75	9.4	2.0
France	60,257,000	0.4	80	76	83	20.9	1.9
Ireland	4,080,000	1.3	78	75	81	15.0	1.9
Kazakhstan	14,839,000	-0.8	61	56	67	11.4	1.9
Sri Lanka	20,570,000	1.0	71	68	75	10.5	1.9
Thailand	63,694,000	1.0	70	67	73	10.2	1.9
Tunisia	9,995,000	1.2	72	70	74	8.6	1.9
Monaco	35,000	1.1	82	78	85	20.9	1.8
Denmark	5,414,000	0.4	78	75	80	20.7	1.8
Norway	4,598,000	0.6	80	77	82	19.8	1.8
Azerbaijan	8,355,000	0.8	65	63	68	9.3	1.8
Sweden	9,008,000	0.2	81	78	83	23.0	1.7
Belgium	10,400,000	0.3	78	75	81	22.2	1.7
United Kingdom	59,479,000	0.3	79	76	81	21.0	1.7
Finland	5,235,000	0.3	79	75	82	20.9	1.7
Netherlands	16,226,000	0.5	79	77	81	18.9	1.7
Luxembourg	459,000	1.4	79	76	81	18.3	1.7
Australia	19,942,000	1.2	81	78	83	17.0	1.7
China	1,315,409,000	0.8	72	70	74	10.8	1.7
Serbia and Montenegro	10,510,000	0.0	73	70	75	18.4	1.6
Cyprus	826,000	1.4	79	77	82	16.5	1.6
Cuba	11,245,000	0.4	78	75	80	14.9	1.6
Trinidad and Tobago	1,301,000	0.4	70	67	73	10.5	1.6
Portugal	10,441,000	0.4	78	74	81	22.1	1.5
Malta	400,000	0.7	79	76	81	18.3	1.5
Canada	31,958,000	1.0	80	78	83	17.5	1.5
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2,030,000	0.4	72	69	76	15.3	1.5
Barbados	269,000	0.3	75	71	78	13.1	1.5
Austria	8,171,000	0.2	79	76	82	22.3	1.4
Estonia	1,335,000	-1.0	72	66	78	21.5	1.4
Switzerland	7,240,000	0.4	81	78	83	21.4	1.4
Georgia	4,518,000	-1.3	74	70	77	18.0	1.4
Palau	20,000	1.6	68	67	70	6.5	1.4
Japan	127,923,000	0.2	82	79	86	25.6	1.3
Italy	58,033,000	0.1	81	78	84	25.3	1.3
Germany	82,645,000	0.2	79	76	82	24.8	1.3
Latvia	2,318,000	-0.9	71	66	76	22.3	1.3
Croatia	4,540,000	-0.3	75	72	79	21.9	1.3
Spain	42,646,000	0.7	80	77	83	21.3	1.3
Andorra	67,000	0.7	80	77	83	21.3	1.3
Lithuania	3,443,000	-0.6	72	66	78	20.5	1.3
Hungary	10,124,000	-0.2	73	69	77	20.5	1.3
Romania	21,790,000	-0.5	72	68	76	19.2	1.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,909,000	1.0	73	70	77	18.9	1.3
Russian Federation	143,899,000	-0.3	65	59	72	17.3	1.3
Armenia	3,026,000	-0.8	68	65	72	14.7	1.3
Singapore	4,273,000	2.4	80	77	82	11.8	1.3
San Marino	28,000	0.9	82	79	84	25.3	1.2
Greece	11,098,000	0.5	79	77	82	22.9	1.2
Bulgaria	7,780,000	-0.7	72	69	76	22.3	1.2
Slovenia	1,967,000	0.0	77	73	81	20.2	1.2
Czech Republic	10,229,000	-0.1	76	73	79	19.6	1.2
Belarus	9,811,000	-0.5	68	63	74	18.8	1.2
Poland	38,559,000	0.0	75	71	79	16.7	1.2
Slovakia	5,401,000	0.1	74	70	78	16.0	1.2
Republic of Moldova	4,218,000	-0.3	67	64	71	13.7	1.2
Republic of Korea	47,645,000	0.7	77	73	80	13.3	1.2
Ukraine	46,989,000	-1.0	67	62	73	21.0	1.1

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