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Table 1. Basic country data

Country/area

Land area

Population

Economic indicators

Total

Total

Density

Annual change

Rural

GNP per capita

Annual GDP change

1998

1999

1999

1995-2000

1999

1997

1997

000 ha

000

n/km2

%

%

USD

%

Algeria

238 174

30 774

12.9

2.3

41.5

1 409

1.3

Angola

124 670

12 479

10.0

3.3

66.5

159

7.6

Benin

11 063

5 937

53.3

2.7

58.5

381

5.6

Botswana

56 673

1 597

2.8

1.9

29.4

3 307

6.9

Burkina Faso

27 360

11 616

42.5

2.8

82.1

250

5.5

Burundi

2 568

6 565

255.6

1.7

91.3

141

0.4

Cameroon

46 540

14 693

31.6

2.7

51.9

587

5.1

Cape Verde

403

418

103.7

2.4

39.5

1 108

3.0

Central African Republic

62 297

3 550

5.7

1.9

59.2

341

5.1

Chad

125 920

7 458

5.9

2.7

76.5

218

6.5

Comoros

186

676

303.1

2.8

67.3

413

0.0

Congo

34 150

2 864

8.4

2.8

38.3

633

-1.9

Côte d'Ivoire

31 800

14 526

45.7

1.8

54.1

727

6.0

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

226 705

50 335

22.2

2.6

70.0

114

-5.7

Djibouti

2 317

629

27.1

1.2

17.0

-

0.5

Egypt

99 545

67 226

67.5

1.9

54.3

1 097

5.5

Equatorial Guinea

2 805

442

15.8

2.5

52.9

892

76.1

Eritrea

11 759

3 719

36.8

3.9

81.6

222

7.9

Ethiopia

110 430

61 095

61.1

2.5

82.8

112

5.6

Gabon

25 767

1 197

4.6

2.6

45.9

3 985

4.1

Gambia

1 000

1 268

126.8

3.3

68.2

342

5.4

Ghana

22 754

19 678

86.5

2.7

62.2

384

4.2

Guinea

24 572

7 360

30.0

0.8

68.0

552

4.8

Guinea-Bissau

3 612

1 187

42.2

2.2

76.7

232

5.0

Kenya

56 915

29 549

51.9

2.0

67.9

330

2.1

Lesotho

3 035

2 108

69.5

2.2

72.9

734

8.0

Liberia

11 137

2 930

30.4

8.6

52.7

-

-

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

175 954

5 471

3.1

2.4

12.8

-

-

Madagascar

58 154

15 497

26.6

3.0

71.1

229

3.6

Malawi

9 409

10 640

113.1

2.5

85.1

163

5.1

Mali

122 019

10 960

9.0

2.5

70.6

259

6.7

Mauritania

102 522

2 598

2.5

2.8

43.6

452

4.5

Mauritius

202

1 150

566.5

0.8

58.9

3 796

5.0

Morocco

44 630

27 867

62.4

1.8

45.4

1 281

-2.0

Mozambique

78 409

19 286

24.6

2.5

61.1

131

12.4

Namibia

82 329

1 695

2.1

2.3

60.2

2 196

1.8

Niger

126 670

10 400

8.2

3.2

79.9

202

3.4

Nigeria

91 077

108 945

119.6

2.4

56.9

239

3.9

Réunion

250

691

276.4

1.3

29.8

-

-

Rwanda

2 466

7 235

293.3

8.0

93.9

207

10.9

Saint Helena

31

6

19.4

0.8

33.3

-

-

Sao Tome and Principe

95

144

150.0

2.1

54.2

297

1.0

Senegal

19 252

9 240

48.0

2.6

53.7

554

5.2

Seychelles

45

77

171.1

1.1

41.6

7 031

4.3

Sierra Leone

7 162

4 717

65.9

3.0

64.1

150

-20.2

Somalia

62 734

9 672

15.4

4.2

72.9

-

-

South Africa

121 758

39 900

32.7

1.5

49.9

3 377

1.7

Sudan

237 600

28 883

12.2

2.1

64.9

255

4.6

Swaziland

1 721

980

57.0

2.9

65.3

1 555

3.7

Togo

5 439

4 512

83.0

2.7

67.3

337

4.7

Tunisia

16 362

9 460

60.9

1.4

35.2

2 092

5.4

Uganda

19 964

21 143

105.9

2.8

86.2

326

5.4

United Republic of Tanzania

88 359

32 793

37.1

2.3

72.9

183

4.1

Western Sahara

26 600

284

1.1

3.4

4.9

-

-

Zambia

74 339

8 976

12.1

2.3

55.8

387

3.5

Zimbabwe

38 685

11 529

29.8

1.4

65.4

656

3.2

Total Africa

2 978 394

766 627

25.9

2.4

63.0

...

