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2.

1 World Development Indicators:


Population dynamics

People

Population

Averageannualpopulation
growth%

millions

Populationagecomposition

Dependencyratio

Ages014

Ages1564

Ages65+

2015

young

Crudebirth
rate

per1,000
people

per1,000
people

old

%ofworking %ofworking
agepopulation agepopulation

2000

2015

2025

200015

201525

2015

2015

2014

2014

19.7

32.5

40.2

3.3

2.1

44

53

82

34

Albania

3.1

2.9

3.0

0.4

0.2

19

69

12

27

18

13

Algeria

31.2

39.7

45.9

1.6

1.5

29

66

44

24

American
Samoa

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Andorra

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.1

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Angola

15.1

25.0

34.0

3.4

3.1

48

50

95

14

45

Afghanistan

Antiguaand
Barbuda

2015

Crudedeath
rate

2015

0.1

0.1

0.1

1.1

1.0

24

69

35

10

16

37.1

43.4

47.5

1.1

0.9

25

64

11

39

17

18

Armenia

3.1

3.0

3.0

0.1

0.0

18

71

11

26

15

13

Aruba

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.9

0.2

18

69

12

26

18

10

19.2

23.8

26.8

1.4

1.2

19

66

15

28

23

13

Austria

8.0

8.6

8.8

0.5

0.2

14

67

19

21

28

10

Azerbaijan

8.0

9.7

10.4

1.2

0.8

22

72

30

18

Bahamas,The

0.3

0.4

0.4

1.8

1.0

21

71

30

12

15

Bahrain

0.7

1.4

1.6

4.8

1.3

21

76

28

15

131.3

161.0

179.1

1.4

1.1

29

66

45

20

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

19

66

14

29

21

11

12

Belarus

10.0

9.5

9.2

0.3

0.3

16

70

14

23

20

13

13

Belgium

10.3

11.3

11.8

0.6

0.4

17

65

18

26

28

11

Belize

0.2

0.4

0.4

2.5

1.9

32

64

51

23

Benin

6.9

10.9

13.9

3.0

2.5

42

55

77

36

Bermuda

0.1

0.1

..

0.4

..

..

..

..

..

..

11

Bhutan

0.6

0.8

0.9

2.1

1.0

27

68

39

18

Bolivia

8.3

10.7

12.4

1.7

1.4

32

61

53

11

24

Bosniaand
Herzegovina

3.8

3.8

3.7

0.0

0.3

13

71

15

19

22

11

Botswana

1.7

2.3

2.6

1.8

1.6

32

64

50

25

175.8

207.8

223.0

1.1

0.7

23

69

33

11

15

0.3

0.4

0.5

1.6

1.2

23

72

32

16

Argentina

Australia

Bangladesh
Barbados

Brazil
Brunei
Darussalam
Bulgaria

8.2

7.2

6.6

0.9

0.8

14

66

20

21

30

15

11.6

18.1

23.9

3.0

2.8

46

52

88

10

40

Burundi

6.8

11.2

15.2

3.3

3.1

45

53

85

11

44

CaboVerde

0.4

0.5

0.6

1.1

1.2

30

66

45

21

Cambodia

12.2

15.6

17.9

1.6

1.4

32

64

49

24

Cameroon

15.9

23.3

29.5

2.5

2.4

43

54

78

11

37

Canada

30.8

35.9

38.9

1.0

0.8

16

68

16

24

24

11

CaymanIslands

0.0

0.1

0.1

2.4

1.3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

CentralAfrican
Republic

3.7

4.9

5.9

1.8

1.9

39

57

68

15

34

Chad

8.3

14.0

19.1

3.5

3.1

48

50

96

14

45

ChannelIslands

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.6

0.4

15

68

17

22

25

15.2

17.9

19.6

1.1

0.9

20

69

11

29

16

13

BurkinaFaso

Chile
China

1,262.6

1,371.2

1,409.0

0.5

0.3

17

73

10

24

13

12

HongKong
SAR,China

6.7

7.3

7.8

0.6

0.6

12

73

15

16

21

MacaoSAR,
China

0.4

0.6

0.7

2.1

1.4

13

78

17

12

12

Colombia

40.4

48.2

51.9

1.2

0.7

24

69

35

10

16

Comoros

0.5

0.8

1.0

2.4

2.2

40

57

71

34

Congo,Dem.
Rep.

48.0

77.3

104.5

3.2

3.0

46

51

90

10

42

Congo,Rep.

