Appendix I

World Population : Selected Data, 2000

Region/Country

Surface Area Population by

(thousand
the year 2000
sq km)
(million)

Density of
Population
(per sq km)

Growth
199095

Rate
19952000

6,005

1.7

1.3

Africa

784.4

2.9

2.4

Algeria

2,382

31.5

13

2.7

2.3

Angola

1,247

12.9

11

3.7

3.2

Benin

113

6.1

57

3.1

Botswana

582

1.6

Burkina Faso

274

11.9

41

28

6.7

265

Cameroon

475

15.1

32

Central African Republic

623

3.6

Chad

1,284

7.7

Democratic Republic of Congo

2,345

51.7

Republic of Congo

342

2.9

Cote dIvoire

322

14.8

1,001

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

he

2.7

1.9

2.8

2.7

2.9

1.7

2.8

2.7

2.6

1.9

2.7

2.6

bl

is

2.9

22

2.6

2.8

50

3.7

1.8

68.5

64

2.2

1.9

118

3.9

41

3.8

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Burundi

World

1,104

62.6

64

3.1

2.5

Gabon

268

1.2

3.3

2.6

Chana

239

20.2

85

2.7

Guinea

246

7.4

30

0.8

36

1.2

43

2.1

2.2

580

30.1

53

3.4

30

2.2

67

2.5

2.2

111

3.2

32

3.3

8.2

5.6

3.5

2.4

587

15.9

27

3.3

Guinea-Bissau
Kenya

Lesotho
Liberia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Madagascar
Malawi

118

10.9

110

3.3

2.4

Mali

1,240

11.2

3.2

2.4

Mauritania

1,026

2.7

2.9

2.7

1.2

584

0.8

Morocco

447

28.4

64

2.4

1.8

Mozambique

802

19.7

23

2.8

2.5

Namibia

824

1.7

3.2

2.2

1,267

10.7

3.3

3.2

924

111.5

32.7

3.1

2.4

Mauritius

Niger

Nigeria

Region/Country

Rwanda

Density of
Population
(per sq km)
345

Growth
Rate
199095 19952000
3.4

7.7

9.5

49

2.7

2.6

72

4.9

70

2.7

638

10.1

14

3.2

4.2

South Africa

1,221

40.4

35

2.4

1.5

Sudan

2,506

29.5

13

2.8

2.1

57

4.6

83

3.2

2.6

Tunisia

164

9.6

62

2.1

1.4

Uganda

241

21.8

113

2.8

United Republic of Tanzania

33.5

3.4

2.3

Asia

3,682.60

1.8

1.4

Afghanistan

652

22.7

41

6.7

2.9

Bangladesh

144

129.2

1,007

2.4

1.7

2.1

2.3

2.8

Togo

Bhutan
Cambodia
China

he

Somalia

is

Sierra Leone

197

bl

Senegal

Sur face Area Population by

(thousand
the year 2000
sq km)
(million)
26
7.7

181

11.2

68

2.5

2.3

9,598

1,277.60

135

1.4

0.9

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Democratic Peoples
Republic of Korea

24

1.9

1.6

Hongkong, China

6.9

0.8

2.1

India

3,287

1,013.70

342

1.9

1.6

Indonesia

1,905

212.1

116

1.8

1.4

Islamic Republic of Iran

1,633

67.7

39

2.7

1.7

438

23.1

53

3.2

2.8

Israel

21

6.2

302

4.7

2.2

Japan

378

126.7

348

0.4

0.2

Jordan

89

6.7

55

3.4

Kuwait

18

111

5.8

3.1

5.4

2.6

Lebanon

10

3.3

423

1.7

Malaysia

330

22.2

71

2.4

Mongolia

1,567

2.7

2.6

1.7

Myanmar

802

45.6

23

2.1

1.2

Nepal

147

23.9

161

2.5

2.4

Oman

212

2.5

11

3.6

3.3

Pakistan

796

156.5

179

2.7

2.8

Philippines

300

76

253

2.1

2.1

46.8

0.8

0.8

2,150

21.6

10

3.4

3.4

Iraq

Democratic Republic of Laos

Republic of Korea
Saudi Arabia

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Region/Country

Surface Area Population by

(thousand
the year 2000
sq km)
(million)

Density of
Population
(per sq km)

Growth
199095

Rate
19952000

3.6

6,587

1.4

Sri Lanka

66

18.8

300

1.3

Syrian Arab Republic

185

16.1

88

3.6

2.5

Thailand

513

61.4

119

1.3

0.9

Turkey

775

66.6

85

1.7

84

2.4

35

2.3

Vietnam

332

79.8

241

Yemen

528

18.1

33

3.5

Europe

728.9

Albania

29

3.1

124

Austria

84

8.2

98

Belgium

30

10.2

331

Bosnia & Herzegovina

51

111

8.2

4.5

Czech Republic

79

10.2

Denmark

43

5.3

126

0.2

0.3

Estonia

45

1.4

32

0.2

1.2

Finland

338

5.2

17

0.3

0.3

France

552

59.1

107

0.4

0.4

Germany

357

82.2

230

0.4

0.1

Greece

132

10.6

82

0.3

0.3

Hungary

93

10

109

0.2

0.4

Ireland

70

3.7

55

0.2

0.7

301

57.3

196

0.1

Latvia

65

2.4

38

0.3

1.5

Lithuania

65

3.7

57

0.2

0.3

Republic of Yugoslavia)

