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Table 1

Socio-economic data 1990


Country

Land area

Population


G.N.P. per capita1


Total 1990

Density 1990

Annual growth 19801990


1990

Annual growth

1980-1990

1 000 ha

1 000 inh

inh/km2

1 000 inh/year

%

US$/capita

%


Finland

30 462

4 990

16.4

21

0.4

24 540

2.9

Norway

30 688

4 240

13.8

17

0.4

22 830

2.5

Sweden

40 823

8 560

21.0

25

0.3

23 780

2.0

Nordics

101 973

17 790

17.4

63

0.4

23 767

2.4

Belgium

3 025

9 840

325.3

10

0.1

17 580

2.2

Denmark

4 253

5 140

120.9

2

_

22 440

2.2

Iceland

8 844

250

2.8

3

1.1

22 090

2.4

Ireland

6 890

3 500

50.8

7

0.2

10 370

2.4

Netherlands

3 392

14 940

440.4

73

0.5

17 570

2.1

United Kingdom

24 086

57 410

238.4

114

0.2

16 080

2.8

North Western Europe

50 490

91 080

180.4

207

0.2

16 642

2.5

Austria

8 254

7 710

93.4

15

0.2

19 000

2.3

Former Czechoslovakia

12 540

15 660

124.9

46

0.3

3 190

0.7

France

54 325

56 440

103.9

275

0.5

19 590

2.3

Germany

34 934

79 880

228.7

79

0.1

22 360

2.3

Luxembourg

257

370

143.9

1

0.4

29 010

4.2

Poland

30 445

38 180

125.4

257

0.7

1 690

1.2

Switzerland

3 976

6 710

168.8

39

0.6

32 250

2.2

Central Eastern Europe

144 731

204 950

141.6

713

0.4

16 491

2.2

Albania

2 775

3 250

117.1

52

2.0

n.a.

n.a.

Bulgaria

11 019

9 010

81.8

15

0.2

2 320

1.7

Cyprus

916

700

76.4

7

1.1

8 230

6.0

Greece

12 926

10 050

77.7

39

0.4

6 010

1.6

Hungary

9 213

10 550

114.5

-21

-0.2

2 780

0.5

Israel

2 031

4 660

229.4

80

1.9

11 160

3.7

Italy

30 128

57 660

191.4

114

0.2

16 880

2.4

Romania

22 954

23 200

101.1

91

0.4

1 620

0.3

Turkey

77 079

58 690

76.1

1 194

2.3

1 640

5.4

Former Yugoslavia, SFR

25 540

23 810

93.2

237

0.7

2 940

-0.7

South East Europe

194 581

201 580

103.6

2 081

1.1

6 784

1.8

Portugal

8 655

10 530

121.7

61

0.6

4 950

3.2

Spain

49 937

38 960

78.0

152

0.4

11 010

3.2

Iberia

58 592

49 490

84.5

214

0.4

9 721

3.2


Europe

550 367

564 890

102.6

3 278

0.6

12 722

2.2


Belarus

20 700

10 200

49.3

57

0.6

3 110

4.0

Other Former USSR

2 060 344

288 590

14.0

3 095

0.7

3 430

2.0

Ukraine

57 955

51 700

89.2

174

0.4

2 500

2.7


Former USSR

2 138 999

350 490

16.4

3 326

1.0

3 284

2.2


Canada

921 500

26 520

2.9

251

1.0

20 380

3.1

USA

913 658

249 970

27.4

2 142

0.9

21 810

3.1


North America

1 835 158

276 490

15.1

2 393

0.9

21 673

3.1


Australia

754 402

17 090

2.3

236

1.5

16 560

2.8

Japan

36 460

123 540

338.8

601

0.5

25 840

4.3

New Zealand

26 784

3 350

12.5

26

0.8

12 570

1.0


Developed Asia/Oceania

817 646

143 980

17.6

863

0.6

24 430

4.2


TOTAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

5 342 170

1 335 850

25.0

9 860

0.8

13 362

2.8


Table 1

Socio-economic data 1990


Country

Land area

Population


G.N.P. per capita1


Total 1990

Density 1990

Annual growth 19801990


1990

Annual growth

1980-1990

1 000 ha

1 000 inh

inh/km2

1 000 inh/year

%

US$/capita

%


AFRICA
Burkina Faso

27 380

9 007

32.9

205

2.6

330

1.3

Cape Verde

403

379

94.0

8

2.5

680

2.2

Chad

125 920

5 679

4.5

120

2.4

180

3.8

Gambia

1 000

858

85.8

22

3.0

340

-0.1

Guinea-Bissau

2 812

950

33.8

15

1.7

180

1.3

Mali

122 019

9 362

7.7

234

2.9

200

0.1

Mauritania

102 522

2 024

2.0

47

2.7

500

-1.8

Niger

126 670

7 109

5.6

180

3.0

310

-4.1

Senegal

19 253

7 369

38.3

170

2.7

710

0.0

West Sahelian Africa

527 979

42 737

8.1

1 000

2.7

352

-0.4

Djibouti

2 318

427

18.4

12

3.3

n.a.

n.a.

