© 2012 Population Reference Bureau see notes, page 18
2012 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET 6
Infant Mortality
Rate
a
Projected Population
millions
WORLD 7,058
20 8
1.2 —
8,082 9,624
1.4 41
MORE DEVELOPED 1,243
11 10
0.1 2
1,292 1,338
1.1 5
LESS DEVELOPED 5,814
22 8
1.4 -1
6,789 8,286
1.4 45
LESS DEVELOPED
Excl. China
4,464 25
8 1.7
-1 5,387
6,975 1.6
49
LEAST DEVELOPED
876 35
10 2.4
-1 1,185
1,899 2.2
72
AFRICA 1,072
36 11
2.5 -1
1,446 2,339
2.2 67
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
902 38
12 2.6
-1 1,245
2,092 2.3
72
NORTHERN AFRICA 213
26 6
2.0 -1
263 346
1.6 38
Algeria 37.4
25 4
2.0 -1
42.0 46.5
1.2 24
Egypt 82.3
25 5
2.0 -1
102.0 135.6
1.6 24
Libya 6.5
23 4
1.9 -5
7.5 8.8
1.4 14
Morocco 32.6
19 6
1.4 -4
36.9 41.4
1.3 30
South Sudan 9.4
42 14
2.8 6
14.6 25.1
2.7 101
Sudan 33.5
34 9
2.4 -2
46.8 74.1
2.2 67
Tunisia 10.8
19 6
1.3 -0
12.1 13.7
1.3 20
Western Sahara
d
0.6 22
6 1.7
18 0.8
0.9 1.6
40 WESTERN AFRICA
324 40
13 2.7
-1 450
774 2.4
76
Benin 9.4
40 12
2.9 -1
13.5 23.3
2.5 81
Burkina Faso 17.5
43 12
3.1 -1
25.5 46.7
2.7 65
Cape Verde 0.5
26 6
2.0 -2
0.6 0.7
1.4 24
Côte dIvoire 20.6
35 12
2.3 -2
28.1 46.1
2.2 73
Gambia 1.8
38 9
2.9 -2
2.5 4.0
2.2 70
Ghana 25.5
32 8
2.4 -0
33.4 49.1
1.9 47
Guinea 11.5
39 13
2.6 -3
14.3 23.0
2.0 89
Guinea-Bissau 1.6
38 17
2.2 -1
2.1 3.3
2.0 103
Liberia 4.2
40 11
2.9 -1
6.0 10.8
2.6 83
Mali 16.0
46 15
3.2 -2
23.7 45.3
2.8 97
Mauritania 3.6
34 10
2.4 -1
4.7 7.1
2.0 74
Niger 16.3
46 11
3.5 -1
25.6 54.2
3.3 81
Nigeria 170.1
40 14
2.6 -0
234.4 402.4
2.4 77
Senegal 13.1
38 9
2.9 -2
18.6 32.3
2.5 47
Sierra Leone 6.1
39 16
2.3 1
7.8 11.1
1.8 109
Togo 6.0
36 8
2.8 9.4
14.3 2.4
78 EASTERN AFRICA
342 38
11 2.7
-1 477
799 2.3
60
Burundi 10.6
42 10
3.2 4
15.5 27.1
2.6 63
Comoros 0.8
37 9
2.9 -3
1.0 1.7
2.2 68
Djibouti 0.9
29 10
1.9 1.2
1.6 1.8
79 Eritrea
5.6 36
8 2.8
2 7.6
11.6 2.1
51 Ethiopia
87.0 34
10 2.4
-1 115.0
166.5 1.9
59 Kenya
43.0 35
8 2.7
-0 53.2
70.8 1.6
47 Madagascar
21.9 35
7 2.9
-0 31.2
53.6 2.4
43 Malawi
15.9 43
15 2.8
-0 24.2
49.7 3.1
66 Mauritius
1.3 11
7 0.4
-0 1.4
1.3 1.0
12.9 Mayotte
0.2 41
3 3.8
-0 0.3
0.6 2.6
6 Mozambique
23.7 42
14 2.8
36.5 67.5
2.8 86
Reunion 0.9
17 5
1.2 1.0
1.1 1.2
8 Rwanda
10.8 33
10 2.2
14.3 20.6
1.9 50
Seychelles 0.1
18 8
1.0 2
0.1 0.1
1.1 12.6
Somalia 10.1
44 16
2.8 -12
13.3 22.6
2.2 107
Tanzania 47.7
41 11
3.0 -1
70.9 138.3
2.9 51
Uganda 35.6
45 12
3.3 -1
52.3 94.3
2.6 54
Zambia 13.7
46 16
3.0 -1
20.7 44.5
3.2 88
Zimbabwe 12.6
34 15
1.9 -9
17.7 25.6
2.0 57
MIDDLE AFRICA
134 43
15 2.8
-0 193
352 2.6
98
Angola 20.9
44 12
3.2 1
32.2 63.2
3.0 64
Cameroon 20.9
41 14
2.7 -0
28.0 44.6
2.1 62
Central African Republic 4.6
35 16
1.9 5.9
8.4 1.8
101 Chad
11.8 45
16 2.8
-2 16.4
27.3 2.3
128 Congo
4.2 40
11 2.8
5.9 10.2
2.4 70
Congo, Dem. Rep. 69.1
45 17
2.8 -1
101.0 194.2
2.8 115
Equatorial Guinea 0.7
37 15
2.2 2
1.0 1.5
2.0 98
2050 Population
as a Multiple
of 2012 Population
mid-2012 millions
Births per 1,000
Population Deaths
per 1,000 Population
Rate of Natural
Increase Net
Migration Rate
per 1,000 mid-2050
mid-2025
FOR THE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD
© 2012 Population Reference Bureau see notes, page 18
2012 WORLD POPULATION DATA SHEET 7
Infant Mortality
Rate
a
Total Fertility
Rate
b
Projected Population
millions 2050
Population as a
Multiple of 2012
Population mid-2012
millions
Births per 1,000
Population Deaths
per 1,000 Population
Rate of Natural
Increase Net
Migration Rate
per 1,000 mid-2050
mid-2025
POPULATION, HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENT DATA AND ESTIMATES FOR THE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD
Gabon 1.6
27 9
1.8 1
2.0 2.8
1.8 47
Sao Tome and Principe 0.2
37 8
2.8 -10
0.2 0.3
1.7 38
SOUTHERN AFRICA
59 22
12 1.0
2 63
68 1.2
41
Botswana 1.9
26 14
1.2 2.2
2.4 1.3
44 Lesotho
2.2 28
16 1.2
