TABLE 6. DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS Population (thousands) Total Urbanized Average annual Population fertility population growth rate of urban Countries 2015 annual growth rate (%) Crude death rate Crude birth rate Life expectancy rate (%) population (%) and areas total under 18 under 5 1990–2015 2015–2030α 1970 1990 2015 1970 1990 2015 1970 1990 2015 2015 2015 1990–2015 2015–2030α Nigeria 182,202 91,855 31,109 2.6 2.4 23 18 13 46 44 39 41 46 53 5.6 48 4.5 4.0 Niue 2 1 0 -1.5 0.2 – – – – – – – – – – 43 -1.1 0.2 Norway 5,211 1,129 315 0.8 0.9 10 11 8 16 14 12 74 76 82 1.8 80 1.2 1.1 Oman 4,491 1,051 385 3.6 1.0 16 5 3 48 38 19 50 67 77 2.7 78 4.0 1.6 Pakistan 188,925 77,779 24,664 2.3 1.7 15 11 7 43 40 29 53 60 66 3.6 39 3.1 2.6 Palau 21 8 2 1.4 1.0 – – – – – – – – – – 87 2.3 1.4 Panama 3,929 1,275 368 1.9 1.3 8 5 5 38 26 19 66 73 78 2.4 67 2.7 1.8 Papua New Guinea 7,619 3,330 996 2.4 1.9 17 10 8 44 35 28 46 56 63 3.7 13 1.9 2.8 Paraguay 6,639 2,412 674 1.8 1.1 7 6 6 37 34 21 65 68 73 2.5 60 2.8 1.9 Peru 31,377 10,417 3,020 1.5 1.1 14 7 6 42 30 20 53 66 75 2.4 79 2.0 1.4 Philippines 100,699 38,277 11,255 1.9 1.4 9 7 7 39 33 23 61 65 68 2.9 44 1.6 1.8 Poland 38,612 6,911 1,994 0.0 -0.2 8 10 10 17 15 10 70 71 78 1.3 61 0.0 0.1 Portugal 10,350 1,782 439 0.2 -0.3 11 10 10 21 11 8 67 74 81 1.3 63 1.4 0.6 Qatar 2,235 406 132 6.2 1.5 5 2 1 36 23 12 68 75 78 2.0 99 6.7 1.1 Republic of Korea 50,293 8,925 2,287 0.6 0.3 9 6 6 32 16 9 61 72 82 1.3 82 1.0 0.5 Republic of Moldova 4,069 777 223 -0.3 -0.4 10 10 11 20 19 11 65 68 72 1.2 45 -1.1 -0.2 Romania 19,511 3,670 924 -0.7 -0.7 10 11 13 21 14 9 68 70 75 1.5 55 -0.2 0.1 Russian Federation 143,457 27,684 9,166 -0.1 -0.2 9 12 14 15 14 13 69 68 70 1.7 74 -0.1 -0.2 Rwanda 11,610 5,532 1,695 1.9 2.0 20 33 7 50 48 31 44 33 65 3.8 29 8.9 4.8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 56 17 5 1.2 0.8 – – – – – – – – – – 32 0.9 1.5 Saint Lucia 185 52 14 1.2 0.6 9 6 7 39 28 15 63 71 75 1.9 19 -0.7 1.1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 109 33 9 0.1 0.2 9 7 7 40 25 16 65 70 73 2.0 51 0.9 0.7 Samoa 193 85 24 0.7 0.6 11 7 5 41 33 25 55 65 74 4.0 19 0.3 0.5 San Marino 32 6 1 1.1 0.3 – – – – – – – – – – 94 1.3 0.3 Sao Tome and Principe 190 94 30 2.1 2.0 13 10 7 41 40 34 56 62 67 4.5 65 3.8 2.7 Saudi Arabia 31,540 10,560 3,161 2.6 1.4 15 5 3 47 36 20 53 69 74 2.7 83 2.8 1.4 Senegal 15,129 7,596 2,601 2.8 2.7 25 11 6 50 44 38 39 57 67 5.0 44 3.2 3.5 Serbia 8,851 1,774 451 -0.3 -0.4 9 10 13 19 15 10 68 71 75 1.6 56 0.3 -0.2 Seychelles 96 27 8 1.2 0.3 9 7 8 35 23 17 66 71 73 2.3 54 1.6 0.9 