26

80

0.6

Netherlands

42

15.8

470

0.7

0.4

Norway

324

4.5

15

0.5

0.5

Poland

323

38.8

127

0.3

0.1

92

9.9

109

Romania

238

22.3

97

0.3

0.4

Slovakia

5.4

0.1

Slovenia

20

99

0.1

Spain

506

39.6

79

0.2

Sweden

450

8.9

22

0.5

0.3

Italy

he
0.8

0.4

0.4

0.5

0.1

0.1

78

74

0.2

0.7

0.1

133

0.2

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Croatia

3.7
0

is

Bulgaria

1.6

0.3

bl

United Arab Emirates

Singapore

Macedonia (Former

Portugal

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Region/Country

Switzerland

Sur face Area Population by

(thousand
the year 2000
sq km)
(million)
41
7.4

Density of
Population
(per sq km)
182

Growth
Rate
199095 19952000
0.7

0.7

United Kingdom

243

58.8

248

0.2

0.2

Yugoslavia

102

10.6

108

0.3

0.1

309.6

1.1

0.9

North America

9,971

31.1

1.4

United States of America

9,629

278.4

31

0.8

30.4

1.5

1.3

7,741

18.9

1.4

0.2

New Zealand

271

Papua New Guinea

Australia

2.1

3.9

14

0.9

463

4.8

11

2.3

2.2

Vanuatu

0.2

2.4

Latin America

519.1

1.8

1.6

2,780

37

14

1.2

1.3

Argentina
Belize

is

bl

New Caledonia

he

Oceania

Canada

0.2

2.4

8.3

2.4

2.3

8,547

170.1

20

1.6

1.3

757

15.2

20

1.6

1.4

1,139

42.3

41

1.7

1.9

51

75

2.4

2.5

111

11.2

102

0.9

0.4

49

8.5

173

1.7

284

12.6

46

2.3

EI Salvador

21

6.3

303

2.2

Guatemala

109

11.4

105

2.9

2.6

1,099

Brazil

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Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica
Cuba

Dominican Republic
Ecuador

Haiti

28

8.2

289

1.7

112

6.5

57

2.8

11

2.6

243

0.9

1,958

08.9

51

2.1

1.6

130

5.1

42

3.7

2.7

Panama

76

2.1

38

1.9

1.6

Paraguay

407

5.5

14

2.7

2.6

1,285

25.7

20

1.7

Puerto Rico

3.9

442

0.9

0.8

Trinidad and Tobago

1.3

254

1.1

0.5

Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico

Nicaragua

Peru

Uruguay

176

3.3

19

0.6

0.7

Venezuela

912

24.2

27

2.1

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Appendix II
Human Development Index, 2003
HDI
Rank

Country

0.963
0.956
0.955
0.949
0.949

46.000
47.000
48.000
49.000
50.000

Uruguay
Costa Rica
Latvia
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bahamas

Sweden
Switzerland
Ireland
Belgium
United States

0.949
0.947
0.946
0.945
0.944

51.000
52.000
53.000
54.000
55.000

Seychelles
Cuba
Mexico
Tonga
Bulgaria

11.000
12.000
13.000
14.000
15.000

Japan
Netherlands
Finland
Denmark
United Kingdom

0.943
0.943
0.941
0.941
0.939

56.000
57.000
58.000
59.000
60.000

Panama
Trinidad and Tobago
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Macedonia, TFYR
Antigua and Barbuda

16.000
17.000
18.000
19.000
20.000

France
Austria
Italy
New Zealand
Germany

0.938
0.936
0.934
0.933
0.930

61.000
62.000
63.000
64.000
65.000

Malaysia
Russian Federation
Brazil
Romania
Mauritius

0.796
0.795
0.792
0.792
0.791

21.000
22.000
23.000
24.000
25.000

Spain
Hong Kong, China (SAR)
Israel
Greece
Singapore

0.928
0.916
0.915
0.912
0.907

66.000
67.000
68.000
69.000
70.000

Grenada
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Colombia
Dominica

0.787
0.786
0.786
0.785
0.783

26.000
27.000
28.000
29.000
30.000

Slovenia
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Cyprus
Barbados

0.904
0.904
0.901
0.891
0.878

71.000
72.000
73.000
74.000
75.000

Oman
Albania
Thailand
Samoa (Western)
Venezuela

0.781
0.780
0.778
0.776
0.772

31.000
32.000
33.000
34.000
35.000

Czech Republic
Malta
Brunei Darussalam
Argentina
Hungary

0.874
0.867
0.866
0.863
0.862

76.000
77.000
78.000
79.000
80.000

Saint Lucia
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
Peru
Kazakhstan