Ethiopia, former PDR

110 100

46 744

42.5

799

1.9

120

-1.6

Kenya

56 969

25 130

44.1

850

4.2

370

0.3

Somalia

62 734

7 257

11.6

180

2.9

150

1.5

Sudan

237 600

25 195

10.6

651

3.0

400

-2.4

Uganda

19 955

18 442

92.4

532

3.5

180

3.3

East Sahelian Africa

489 676

123 195

25.2

3 025

2.9

239

-0.5

Benin

11 062

4 741

42.9

125

3.1

360

-1.1

Côte d'Ivoire

31 800

12 596

39.6

427

4.2

750

-3.4

Ghana

23 002

15 020

65.3

429

3.4

390

-0.3

Guinea

24 586

6 876

28.0

147

2.4

440

0.0

Liberia

9 675

2 554

26.4

70

3.2

580

0.0

Nigeria

91 077

108 949

119.6

2 400

2.5

290

-1.7

Sierra Leone

7 162

4 151

58.0

89

2.4

250

-1.3

Togo

5 439

3 455

63.5

90

3.1

410

-1.7

West Africa

203 803

158 342

77.7

3 776

2.8

351

-1.5

Cameroon

46 540

10 376

22.3

250

2.8

480

-1.0

Central African Republic

62 298

2 913

4.7

61

2.4

390

-1.5

Congo

34 150

1 994

5.8

47

2.7

1 000

-0.2

Equatorial Guinea

2 805

342

12.2

6

1.9

340

3.4

Gabon

25 767

1 171

4.5

37

3.8

3 550

-4.2

Zaire

226 760

35 990

15.9

961

3.2

220

-1.6

Central Africa

398 320

52 786

13.3

1 362

3.0

385

-1.7

Angola

124 670

10 020

8.0

230

2.6

n.a.

n.a.

Botswana

56 673

1 285

2.3

38

3.6

2 230

5.8

Burundi

2 565

5 451

212.5

135

2.9

210

1.4

Malawi

9 408

8 428

89.6

234

3.3

200

0.1

Mozambique

78 409

15 663

20.0

356

2.6

80

-3.6

Namibia

82 329

1 330

1.6

33

2.9

1 475

1.6

Rwanda

2 467

7 232

293.1

207

3.4

310

-2.6

Tanzania, United Rep.

88 604

27 328

30.8

846

3.8

110

-1.1

Zambia

74 339

8 456

11.4

272

4.0

420

-2.9

Zimbabwe

38 667

9 721

25.1

258

3.1

650

0.2

Tropical South Africa

558 131

94 914

17.0

2 609

4.5

283

-0.4

Comoros

223

543

243.5

16

3.6

n.a.

n.a.

Madagascar

58 154

11 980

20.6

320

3.2

230

-2.4

Mauritius

203

1 075

529.6

11

1.1

n.a.

n.a.

Reunion

250

604

241.6

10

1.8

n.a.

n.a.

Saint Helena

31

6

19.4

_

1.8

n.a.

n.a.

Seychelles

27

71

263.0

1

1.4

n.a.

n.a.

Insular Africa

58 888

14 279

24.2

358

2.9

230

-2.4


Tropical Africa

2 236 797

486 253

21.7

12 130

3.1

311

-1.1


Algeria

238 174

24 960

10.5

622

2.9

2 350

1.9

Egypt

99 545

52 426

52.7

1 155

2.5

610

2.0

Libya Arab Jamahiriya

175 954

4 545

2.6

150

2.6

n.a.

n.a.

Morocco

71 085

25 061

35.3

568

2.6

970

0.4

Tunisia

15 536

8 180

52.7

180

2.5

1 440

1.2

North Africa

600 294

115 172

19.2

2 675

2.7

1 146

1.6

Lesotho

3 035

1 774

58.5

44

2.9

550

2.7

South Africa

122 104

38 067

31.2

847

2.5

2 530.*

n.a.