3.1

4.6

6.0

2.6

2.6

43

54

79

37

CostaRica

3.9

4.8

5.2

1.4

0.9

22

69

32

13

15

16.5

22.7

28.7

2.1

2.4

42

54

78

14

37

4.4

4.2

4.1

0.3

0.4

15

66

19

23

29

12

11.1

11.4

11.3

0.2

0.1

16

70

14

23

20

10

Curacao

0.1

0.2

0.2

1.1

0.7

19

66

15

29

22

13

Cyprus

0.9

1.2

1.3

1.4

0.8

17

71

13

23

18

11

10.3

10.6

10.6

0.2

0.0

15

67

18

22

27

10

10

Denmark

5.3

5.7

5.9

0.4

0.4

17

64

19

26

30

10

Djibouti

0.7

0.9

1.0

1.4

1.2

33

63

52

25

Dominica

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.4

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

8.6

10.5

11.6

1.4

1.0

30

63

47

10

21

12.6

16.1

18.5

1.6

1.4

29

64

45

10

21

Coted'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba

CzechRepublic

Dominican
Republic
Ecuador

World Development Indicators

Last updated date:08/10/2016

2.1 World Development Indicators:


Population dynamics

People

Population

Averageannualpopulation
growth%

millions

2000

2015

Egypt,Arab
Rep.

68.3

91.5

ElSalvador

5.8

6.1

Equatorial
Guinea

0.5

Eritrea

3.5

Estonia
Ethiopia

2025

Populationagecomposition

Dependencyratio

Ages014

Ages1564

Ages65+

2015

young

Crudebirth
rate

per1,000
people

per1,000
people

2014

2014

old

%ofworking %ofworking
agepopulation agepopulation
2015

Crudedeath
rate

200015

201525

2015

2015

2015

108.9

1.9

1.7

33

62

54

28

6.3

0.4

0.3

27

65

42

13

17

0.8

1.1

3.1

2.7

39

58

68

11

35

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

34

1.4

1.3

1.3

0.4

0.3

16

65

19

25

29

12

10

66.4

99.4

125.0

2.7

2.3

41

55

75

32

FaroeIslands

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.2

0.2

..

..

..

..

..

13

Fiji

0.8

0.9

0.9

0.6

0.4

29

65

44

20

Finland

5.2

5.5

5.6

0.4

0.3

16

63

20

26

32

10

11

France

60.9

66.8

69.3

0.6

0.4

18

62

19

30

31

12

French
Polynesia

0.2

0.3

0.3

1.2

0.7

22

70

31

11

16

Gabon

1.2

1.7

2.1

2.2

2.0

37

58

64

30

Gambia,The

1.2

2.0

2.7

3.2

3.0

46

52

90

42

Georgia

4.4

3.7

3.6

1.2

0.2

17

69

14

25

20

12

14

Germany

82.2

81.4

80.4

0.1

0.1

13

66

21

20

32

11

Ghana

18.8

27.4

33.7

2.5

2.1

39

58

67

33

Greece

10.8

10.8

10.5

0.0

0.3

15

64

21

23

33

11

Greenland

0.1

0.1

..

0.0

..

..

..

..

..

..

14

Grenada

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.4

26

66

40

11

19

Guam

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.6

1.2

25

66

39

13

17

11.7

16.3

19.7

2.2

1.9

37

59

63

27

Guinea

8.8

12.6

16.2

2.4

2.5

43

54

78

10

37

GuineaBissau

1.3

1.8

2.3

2.3

2.2

41

56

73

12

37

Guyana

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.2

0.5

29

66

44

19

Haiti

8.5

10.7

12.0

1.5

1.1

34

62

55

25

Honduras

6.2

8.1

9.2

1.7

1.3

32

63

50

21

Hungary

10.2

9.8

9.5

0.2

0.4

15

68

18

22

26

13

10

0.3

0.3

0.4

1.1

0.7

20

66

14

31

21

13

1,053.5

1,311.1

1,461.6

1.5

1.1

29

66

44

20

211.5

257.6

284.5

1.3

1.0

28

67

41

20

Iran,Islamic
Rep.