...

Afghanistan

64 958

21 923

33.6

2.9

78.5

-

-

Armenia

2 820

3 525

125.0

-0.3

30.3

896

3.1

Azerbaijan

8 359

7 697

88.9

0.4

43.1

472

3.2

Bahrain

69

606

878.3

2.1

8.1

-

-

Bangladesh

13 017

126 947

975.2

1.7

79.4

352

5.9

Bhutan

4 701

2 064

43.9

2.8

93.1

406

-

Brunei Darussalam

527

322

61.1

2.2

28.6

-

4.0

Cambodia

17 652

10 945

62.0

2.3

77.2

303

1.0

China

932 743

1274 106

136.6

0.9

66.2

668

8.8

Cyprus

925

778

84.2

1.1

43.8

-

-

Dem People's Rep. of Korea

12 041

23 702

196.8

1.6

37.5

-

-

East Timor

1 479

871

58.6

1.7

92.5

-

-

Gaza Strip

38

1 077

2 834.2

4.4

5.5

-

-

Georgia

6 831

5 006

71.8

-1.1

39.8

689

11.0

India

297 319

998 056

335.7

1.7

71.9

392

5.2

Indonesia

181 157

209 255

115.5

1.4

60.8

1 096

4.9

Iran, Islamic Rep.

162 201

66 796

41.2

1.7

38.9

1 581

-

Iraq

43 737

22 450

51.3

2.8

23.6

-

-

Israel

2 062

6 101

295.9

2.2

8.9

15 456

2.2

Japan

37 652

126 505

336.0

0.2

21.3

43 574

0.8

Jordan

8 893

4 823

54.2

3.1

26.4

1 479

1.7

Kazakhstan

267 074

16 269

6.1

-0.3

38.7

1 277

1.7

Kuwait

1 782

1 897

106.5

3.1

2.5

-

-

Kyrgyzstan

19 180

4 669

24.3

0.6

60.2

817

9.9

Lao People's Dem. Rep

23 080

5 297

23.0

2.6

77.1

414

6.5

Lebanon

1 024

3 236

316.3

1.8

10.7

-

-

Malaysia

32 855

21 830

66.4

2.0

43.5

4 469

7.8

Maldives

30

278

926.7

2.8

71.9

1 107

6.2

Mongolia

156 650

2 621

1.7

1.7

37.0

391

3.3

Myanmar

65 755

45 059

68.5

1.2

72.7

-

-

Nepal

14 300

23 385

163.5

2.4

88.4

216

4.0

Oman

21 246

2 460

11.6

3.4

17.8

-

-

Pakistan

77 087

152 331

197.6

2.8

63.5

502

-0.4

Philippines

29 817

74 454

249.7

2.1

42.3

1 170

5.2

Qatar

1 100

589

53.5

1.8

7.8

-

-

Republic of Korea

9 873

46 480

470.8

0.8

14.8

11 028

5.5

Saudi Arabia

214 969

20 899

9.7

3.4

14.9

6 739

1.9

Singapore

61

3 522

5 773.8

1.4

0.0

32 486

7.8

Sri Lanka

6 463

18 639

288.4

1.0

76.7

770

6.4

Syrian Arab Republic

18 377

15 725

85.6

2.6

46.0

1 138

4.0

Tajikistan

14 087

6 104

43.4

1.5

67.3

319

-

Thailand

51 089

60 856

119.1

0.9

78.8

2 821

-0.4

Turkey

76 963

65 546

85.2

1.7

25.9

3 119

7.7

Turkmenistan

46 992

4 384

9.3

1.8

54.6

642

-

United Arab Emirates

8 360

2 398

28.7

2.0

14.5

-

-

Uzbekistan

41 424

23 942

57.8

1.6

57.9

-

5.4

Viet Nam

32 550

78 705

241.8

1.6

80.3

299

8.8

West Bank

580

1 660

286.2

-

-

-

-

Yemen

52 797

17 488

33.1

3.8

62.9

223

5.4

Total Asia

3 084 746

3 634 278

117.8

1.4

63.0

...

...