Swaziland

1 720

788

45.8

23

3.4

1 030

2.2

Non Tropical South Africa

126 859

40 629

32.0

913

2.6

698

2.6


Non Tropical Africa

727 153

155 801

21.4

3 587

2.7

1 135

1.6


TOTAL AFRICA

2 963 950

642 054

21.7

15 717

3.0

470

0.0


ASIA/PACIFIC
Bangladesh

13 017

115 594

888.0

2 738

2.7

210

1.9

Bhutan

4 700

1 427

30.4

26

2.0

190

6.8

India

297 319

853 373

287.0

16 452

2.2

360

3.3

Nepal

13 680

19 143

139.9

429

2.6

180

2.1

Pakistan

77 088

122 666

159.1

3 737

3.7

400

3.2

Sri Lanka

6 463

17 209

266.3

239

1.5

470

2.5

South Asia

412 267

1 129 412

274.0

23 620

2.4

347

3.2

Cambodia

17 652

8 246

46.7

185

2.6

170

0.0

Laos

23 080

4 071

17.6

87

2.4

200

1.2

Myanmar

65 797

41 675

63.3

785

2.1

n.a.

n.a.

Thailand

51 089

55 702

109.0

898

1.8

1 420

5.9

Vietnam

32 549

67 171

206.4

1 347

2.3

n.a.

n.a.

Continental S. E. Asia

190 167

176 865

93.0

3 302

2.1

1 195

5.6

Brunei Darussalam

527

266

50.5

8

3.7

n.a.

n.a.

Indonesia

181 157

180 514

99.6

2 956

1.8

560

3.9

Malaysia

32 855

17 339

52.8

358

2.3

2 330

2.9

Philippines

29 817

62 409

209.3

1 409

2.6

730

-1.2

Singapore

61

2 712

4 445.9

30

1.2

11 088

4.8

Insular S. E. Asia

244 417

263 240

107.7

4 760

2.0

826

2.5

Papua New Guinea

45 286

4 011

8.9

93

2.7

850

-0.7

American Samoa

20

33

165.0

1

2.0

n.a.

n.a.

Fiji

1 827

726

39.7

9

1.4

1 780

1.5

French Polynesia

366

198

54.1

5

2.7

n.a.

n.a.

Guam

55

134

243.6

3

2.3

n.a.

n.a.

Kiribati

73

71

97.3

1

2.0

720

2.4

New Caledonia

1 828

168

9.2

3

1.8

n.a.

n.a.

Niue

26

2

7.7

_

-4.0

n.a.

n.a.

Pacific Islands

178

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

n.a.

Samoa

283

158

55.8

_

0.2

n.a.

n.a.

Solomon Islands

2 799

320

11.4

9

3.5

590

6.7

Tonga

72

96

133.3

_

0.4

1 020

2.2

Vanuatu

1 219

150

12.3

3

2.6

1 100

2.6

Pacific

54 032

6 067

11.2

127

2.4

968

0.9


Total Tropical Asia

900 883

1 575 584

174.9

31 808

2.3

475

3.1


Afghanistan

65 209

16 557

25.4

49

0.3

n.a.

n.a.

Bahrain

68

516

758.8

17

4.0

6 830.*

n.a.

Iran

163 600

54 607

33.4

1 571

3.4

2 500

2.5

Iraq

43 737

18 920

43.3

563

3.6

n.a.

n.a.

Jordan

8 893

3 282

36.9

111

4.2

1 290.*

n.a.

Kuwait

1 782

2 039

114.4

66

4.0

n.a.

n.a.

Lebanon

1 023

2 701

264.0

3

0.1

n.a.

n.a.

Oman

21 246

1 502

7.1

52

4.3

5 680

4.5

Qatar

1 100

368

33.5

14

4.9

15 876.*

-6.6

Saudi Arabia

214 969

14 134

6.6

476

4.2

7 070

-3.8

Syrian Arab Republic

18 420

12 530

68.0

373

3.6

1 000

-3.6

United Arab Emirates

8 360

1 589

19.0

57

4.6

19 870

-1.8

Yemen

52 797

11 687

22.1

347

3.6

540.*

n.a.

Middle East

601 204

140 432

23.4

3 699

3.1

3 481

-0.4

China

932 641

1 139 060

122.1

14 293

1.3

370

2.1

Korea, DPR

12 054

21 773

180.6

351

1.8

n.a.

n.a.

Korea, Rep.

9 902

42 793

432.2

467

1.2

5 401

12.9

Mongolia

156 650

2 190

1.4

53

1.4

n.a.

n.a.

