
© 2010 Population reference Bureau 2010 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET 6
WORLD
6,892 20 8 1.2 — 8,108 9,485 1.4 46 2.5 27 8
MORE DEVELOPED
1,237 11 10 0.2 2 1,290 1,326 1.1 6 1.7 17 16
LESS DEVELOPED
5,656 22 8 1.4 -1 6,819 8,159 1.4 50 2.7 30 6
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China)
4,318 25 8 1.7 -1 5,343 6,722 1.6 54 3.1 33 5
LEAST DEVELOPED
857 35 12 2.3 -0 1,172 1,710 2.0 81 4.5 41 3
AFRICA
1,030 37 13 2.4 -1 1,412 2,084 2.0 76 4.7 41 3
SUB-Saharan afrIca
865 39 14 2.5 -0 1,207 1,831 2.1 81 5.2 43 3
northern afrIca
209 26 7 1.9 -0 262 329 1.6 42 3.0 33 4
algeria
36.0 23 5 1.8 -1 43.6 50.4 1.4 28 2.3 28 5
egypt
80.4 27 6 2.1 -0 103.6 137.7 1.7 28 3.0 33 4
libya
6.5 23 4 1.9 1 8.1 9.8 1.5 18 2.7 30 4
Morocco
31.9 21 6 1.5 -3 36.6 41.2 1.3 31 2.4 29 5
sudan
43.2 33 11 2.2 1 56.7 75.9 1.8 81 4.5 41 3
tunisia
10.5 18 6 1.2 -0 12.1 13.2 1.2 18 2.1 24 7
Western sahara
d
0.5 34 9 2.5 9 0.7 1.2 2.4 63 4.5 40 3
weStern afrIca
309 41 15 2.6 -1 435 682 2.2 81 5.5 43 3
Benin
9.8 40 10 3.0 0 13.6 22.1 2.3 89 5.6 45 3
Burkina Faso
16.2 46 12 3.4 0 25.4 47.4 2.9 81 6.0 46 3
Cape Verde
0.5 25 6 2.0 -3 0.7 0.8 1.6 25 2.9 35 5
Côte d'ivoire
22.0 37 14 2.4 -1 30.8 47.2 2.1 97 4.9 40 2
gambia
1.8 38 12 2.7 3 2.5 3.8 2.1 81 5.3 43 3
ghana
24.0 31 9 2.2 -1 31.8 44.6 1.9 50 4.0 39 4
guinea
10.8 41 11 3.0 0 15.9 25.1 2.3 91 5.7 43 3
guinea-Bissau
1.6 43 18 2.4 0 2.3 3.6 2.2 121 5.8 43 3
liberia
4.1 43 11 3.3 1 6.1 10.0 2.4 95 5.9 44 3
Mali
15.2 46 15 3.1 -6 22.3 35.6 2.3 116 6.6 48 3
Mauritania
3.4 34 11 2.3 1 4.4 6.1 1.8 73 4.5 40 3
niger
15.9 52 17 3.5 -6 27.4 58.2 3.7 108 7.4 49 2
nigeria
158.3 42 17 2.4 -0 217.4 326.4 2.1 75 5.7 43 3
senegal
12.5 39 11 2.8 -2 17.4 25.4 2.0 58 4.9 44 2
sierra leone
5.8 40 16 2.4 2 8.1 12.4 2.1 89 5.1 43 2
togo
6.8 33 8 2.5 -0 9.3 13.2 1.9 81 4.8 41 3
eaStern afrIca
326 40 13 2.7 -0 465 709 2.2 72 5.3 44 3
Burundi
8.5 36 15 2.1 8 11.6 16.8 2.0 98 5.4 41 3
Comoros
0.7 33 7 2.6 -3 0.9 1.2 1.8 53 4.1 38 3
djibouti
0.9 29 11 1.8 0 1.1 1.5 1.7 67 4.0 37 3
eritrea
5.2 37 9 2.9 2 7.4 10.8 2.1 54 4.7 42 2
ethiopia
85.0 39 12 2.7 -1 119.8 173.8 2.0 77 5.4 44 3
Kenya
40.0 37 10 2.7 0 51.3 65.2 1.6 52 4.6 42 3
Madagascar
20.1 37 9 2.7 -0 28.6 42.7 2.1 48 4.8 43 3
Malawi
15.4 44 15 2.9 0 22.9 37.4 2.4 80 6.0 46 3
Mauritius
1.3 12 7 0.5 -0 1.4 1.4 1.1 13.4 1.5 22 7
Mayotte
0.2 39 3 3.6 4 0.3 0.5 2.6 — 4.5 44 2
Mozambique
23.4 40 16 2.3 -0 31.2 44.1 1.9 90 5.1 44 3
reunion
0.8 18 5 1.3 -0 1.0 1.1 1.3 8 2.4 26 8
rwanda
10.4 42 14 2.9 0 15.8 28.3 2.7 102 5.4 42 2
seychelles
0.1 18 7 1.0 0 0.1 0.1 1.4 11.5 2.3 22 10
somalia
9.4 46 16 3.0 -6 13.9 23.5 2.5 111 6.5 45 3
tanzania
45.0 42 12 3.0 -1 67.4 109.5 2.4 58 5.6 45 3
uganda
33.8 47 13 3.4 -1 53.4 91.3 2.7 76 6.5 49 3
Zambia
13.3 45 20 2.5 -1 20.3 37.6 2.8 70 6.2 46 3
Zimbabwe
12.6 30 17 1.3 0 16.8 22.2 1.8 60 3.7 42 4
mIDDLe afrIca
129 44 16 2.7 -0 188 296 2.3 111 5.9 46 3
angola
19.0 42 17 2.5 1 27.4 42.3 2.2 118 5.8 45 2
Cameroon
20.0 37 14 2.3 -0 26.5 36.7 1.8 87 4.7 41 4
Central african republic
4.8 38 16 2.2 0 6.6 10.3 2.1 106 4.8 41 4
Chad
11.5 46 17 2.9 -1 16.9 27.8 2.4 130 6.2 46 3
Congo
3.9 38 13 2.5 -3 5.5 8.2 2.1 79 5.0 42 4
Congo, dem. rep.
67.8 47 17 2.9 -1 101.4 166.2 2.5 114 6.4 48 3
equatorial guinea
0.7 39 16 2.3 4 1.0 1.4 2.1 103 5.5 42 3
gabon
1.5 29 10 1.9 1 2.0 2.8 1.9 55 3.6 39 4
sao tome and Principe
0.2 37 7 2.9 -7 0.2 0.3 2.1 45 4.9 44 4
Population
mid-2010
(millions)
Births per
1,000
Population
Deaths per
1,000
Population
Rate of
Natural
Increase
(%)
Net
Migration
Rate
per 1,000
Population mid–2025 mid–2050
2050
Population
as a
Multiple
of 2010
Infant
Mortality
Rate
a
Total
Fertility
Rate
b
<15 65+
Projected
Population
(millions)
Percent of
Population
Ages
POPULATION, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT DATA AND ESTIMATES
FOR THE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD
See notes on page 17.