American Samoa

20

66

330.0

3.7

48.5

-

-

Australia

768 230

18 701

2.4

1.0

15.3

19 689

1.7

Cook Islands

23

19

82.6

0.6

36.8

-

-

Fiji

1 827

806

44.1

1.2

58.1

2 340

-1.8

French Polynesia

366

231

63.1

1.8

43.3

-

-

Guam

55

164

298.2

2.1

61.0

-

-

Kiribati

73

82

112.3

1.4

63.4

839

3.0

Marshall Islands

18

62

344.4

3.3

29.0

1 473

-5.2

Micronesia

69

116

165.7

2.0

70.7

1 886

-4.0

Nauru

2

11

550.0

1.9

-

-

-

New Caledonia

1 828

210

11.5

2.1

36.2

-

-

New Zealand

26 799

3 828

14.3

1.0

13.3

15 233

2.4

Niue

26

2

7.7

-1.9

50.0

-

-

Northern Mariana Isl.

46

74

160.9

5.9

45.9

-

-

Palau

46

19

41.3

2.4

26.3

-

-

Papua New Guinea

45 239

4 702

10.4

2.2

82.9

931

-6.5

Samoa

282

177

62.5

1.4

78.5

1 239

4.0

Solomon Islands

2 856

430

15.4

3.2

80.9

797

-0.5

Tonga

73

98

136.1

0.3

55.1

1 635

-1.7

Vanuatu

1 218

186

15.3

2.4

80.1

1 315

2.7

Total Oceania

849 096

30 014

3.5

1.3

29.8

...

...

Albania

2 740

3 113

113.6

-0.4

61.3

757

-7.0

Andorra

45

75

166.7

4.0

5.3

-

-

Austria

8 273

8 177

98.8

0.5

35.4

29 309

4.0

Belarus

20 748

10 274

49.5

-0.3

26.3

2 047

10.4

Belgium & Luxembourg

3 282

10 579

322.3

0.1

3.0

28 284

2.9

Bosnia & Herzegovina

5 100

3 839

75.3

3.1

57.3

-

-

Bulgaria

11 055

8 279

74.9

-0.7

30.3

1 273

-6.9

Croatia

5 592

4 477

80.1

-0.1

42.7

4 092

-

Czech Republic

7 728

10 262

132.8

-0.2

33.9

5 111

1.0

Denmark

4 243

5 282

124.5

0.3

14.4

36 418

3.3

Estonia

4 227

1 412

33.4

-1.2

26.0

3 689

11.4

Finland

30 459

5 165

17.0

0.3

35.4

26 020

6.3

France

55 010

58 886

107.0

0.4

24.6

27 437

2.4

Germany

34 927

82 178

235.3

0.1

12.7

30 133

1.7

Greece

12 890

10 626

82.4

0.3

40.1

11 343

-

Hungary

9 234

10 076

109.1

-0.4

33.5

4 517

4.6

Iceland

10 025

279

2.8

0.9

7.9

-

-

Ireland

6 889

3 705

53.8

0.7

41.7

17 739

10.0

Italy

29 406

57 343

195.0

0.0

33.1

19 104

1.5

Latvia

6 205

2 389

38.5

-1.5

26.0

2 815

6.6

Liechtenstein

15

32

200.0

1.3

81.3

-

-

Lithuania

6 258

3 682

56.8

-0.3

25.9

2 015

5.7

Malta

32

386

1 206.25

0.7

9.8

9 368

2.9

Netherlands

3 392

15 735

463.9

0.4

10.7

27 402

3.4

Norway

30 683

4 442

14.5

0.5

26.0

35 947

3.4

Poland

30 442

38 740

127.3

0.1

34.8

3 472

6.9

Portugal

9 150

9 873

107.9

0.0

62.5

11 243

4.0

Republic of Moldova

3 296

4 380

132.8

0.0

45.5

641

1.3

Romania

23 034

22 402

97.3

-0.4

42.3

1 399

-6.6

Russian Federation

1 688 851

147 196

8.7

-0.2

22.7

2 235

0.8

San Marino

6

26

433.3

1.3

3.8

-

-

Slovakia

4 808

5 382

111.9

0.1

39.4

3 645

6.5

Slovenia

2 012

1 989

98.9

0.0

47.7

10 163

3.8

Spain

49 945

39 634

79.4

0.0

22.6

14 800

3.7

Sweden

41 162

8 892

21.6

0.2

16.7

25 685

1.2

Switzerland

3 955

7 344

185.7

0.7

37.7

46 448

1.7

The FYR of Macedonia

2 543

2 011

79.1

0.6

38.4

1 053

1.5

Ukraine

57 935

50 658

87.4

-0.4

28.0

1 452

-3.2

United Kingdom

24 160

58 974

244.1

0.2

10.7

19 946

3.5

Yugoslavia

10 200

10 637

104.3

0.1

40.8

-

-

Total Europe

2 259 957

728 932

32.2

0.0

25.4

...