0.772
0.772
0.766
0.762
0.761

36.000
37.000
38.000
39.000
40.000

Poland
Chile
Estonia
Lithuania
Qatar

0.858
0.854
0.853
0.852
0.849

81.000
82.000
83.000
84.000
85.000

Lebanon
Ecuador
Armenia
Philippines
China

0.759
0.759
0.759
0.758
0.755

41.000
42.000
43.000
44.000
45.000

United Arab Emirates

Slovakia
Bahrain
Kuwait
Croatia

0.849
0.849
0.846
0.844
0.841

86.000
87.000
88.000
89.000
90.000

Suriname
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Paraguay
Tunisia
Jordan

0.755
0.755
0.755
0.753
0.753

6.000
7.000
8.000
9.000
10.000

0.840
0.838
0.836
0.834
0.832
0.821
0.817
0.814
0.810
0.808

he

Norway
Iceland
Australia
Luxembourg
Canada

(HDI) Value

is

1.000
2.000
3.000
4.000
5.000

(HDI) Value

bl

Country

no N
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HDI
Rank

0.804
0.801
0.799
0.797
0.797

HDI
Rank

Country

91.000
92.000
93.000
94.000
95.000

Belize
Fiji
Sri Lanka
Turkey
Dominican Republic

96.000
97.000
98.000
99.000
100.000

(HDI) Value

Country

0.753
0.752
0.751
0.750
0.749

136.000
137.000
138.000
139.000
140.000

Nepal
Papua New Guinea
Ghana
Bangladesh
Timor -Leste

0.526
0.523
0.520
0.520
0.513

Maldives
Turkmenistan
Jamaica
Islamic Republic of Iran
Georgia

0.745
0.738
0.738
0.736
0.732

141.000
142.000
143.000
144.000
145.000

Sudan
Congo
Togo
Uganda
Zimbabwe

0.512
0.512
0.512
0.508
0.505

101.000
102.000
103.000
104.000
105.000

Azerbaijan
Occupied Palestinian Territories
Algeria
El Salvador
Cape Verde

0.729
0.729
0.722
0.722
0.721

146.000
147.000
148.000
149.000
150.000

Madagascar
Swaziland
Cameroon
Lesotho
Djibouti

106.000
107.000
108.000
109.000
110.000

Syrian Arab Republic

Guyana
Viet Nam
Kyrgyzstan
Indonesia

0.721
0.720
0.704
0.702
0.697

151.000
152.000
153.000
154.000
155.000

Yemen
Mauritania
Haiti
Kenya
Zambia

0.489
0.477
0.475
0.474
0.470

111.000
112.000
113.000
114.000
115.000

Uzbekistan
Nicaragua
Bolivia
Mongolia
Republic of Moldova

0.694
0.690
0.687
0.679
0.671

156.000
157.000
158.000
159.000
160.000

Guinea
Senegal
Nigeria
Rwanda
Angola

0.466
0.458
0.453
0.450
0.445

116.000
117.000
118.000
119.000
120.000

Honduras
Guatemala
Vanuatu
Egypt
South Africa

0.667
0.663
0.659
0.659
0.658

161.000
162.000
163.000
164.000
165.000

Eritrea
Benin
Cte dIvoire
United Republic of Tanzania
Malawi

0.444
0.431
0.420
0.418
0.404

121.000
122.000
123.000
124.000
125.000

Equatorial Guinea
Tajikistan
Gabon
Morocco
Namibia

0.655
0.652
0.635
0.631
0.627

166.000
167.000
168.000
169.000
170.000

Zambia
Democratic Republic of Congo
Mozambique
Burundi
Ethiopia

0.394
0.385
0.379
0.378
0.367

126.000
127.000
128.000
129.000
130.000

So Tom and Principe

India
Solomon Islands
Myanmar
Cambodia

0.604
0.602
0.594
0.578
0.571

171.000
172.000
173.000
174.000
175.000

Central African Republic

Guinea-Bissau
Chad
Mali
Burkina Faso

0.355
0.348
0.341
0.333
0.317

131.000
132.000
133.000
134.000
135.000

Botswana
Comoros
Democratic Republic of Laos
Bhutan
Pakistan

0.565
0.547
0.545
0.536
0.527

176.000
177.000

Sierra Leone
Nigeria

0.298
0.281

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0.499
0.498
0.497
0.497
0.495

he

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bl

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(HDI) Value

HDI
Rank

0.694
0.518
0.679
0.768
0.797
0.628
0.515
0.802
0.892

0.895
0.718
0.486

High income
Middle income
Low income

0.910

World

0.741

Notes :

he

High human development

Medium human development
Low human development

0.911

0.774
0.593

is

All developing countries

Least developed countries
Arab States
East Asia and the Pacific
Latin America and the Caribbean
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
OECD
High-income OECD

no N
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be T
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Source :

bl

Aggregates of Education Indices are based on the aggregates of gross enrolment data calculated by the UNESCO
Institute for Statistics and literacy data as used to calculate the HDI.

Calculated on the basis of data in columns 6-8 of Table 1 (HDR 2005); see technical note 1 for the details.

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