65.9

79.1

86.5

1.2

0.9

24

71

33

18

Iraq

23.6

36.4

47.8

2.9

2.7

41

56

73

35

Ireland

3.8

4.6

5.0

1.3

0.8

22

65

13

33

20

14

IsleofMan

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.9

0.7

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Israel

6.3

8.4

9.7

1.9

1.5

28

61

11

46

18

21

56.9

60.8

60.3

0.4

0.1

14

64

22

21

35

10

2.6

2.7

2.8

0.3

0.3

24

67

35

14

14

126.8

127.0

122.7

0.0

0.3

13

61

26

21

43

10

4.8

7.6

8.5

3.1

1.2

36

61

59

27

Kazakhstan

14.9

17.5

19.3

1.1

1.0

27

67

40

10

23

Kenya

31.1

46.1

58.6

2.6

2.4

42

55

76

35

Kiribati

0.1

0.1

0.1

1.9

1.6

35

61

57

29

Korea,Dem.
People'sRep.

22.8

25.2

26.3

0.6

0.4

21

69

10

31

14

14

Korea,Rep.

Guatemala

Iceland
India
Indonesia

Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan

47.0

50.6

52.2

0.5

0.3

14

73

13

19

18

Kosovo

1.7

1.8

2.0

0.4

1.1

26

68

38

10

17

Kuwait

1.9

3.9

4.7

4.7

1.8

22

76

29

20

Kyrgyz
Republic

4.9

6.0

6.8

1.3

1.3

31

64

49

28

LaoPDR

5.3

6.8

8.0

1.6

1.6

35

61

57

27

Latvia

2.4

2.0

1.9

1.2

0.5

15

66

19

23

29

14

11

Lebanon

3.2

5.9

5.4

3.9

0.8

24

68

35

12

15

Lesotho

1.9

2.1

2.4

0.9

1.1

36

60

60

15

29

Liberia

2.9

4.5

5.7

3.0

2.4

42

55

77

35

Libya

5.3

6.3

7.1

1.1

1.2

30

66

45

21

Liechtenstein

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.6

..

..

..

..

..

10

Lithuania

3.5

2.9

2.8

1.2

0.5

15

67

19

22

28

14

10

Luxembourg

0.4

0.6

0.6

1.8

1.2

16

70

14

24

20

11

Macedonia,
FYR

2.0

2.1

2.1

0.2

0.1

17

71

12

24

17

11

Madagascar

15.7

24.2

31.7

2.9

2.7

42

55

75

34

Malawi

11.2

17.2

23.1

2.9

3.0

45

51

88

39

Malaysia

23.4

30.3

34.3

1.7

1.2

25

69

36

17

Maldives

0.3

0.4

0.5

2.4

1.3

27

68

41

21

World Development Indicators

Last updated date:08/10/2016

2.1 World Development Indicators:


Population dynamics

People

Population

Averageannualpopulation
growth%

millions

Populationagecomposition

Dependencyratio

Ages014

Ages1564

Ages65+

2015

young

Crudebirth
rate

per1,000
people

per1,000
people

old

%ofworking %ofworking
agepopulation agepopulation

2000

2015

2025

200015

201525

2015

2015

2014

2014

11.0

17.6

23.7

3.1

3.0

48

50

95

10

44

Malta

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.8

0.2

14

66

19

22

29

10

Marshall
Islands

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Mauritania

2.7

4.1

5.1

2.7

2.3

40

57

70

33

Mali

Mauritius

2015

Crudedeath
rate

2015

1.2

1.3

1.3

0.4

0.2

19

71

10

27

13

11

102.8

127.0

141.9

1.4

1.1

28

66

42

10

19

Micronesia,
Fed.Sts.