Sierra Leone 6,453 3,166 1,004 2.0 1.9 29 27 13 46 46 35 35 37 51 4.5 40 2.5 2.7 Singapore 5,604 1,081 269 2.5 0.9 5 4 5 23 18 9 68 76 83 1.2 100 2.5 1.1 Slovakia 5,426 984 283 0.1 -0.1 9 10 10 18 15 11 70 71 76 1.4 54 -0.1 0.1 Slovenia 2,068 361 111 0.1 0.0 10 10 10 17 11 10 69 73 81 1.6 50 0.1 0.3 Solomon Islands 584 269 82 2.5 1.7 13 11 6 45 40 29 54 57 68 3.9 22 4.5 3.4 Somalia 10,787 5,787 1,971 2.1 2.8 23 20 12 46 48 43 41 45 56 6.4 40 3.4 4.0 South Africa 54,490 19,084 5,370 1.6 0.6 14 8 12 38 29 20 53 62 58 2.3 65 2.4 1.2 South Sudan 12,340 6,028 1,956 3.0 2.4 28 21 11 51 47 36 36 44 56 4.9 19 4.4 3.9 Spain 46,122 8,119 2,144 0.7 0.0 9 8 9 20 10 9 72 77 83 1.3 80 1.0 0.4 Sri Lanka 20,715 6,051 1,643 0.7 0.3 8 6 7 31 21 16 64 70 75 2.1 18 0.8 1.4 State of Palestine 4,668 2,200 703 3.2 2.5 13 5 4 50 46 32 56 68 73 4.1 75 3.5 2.6 Sudan 40,235 18,954 5,952 2.8 2.3 15 12 8 47 42 33 52 56 64 4.3 34 3.4 3.1 Suriname 543 175 48 1.1 0.7 9 7 7 37 28 18 63 67 71 2.3 66 1.2 0.7 Swaziland 1,287 569 173 1.6 1.1 18 10 14 49 43 29 48 59 49 3.2 21 1.3 1.6 Sweden 9,779 1,977 590 0.5 0.6 10 11 9 14 14 12 74 78 82 1.9 86 0.6 0.8 Switzerland 8,299 1,479 423 0.9 0.7 9 9 8 16 12 10 73 78 83 1.5 74 0.9 1.1 Syrian Arab Republic 18,502 8,206 2,192 1.6 2.9 11 5 6 46 36 23 59 70 70 2.9 58 3.0 2.7 Tajikistan 8,482 3,475 1,176 1.9 1.8 12 10 6 41 40 30 60 63 70 3.5 27 1.3 2.7 Thailand 67,959 14,656 3,799 0.7 0.0 10 6 8 38 19 11 59 70 75 1.5 50 2.9 1.6 The former Yugoslav Republic 2,078 433 115 0.2 0.0 7 7 9 25 18 11 66 71 76 1.5 57 0.1 0.3 of Macedonia Timor-Leste 1,185 581 204 1.9 1.9 23 16 7 42 43 37 40 48 69 5.6 33 3.6 3.4 Togo 7,305 3,553 1,160 2.6 2.4 19 12 9 48 43 35 47 56 60 4.5 40 3.9 3.4 Tonga 106 46 13 0.4 0.9 7 6 6 36 31 24 65 70 73 3.7 24 0.6 1.5 Trinidad and Tobago 1,360 334 96 0.4 0.1 7 8 10 27 21 14 65 68 71 1.8 8 0.3 -0.4 Tunisia 11,254 3,115 982 1.3 0.8 16 6 7 41 26 18 51 69 75 2.1 67 1.9 1.1 Turkey 78,666 24,240 6,821 1.5 0.7 15 8 6 40 26 16 52 64 76 2.1 73 2.3 1.3 Turkmenistan 5,374 1,791 528 1.5 0.9 12 9 8 37 35 21 58 63 66 2.3 50 1.9 1.7 Tuvalu 10 4 1 0.4 0.5 – – – – – – – – – – 60 1.9 1.6 Uganda 39,032 21,473 7,278 3.2 3.1 17 19 9 49 50 43 49 45 59 5.7 16 4.8 5.1 Ukraine 44,824 7,897 2,461 -0.5 -0.6 9 13 15 15 12 11 71 70 71 1.5 70 -0.4 -0.4 United Arab Emirates 9,157 1,510 491 6.5 1.2 7 3 2 37 26 11 62 71 77 1.8 86 7.0 1.9 United Kingdom 64,716 13,715 4,058 0.5 0.5 12 11 9 15 14 13 72 76 81 1.9 83 0.7 0.7 United Republic of Tanzania 53,470 27,611 9,398 3.0 2.9 18 15 7 48 44 39 47 50 66 5.1 32 4.9 4.7 THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2016 140