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Table 161. Some Population Indicators Affecting Nutritional Status


Country

Estimated Population (thousands) 2001

Average Annual Rate of Change (%) 91-01

Urban Pop. % of Total 2001

Life expectancy at birth (Years) 2000-2005

Infant mortality rate 2000-2005

% of under-fives (1995 - 2001) suffering from

Male

Female

underweight

wasting moderate & severe

stunting moderate & severe

moderate

severe

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
















SOUTHEAST ASIA















1.

Cambodia

13 441

3.0

18

55.2

59.5

73

45


13


15


45


2.

Indonesia

214 840

1.5

42

64.8

68.8

42

26


8


-


-


3.

Lao PDR

5 403

2.4

20

53.3

55.8

88

40


13


15


41


4.

Malaysia

22 633

2.2

58

70.8

75.7

10

18


1


-


-


5.

Myanmar

48 364

1.6

28

54.6

60.2

83

36


9


10


37


6.

Philippines

77 131

2.1

59

68.0

72.0

29

28


-


6


30


7.

Thailand

63 584

1.4

20

65.3

73.5

20

19

x

-


6

x

16

x

8.

Viet Nam

79 175

1.6

25

66.9

71.6

34

33


6


6


36



SOUTH ASIA















9.

Bangladesh

140 369

2.2

26

61.0

61.8

64

48


13


10


45


10.

Bhutan

2 141

2.1

7

62.0

64.5

54

19


3


3


40


11.

India

1 025 096

1.8

28

63.2

64.6

64

47


18


16


46


12.

Maldives

300

3.0

28

67.8

67.0

38

30


7


13


25


13.

Nepal

23 593

2.4

12

60.1

59.6

71

48


13


10


51


14.

Pakistan

144 971

2.5

34

61.2

60.9

87

38


13


-


-


15.

Sri Lanka

19 104

1.0

23

69.9

75.9

20

29


-


14


14



CENTRAL ASIA















16.

Kazakhstan

16 095

-0.4

56

60.9

71.9

52

4


0


2


10


17.

Tajikistan

6 135

1.3

28

66.2

71.4

50

-


-


-


-


18.

Uzbekistan

25 257

1.9

37

66.8

72.5

37

19


5


12


31



OTHER ASIA















19.

China

1 284 972

1.0

37

68.9

73.3

37

10


0


3


17


20.

DPR Korea

22 428

1.1

61

60.5

66.0

45

60




19


60


21.

Iran Islamic Rep of

71 369

1.8

65

68.9

71.9

33

11


2


5


15


22.

Mongolia

2 559

1.3

57

61.9

65.9

59

13


3


6




23.

Rep. of Korea

47 069

0.8

82

71.8

79.3

5










PACIFIC ISLANDS









-


-


-


24.

Cook Islands

20

1.0

59



19









25.

Fiji

823

1.2

50

68.1

71.5

18

8

x

1

x

8

x

3

x

26.

Kiribati

84

1.4

39

58.0

63.0


13

x

-


11

x

28

x

27.

Marshall Islands

52

1.5

66

59.1

63.0

27









28.

Nauru

13

3.3

96



25









29.

Niue

2


35












30.

Palau

20

2.6

68

65.0

69.0

20









31.

Papua New Guinea

4 920

2.4

18

56.8

58.7

62

35

x

-


-


-


32.

Samoa

159

-0.1

22

66.9

73.4

26









33.

Solomon Islands

463

3.4

20

67.9

70.7

21

21

x

4

x

7

x

27

x

34.

Tonga

99

0.3

33

68.0

69.1

34









35.

Vanuatu

202

2.8

87

67.5

70.5

29

20


-


-


19


DEVELOPED COUNTRIES















36.

Australia

19 338

1.2

91

76.4

82.0

6









37.

Japan

127 335

0.3

79

77.9

85.1

3









38.

New Zealand

3 808

1.1

86

75.8

80.7

3









Sources:

The Worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition... - WHO Global Data Base on Child Growth; 1997.

Population Division and Statistics Division of the United Nations Secretariat, Social Indicators.

("World Population Prospects: The 2000 Revision", United Nations, New York, 2001

World Urbanization Prospects: The 2001 Revision (UN, New York, 2002)

'X' refers to data from years other than those specified in column heading


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