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.7

34

62

55

24

Moldova

3.6

3.6

3.4

0.2

0.3

16

74

10

21

13

11

11

Monaco

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.1

0.3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Mongolia

2.4

3.0

3.4

1.4

1.3

28

68

42

24

Mexico

Montenegro

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.2

0.1

19

68

14

28

20

10

12

Morocco

29.0

34.4

38.3

1.1

1.1

27

67

41

21

Mozambique

18.3

28.0

36.5

2.8

2.6

45

51

88

11

39

Myanmar

47.7

53.9

58.4

0.8

0.8

28

67

41

18

1.9

2.5

3.0

1.7

2.0

37

60

61

30

Nepal

23.7

28.5

31.8

1.2

1.1

33

62

53

21

Netherlands

15.9

16.9

17.4

0.4

0.3

17

65

18

25

28

10

NewCaledonia

0.2

0.3

0.3

1.6

1.1

22

68

10

33

15

17

NewZealand

3.9

4.6

5.0

1.2

0.8

20

65

15

31

23

13

Nicaragua

5.0

6.1

6.7

1.3

1.0

30

65

46

20

11.2

19.9

29.6

3.8

4.0

50

47

107

49

122.9

182.2

233.6

2.6

2.5

44

53

83

13

40

Northern
MarianaIslands

0.1

0.1

0.1

1.4

0.2

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Norway

4.5

5.2

5.7

1.0

0.9

18

66

16

27

25

12

Namibia

Niger
Nigeria

Oman

2.2

4.5

5.1

4.6

1.2

21

77

27

20

138.3

188.9

227.2

2.1

1.8

35

60

58

29

Palau

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.7

1.2

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Panama

3.0

3.9

4.5

1.7

1.4

27

65

42

12

19

PapuaNew
Guinea

5.4

7.6

9.2

2.3

1.9

37

60

62

29

Paraguay

5.3

6.6

7.5

1.5

1.2

30

64

47

21

Peru

25.9

31.4

35.2

1.3

1.1

28

65

43

10

20

Philippines

77.9

100.7

116.2

1.7

1.4

32

63

50

24

Poland

38.3

38.0

37.3

0.0

0.2

15

70

16

21

22

10

10

Portugal

10.3

10.3

10.0

0.0

0.3

14

65

21

22

32

10

3.8

3.5

3.5

0.6

0.1

19

67

14

28

22

10
12

Pakistan

PuertoRico
Qatar

0.6

2.2

2.6

8.8

1.7

16

83

19

22.4

19.8

18.6

0.8

0.6

16

67

17

23

26

13

146.6

144.1

141.9

0.1

0.2

17

70

13

24

19

13

13

Rwanda

8.0

11.6

14.4

2.5

2.1

41

56

73

32

Samoa

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.7

0.6

37

57

65

26

SanMarino

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.4

..

..

..

..

..

SaoTomeand
Principe

0.1

0.2

0.2

2.2

2.0

43

54

79

34

Romania
Russian
Federation

SaudiArabia

21.4

31.5

36.8

2.6

1.6

29

69

42

20

Senegal

9.9

15.1

20.0

2.9

2.8

44

53

82

38

Serbia

7.5

7.1

6.8

0.4

0.4

16

67

17

24

26

14

Seychelles

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.9

0.3

23

70

34

10

17

SierraLeone

4.1

6.5

7.9

3.1

2.0

42

55

77

14

36

Singapore

4.0

5.5

6.1

2.1

1.0

16

73

12

21

16

10

SintMaarten
(Dutchpart)

0.0

0.0

..

1.6

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

SlovakRepublic

5.4

5.4

5.4

0.0

0.0

15

71

14

21

19

10

10

Slovenia

2.0

2.1

2.1

0.2

0.0

15

67

18

22

27

10

Solomon
Islands

0.4

0.6

0.7

2.3

1.8

39

57

69

30

Somalia

7.4

10.8

14.3

2.5

2.8

47

50

93

12

44

SouthAfrica

44.0

55.0

62.0

1.5

1.2

29

66

44

12

21

SouthSudan

6.7

12.3

16.0

4.1

2.6

42

54

77

12

37

Spain

40.3

46.4

46.4

0.9

0.0

15

66

19

22

28

SriLanka

18.7

21.0

21.7

0.8

0.3

25

66

37

14

16

St.Kittsand
Nevis

0.0

0.1

0.1

1.3

0.9

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

St.Lucia

0.2

0.2

0.2

1.1

0.6

23

68

34

13

15

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Population dynamics

People

Population

Averageannualpopulation
growth%

millions

Populationagecomposition

Dependencyratio

Ages014

Ages1564

Ages65+

2015

2015

young

Crudebirth
rate

per1,000
people

per1,000
people

2014

2014

old

%ofworking %ofworking
agepopulation agepopulation

2000

2015

2025

200015

201525

2015

St.Martin
(Frenchpart)

0.0

0.0

..

0.7

..

..

..

..

..

..