...

Antigua and Barbuda

44

67

152.3

0.5

64.2

7 331

-

Bahamas

1 001

301

30.1

1.8

12.0

-

-

Barbados

43

269

625.6

0.5

50.6

-

-

Belize

2 280

235

10.3

2.4

53.6

2 547

2.6

Bermuda

5

64

1280.0

0.8

n.a

-

-

British Virgin Islands

15

21

140.0

2.7

38.1

-

-

Canada

922 097

30 857

3.3

1.0

23.0

19 267

5.4

Cayman Islands

26

37

142.3

3.7

-

-

-

Costa Rica

5 106

3 933

77.0

2.5

48.7

2 626

3.2

Cuba

10 982

11 160

101.6

0.4

22.5

-

-

Dominica

75

71

94.7

-0.1

29.6

2 940

1.9

Dominican Republic

4 838

8 364

172.9

1.7

35.5

1 659

8.2

El Salvador

2 072

6 154

297.0

2.1

53.7

1 684

4.0

Greenland

34 170

56

0.2

0.1

17.9

-

-

Grenada

34

93

273.5

0.3

62.4

3 052

-

Guadeloupe

169

450

266.3

1.4

0.2

-

-

Guatemala

10 843

11 090

102.3

2.7

59.9

1 481

4.3

Haiti

2 756

8 087

293.4

1.7

65.8

364

1.1

Honduras

11 189

6 316

56.4

2.8

53.7

723

4.5

Jamaica

1 083

2 560

236.4

0.9

44.4

1 525

-2.4

Martinique

107

392

369.8

0.9

5.4

-

-

Mexico

190 869

97 365

51.0

1.6

25.8

3 304

7.0

Montserrat

11

11

110.0

-0.3

81.8

-

-

Netherlands Antilles

80

215

268.8

1.1

30.2

-

-

Nicaragua

12 140

4 938

40.7

2.8

35.8

408

-

Panama

7 443

2 812

37.8

1.7

42.7

2 993

-

Puerto Rico

887

3 839

432.8

0.8

25.1

-

-

Saint Kitts and Nevis

36

39

108.3

-0.8

66.7

6 032

-

Saint Lucia

61

152

249.2

1.4

62.5

3 454

-

Saint Pierre & Miquelon

23

7

30.4

0.3

14.3

-

-

Saint Vincent and Grenadines

39

113

289.7

0.7

46.9

2 335

-

Trinidad and Tobago

513

1 289

251.3

0.5

26.5

4 119

3.2

United States

915 895

276 218

30.2

0.8

23.0

28 310

6.9

US Virgin Islands

34

94

276.5

-0.8

54.3

-

-

Total North and Central America

2 136 966

477 791

22.4

1.6

26.8

...

...

Argentina

273 669

36 577

13.4

1.3

10.9

8 755

8.6

Bolivia

108 438

8 142

7.5

2.4

36.0

912

4.2

Brazil

845 651

167 988

19.9

1.3

19.3

4 514

3.2

Chile

74 881

15 019

20.1

1.4

15.5

4 478

7.1

Colombia

103 871

41 564

40.0

1.9

25.5

2 039

3.1

Ecuador

27 684

12 411

44.8

2.0

38.3

1 531

3.4

Falkland Islands

1 217

2

0.2

0.5

-

-

-

French Guiana

8 815

174

2.0

4.3

22.4

-

-

Guyana

21 498

855

4.3

0.7

62.3

766

-

Paraguay

39 730

5 358

13.5

2.6

44.8

1 946

3.5

Peru

128 000

25 230

19.7

1.7

27.6

2 580

7.2

Suriname

15 600

415

2.7

0.4

48.4

940

-

Uruguay

17 481

3 313

19.0

0.7

8.9

6 076

5.1

Venezuela

88 206

23 706

26.9

2.0

13.0

3 499

5.1

Total South America

1 754 741

340 754

19.4

1.5

20.7

...

...

TOTAL WORLD

13 063 900

5 978 396

45.8

1.3

53.0

...

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