Temperate Asia

1 111 247

1 205 816

108.5

15 164

1.4

554

4.7


Total Non Tropical Asia

1 712 451

1 346 248

78.6

18 863

1.5

749

3.6


TOTAL ASIA/PACIFIC

2 613 334

2 921 832

111.8

50 671

1.9

602

3.3


LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Costa Rica

5 106

3 015

59.0

73

2.8

1 900

1.0

El Salvador

2 085

5 252

251.9

73

1.5

1 000

-0.3

Guatemala

10 843

9 197

84.8

228

2.9

910

-1.8

Honduras

11 189

5 138

45.9

148

3.4

640

-0.7

Mexico

190 869

88 598

46.4

1 818

2.3

2 490

-0.5

Nicaragua

11 875

3 871

32.6

110

3.4

420

-4.6

Panama

7 599

2 418

31.8

46

2.1

1 900

-1.8

Central America

239 566

117 489

49.0

2 496

2.4

2 123

-0.6

Barbados

43

257

597.7

1

0.3

n.a.

n.a.

Bermuda

5

61

1 220.0

1

1.0

n.a.

n.a.

British Virgin Islands

15

16

106.7

_

2.9

n.a.

n.a.

Cayman Islands

26

26

100.0

1

4.3

n.a.

n.a.

Monserrat

10

11

110.0

_

-0.9

n.a.

n.a.

Netherlands Antilles

80

155

193.8

-2

-1.0

n.a.

n.a.

St.Pierre/Miquelon

23

6

26.1

_

0.0

n.a.

n.a.

US Virgin Islands

34

107

314.7

1

0.9

n.a.

n.a.

Antigua and Barbuda

44

76

172.7

_

0.1

4 290

3.8

Bahamas

1 001

260

26.0

4

1.5

11 550

1.3

Belize

2 280

182

8.0

4

2.3

1 960

2.5

Cuba

10 982

10 324

94.0

59

0.6

n.a.

n.a.

Dominica

75

82

109.3

1

1.2

2 220

4.6

Dominican Republic

4 838

7 170

148.2

147

2.3

830

-0.2

French Guyana

8 815

92

1.0

2

2.9

n.a.

n.a.

Grenada

34

85

250.0

-2

-2.3

2 130

7.1

Guadeloupe

169

340

201.2

1

0.4

n.a.

n.a.

Guyana

19 685

1 040

5.3

18

1.9

380

-4.2

Haiti

2 756

6 504

236.0

109

1.9

370

-2.4

Jamaica

1 083

2 521

232.8

35

1.5

1 500

-0.3

Martinique

106

341

321.7

2

0.5

n.a.

n.a.

Puerto Rico

886

3 480

392.8

28

0.8

6 356

1.4

St. Kitts and Nevis

36

51

141.7

_

-0.2

3 540

6.0

St. Lucia

61

150

245.9

3

2.3

2 099

1.4

St. Vincent

39

116

297.4

2

1.6

1 710

4.8

Suriname

15 600

403

2.6

5

1.3

3 350

-4.5

Trinidad and Tobago

513

1 283

250.1

19

1.6

3 460

-5.2

Caribbean

69 239

35 139

50.8

437

1.3

1 931

-0.7

Bolivia

108 438

7 314

6.7

174

2.8

630

-2.0

Brazil

845 651

150 368

17.8

2 908

2.2

2 680

0.4

Colombia

103 870

31 819

30.6

603

2.1

1 258

1.2

Ecuador

27 684

10 782

38.9

266

2.9

953

-0.3

Paraguay

39 730

4 277

10.8

113

3.1

1 090

-0.8

Peru

128 000

22 332

17.4

504

2.6

1 100

-2.6

Venezuela

88 205

19 736

22.4

471

2.8

2 560

-1.5

Tropical South America

1 341 578

246 628

18.4

5 039

2.3

2 180

_


Tropical Latin Am/Caribbean

1 650 383

399 256

24.2

7 972

2.3

2 148

-0.2


Argentina

273 669

32 322

11.8

409

1.4

2 380

1.9

Chile

74 880

13 173

17.6

203

1.7

1 940

-0.3

Uruguay

17 481

3 094

17.7

18

0.6

2 600

-0.5


Non Tropical South America

366 030

48 589

13.3

629

1.4

2 275

1.1


TOTAL LATIN AM/CARIBBEAN

2 016 413

447 845

22.2

8 601

2.2

2 162

-0.1


TOTAL DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

7 593 697

4 011 731

52.8

74 989

2.1

763

1.8


GRAND TOTAL

12 935 867

5 347 581

41.3

84 850

1.8

4 063

1.9


1 Sub-totals and total gross national product exclude those countries for which annual growth data is not available. The values for these countries are indicated with an *.


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