16

St.Vincentand
theGrenadines

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.2

25

68

36

11

16

Sudan

2015

Crudedeath
rate

2015

28.1

40.2

50.7

2.4

2.3

41

56

72

33

Suriname

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.7

27

66

40

10

18

Swaziland

1.1

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.1

37

59

63

14

30

Sweden

8.9

9.8

10.5

0.7

0.7

17

63

20

28

32

12

Switzerland

7.2

8.3

8.9

1.0

0.7

15

67

18

22

27

10

SyrianArab
Republic

16.4

18.5

25.6

0.8

3.2

37

59

63

23

Tajikistan

6.2

8.5

10.3

2.1

1.9

35

62

56

31

Tanzania

34.0

53.5

72.0

3.0

3.0

45

52

88

39

Thailand

62.7

68.0

68.6

0.5

0.1

18

72

10

25

15

11

TimorLeste

0.8

1.2

1.5

2.6

2.0

42

52

82

11

38

Togo

4.9

7.3

9.4

2.7

2.5

42

55

77

36

Tonga

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.5

0.8

37

57

64

10

25

Trinidadand
Tobago

1.3

1.4

1.4

0.5

0.1

21

70

30

13

14

Tunisia

9.6

11.1

12.2

1.0

0.9

23

69

34

11

19

Turkey

63.2

78.7

84.9

1.5

0.8

26

67

38

11

17

Turkmenistan

4.5

5.4

6.0

1.2

1.0

28

68

42

21

Turksand
CaicosIslands

0.0

0.0

0.0

4.0

1.3

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Tuvalu

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.1

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

Uganda

23.8

39.0

53.5

3.3

3.2

48

49

97

10

43

Ukraine

49.2

45.2

42.8

0.6

0.6

15

70

15

21

22

15

11

3.1

9.2

10.4

7.3

1.3

14

85

16

11

UnitedArab
Emirates
UnitedKingdom

58.9

65.1

68.9

0.7

0.6

18

64

18

28

28

12

282.2

321.4

344.7

0.9

0.7

19

66

15

29

22

13

3.3

3.4

3.6

0.2

0.3

21

64

14

33

23

14

24.7

31.3

34.8

1.6

1.1

29

67

43

23

0.2

0.3

0.3

2.4

2.0

37

59

62

26

Venezuela,RB

24.5

31.1

35.0

1.6

1.2

28

66

43

10

20

Vietnam

77.6

91.7

100.2

1.1

0.9

23

70

33

10

17

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.0

20

62

18

33

28

11

UnitedStates
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu

VirginIslands
(U.S.)
WestBankand
Gaza

2.9

4.4

5.7

2.8

2.5

40

57

71

33

Yemen,Rep.

17.8

26.8

33.2

2.7

2.1

40

57

71

32

Zambia

10.6

16.2

21.9

2.8

3.0

46

51

90

40

Zimbabwe

12.5

15.6

19.4

1.5

2.2

42

55

75

10

35

World

6,115.4

7,346.6

8,139.3

1.2

1.0

26

66

40

13

19

EastAsia&
Pacific

2,045.7

2,279.2

2,386.3

0.7

0.5

20

71

10

28

14

14

Europe&
CentralAsia

862.0

907.9

922.8

0.3

0.2

18

67

16

27

23

10

12

LatinAmerica&
Caribbean

525.9

633.0

694.0

1.2

0.9

26

67

39

11

17

MiddleEast&
NorthAfrica

315.1

424.1

497.4

2.0

1.6

30

65

46

24

NorthAmerica
SouthAsia
SubSaharan
Africa
Lowincome

313.0

357.3

383.6

0.9

0.7

19

66

15

28

22

12

1,386.0

1,744.2

1,962.8

1.5

1.2

30

65

46

21

667.7

1,001.0

1,292.4

2.7

2.6

43

54

80

10

37

423.7

638.3

823.9

2.7

2.6

43

54

79

36

Lowermiddle
income

2,312.5

2,927.4

3,346.0

1.6

1.3

31

64

48

23

Uppermiddle
income

2,267.4

2,550.3

2,688.2

0.8

0.5

21

71

29

13

15

Highincome

1,074.9

1,187.2

1,233.7

0.7

0.4

17

66

17

25

26

11

MostRecentValue(MRV)ifdataforthespecifiedyearorfullperiodarenotavailableorgrowthrateiscalculatedforlessthanthefull
period.
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World Development Indicators

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People

2.1 World Development Indicators:


Population dynamics

Population,total
Longdefinition
Totalpopulationisbasedonthedefactodefinitionofpopulation,whichcountsallresidentsregardlessoflegalstatusorcitizenship.Thevaluesshownaremidyearestimates.

Source
(1)UnitedNationsPopulationDivision.WorldPopulationProspects,(2)Censusreportsandotherstatisticalpublicationsfromnationalstatisticaloffices,(3)Eurostat:Demographic
Statistics,(4)UnitedNationsStatisticalDivision.PopulationandVitalStatisticsReport(variousyears),(5)U.S.CensusBureau:InternationalDatabase,and(6)Secretariatofthe
PacificCommunity:StatisticsandDemographyProgramme.

Generalcomments
Relevancetogenderindicator:disaggregatingthepopulationcompositionbygenderwillhelpacountryinprojectingitsdemandforsocialservicesonagenderbasis.

Populationages014(%oftotal)
Longdefinition
Populationbetweentheages0to14asapercentageofthetotalpopulation.Populationisbasedonthedefactodefinitionofpopulation.

Source
WorldBankstaffestimatesbasedonagedistributionsofUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspects.

Populationages1564(%oftotal)
Longdefinition
Totalpopulationbetweentheages15to64asapercentageofthetotalpopulation.Populationisbasedonthedefactodefinitionofpopulation,whichcountsallresidents
regardlessoflegalstatusorcitizenship.

Source
WorldBankstaffestimatesbasedonagedistributionsofUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspects.

Populationages65andabove(%oftotal)
Longdefinition
Populationages65andaboveasapercentageofthetotalpopulation.Populationisbasedonthedefactodefinitionofpopulation,whichcountsallresidentsregardlessoflegal
statusorcitizenship.

Source
WorldBankstaffestimatesbasedonagedistributionsofUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspects.

Agedependencyratio,young(%ofworkingagepopulation)
Longdefinition
Agedependencyratio,young,istheratioofyoungerdependentspeopleyoungerthan15totheworkingagepopulationthoseages1564.Dataareshownastheproportionof
dependentsper100workingagepopulation.

Source
WorldBankstaffestimatesusingtheWorldBank'spopulationandagedistributionsoftheUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspects.TheWorldBank's
populationestimatesarefromvarioussourcesincludingtheUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspectscensusreportsandstatisticalpublicationsfrom
nationalstatisticalofficesEurostat'sDemographicStatisticsUnitedNationsStatisticalDivision,PopulationandVitalStatisticsReport(variousyears)U.S.CensusBureau:
InternationalDatabaseandSecretariatofthePacificCommunity,StatisticsandDemographyProgramme.

Agedependencyratio,old(%ofworkingagepopulation)
Longdefinition
Agedependencyratio,old,istheratioofolderdependentspeopleolderthan64totheworkingagepopulationthoseages1564.Dataareshownastheproportionofdependents
per100workingagepopulation.

Source
WorldBankstaffestimatesusingtheWorldBank'spopulationandagedistributionsoftheUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspects.TheWorldBank's
populationestimatesarefromvarioussourcesincludingtheUnitedNationsPopulationDivision'sWorldPopulationProspectscensusreportsandstatisticalpublicationsfrom
nationalstatisticalofficesEurostat'sDemographicStatisticsUnitedNationsStatisticalDivision,PopulationandVitalStatisticsReport(variousyears)U.S.CensusBureau:
InternationalDatabaseandSecretariatofthePacificCommunity,StatisticsandDemographyProgramme.

Deathrate,crude(per1,000people)
Longdefinition
Crudedeathrateindicatesthenumberofdeathsoccurringduringtheyear,per1,000populationestimatedatmidyear.Subtractingthecrudedeathratefromthecrudebirthrate
providestherateofnaturalincrease,whichisequaltotherateofpopulationchangeintheabsenceofmigration.

Source
(1)UnitedNationsPopulationDivision.WorldPopulationProspects,(2)Censusreportsandotherstatisticalpublicationsfromnationalstatisticaloffices,(3)Eurostat:Demographic
Statistics,(4)UnitedNationsStatisticalDivision.PopulationandVitalStatisticsReprot(variousyears),(5)U.S.CensusBureau:InternationalDatabase,and(6)Secretariatofthe
PacificCommunity:StatisticsandDemographyProgramme.

Birthrate,crude(per1,000people)
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People

2.1 World Development Indicators:


Population dynamics

Longdefinition
Crudebirthrateindicatesthenumberoflivebirthsoccurringduringtheyear,per1,000populationestimatedatmidyear.Subtractingthecrudedeathratefromthecrudebirthrate
providestherateofnaturalincrease,whichisequaltotherateofpopulationchangeintheabsenceofmigration.

Source
(1)UnitedNationsPopulationDivision.WorldPopulationProspects,(2)Censusreportsandotherstatisticalpublicationsfromnationalstatisticaloffices,(3)Eurostat:Demographic
Statistics,(4)UnitedNationsStatisticalDivision.PopulationandVitalStatisticsReprot(variousyears),(5)U.S.CensusBureau:InternationalDatabase,and(6)Secretariatofthe
PacificCommunity:StatisticsandDemographyProgramme.

Pleaseseetheonlinetableathttp://wdi.worldbank.org/table/2.1forobservationlevelmetadata,whichcanbedownloadedinExcel.

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