World Development Indicators

Population dynamics
Population		Average annual population growth %	Population age composition			Dependency ratio		Crude death rate	Crude birth rate
			Ages 0-14	Ages 15-64	Ages 65+	young	old
millions			%	%	%	% of working-age population	% of working-age population	per 1,000 people	per 1,000 people
2000	2017	2000-2017	2017	2017	2017	2017	2017	2017	2017

Afghanistan	20.1	35.5	3.4	43	54	3	80	5	7	33
Albania	3.1	2.9	-0.4	17	69	13	25	19	8	12
Algeria	31.2	41.3	1.7	29	65	6	45	10	5	22
American Samoa	0.1	0.1	-0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	0.1	0.1	1.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Angola	16.4	29.8	3.5	47	51	2	92	5	8	41
Antigua and Barbuda	0.1	0.1	1.2	24	69	7	35	10	6	16
Argentina	37.1	44.3	1.0	25	64	11	39	18	8	17
Armenia	3.1	2.9	-0.3	20	69	11	29	16	10	13
Aruba	0.1	0.1	0.9	18	69	13	26	19	9	11
Australia	19.2	24.6	1.5	19	65	16	29	24	7	12
Austria	8.0	8.8	0.6	14	67	19	21	29	10	10
Azerbaijan	8.0	9.9	1.2	23	71	6	33	9	6	15
Bahamas, The	0.3	0.4	1.7	20	71	9	29	13	6	14
Bahrain	0.7	1.5	4.8	20	78	2	25	3	2	14
Bangladesh	131.6	164.7	1.3	28	67	5	43	8	5	19
Barbados	0.3	0.3	0.3	19	66	15	29	23	11	12
Belarus	10.0	9.5	-0.3	17	68	15	24	22	13	11
Belgium	10.3	11.4	0.6	17	64	19	27	29	10	11
Belize	0.2	0.4	2.4	31	65	4	49	6	5	22
Benin	6.9	11.2	2.9	43	54	3	79	6	9	37
Bermuda	0.1	0.1	0.3	..	..	..	..	..	8	9
Bhutan	0.6	0.8	2.0	27	69	5	39	7	6	18
Bolivia	8.3	11.1	1.7	32	62	7	51	11	7	23
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.8	3.5	-0.4	14	69	17	20	24	11	9
Botswana	1.7	2.3	1.7	31	65	4	49	6	6	23
Brazil	175.3	209.3	1.0	22	70	9	31	12	6	14
Brunei Darussalam	0.3	0.4	1.5	23	72	5	32	6	4	16
Bulgaria	8.2	7.1	-0.8	14	65	21	22	32	16	9
Burkina Faso	11.6	19.2	3.0	45	52	2	86	5	8	38
Burundi	6.4	10.9	3.1	45	52	3	86	5	11	42
Cabo Verde	0.4	0.5	1.3	30	65	4	46	7	5	21
Cambodia	12.2	16.0	1.6	31	64	4	49	7	6	23
Cameroon	15.3	24.1	2.7	43	54	3	79	6	10	36
Canada	30.8	36.7	1.0	16	67	17	24	25	8	10
Cayman Islands	0.0	0.1	2.3	..	..	..	..	..	3	10
Central African Republic	3.8	4.7	1.3	43	53	4	81	7	13	35
Chad	8.3	14.9	3.4	47	50	2	94	5	13	43
Channel Islands	0.1	0.2	0.6	15	67	18	22	27	9	9
Chile	15.3	18.1	1.0	20	69	11	30	16	6	13
China	1,262.6	1,386.4	0.5	18	72	11	25	15	7	12
Hong Kong SAR, China	6.7	7.4	0.6	11	72	16	16	23	6	8
Macao SAR, China	0.4	0.6	2.2	13	77	10	17	13	4	12
Colombia	40.4	49.1	1.1	23	69	8	34	11	6	15
Comoros	0.5	0.8	2.4	40	57	3	69	5	7	32
Congo, Dem. Rep.	47.1	81.3	3.2	46	51	3	91	6	10	42
Congo, Rep.	3.2	5.3	2.9	42	54	3	78	6	7	34
Costa Rica	3.9	4.9	1.3	22	69	9	31	14	5	14
Cote d'Ivoire	16.7	24.3	2.2	42	55	3	78	5	12	37
Croatia	4.5	4.1	-0.5	15	66	20	22	30	13	9
Cuba	11.2	11.5	0.2	16	69	15	23	21	8	11
Curacao	0.1	0.2	1.1	19	65	16	29	25	9	10
Cyprus	0.9	1.2	1.3	17	70	13	24	19	7	11
Czech Republic	10.3	10.6	0.2	15	66	19	23	29	11	11
Denmark	5.3	5.8	0.5	16	64	20	26	31	8	11
Djibouti	0.7	1.0	1.7	31	65	4	48	7	8	23
Dominica	0.1	0.1	0.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dominican Republic	8.6	10.8	1.3	29	64	7	46	11	6	20
Ecuador	12.6	16.6	1.6	28	64	7	44	11	5	20
Egypt, Arab Rep.	69.9	97.6	2.0	33	61	5	55	8	6	26
El Salvador	5.9	6.4	0.5	27	64	8	43	13	7	18
Equatorial Guinea	0.6	1.3	4.3	37	60	3	62	5	10	34
Eritrea	3.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	7	32
Estonia	1.4	1.3	-0.3	16	64	19	26	30	12	11
Eswatini	1.1	1.4	1.5	37	60	3	62	5	9	28
Ethiopia	66.5	105.0	2.7	41	56	4	73	6	7	31
Faroe Islands	0.0	0.0	0.2	..	..	..	..	..	9	13
Fiji	0.8	0.9	0.6	28	65	6	44	10	7	19
Finland	5.2	5.5	0.4	16	62	21	26	34	10	9
France	60.9	67.1	0.6	18	62	20	29	32	9	11
French Polynesia	0.2	0.3	1.0	23	69	8	34	11	6	15
Gabon	1.2	2.0	2.9	36	60	4	60	7	7	29
Gambia, The	1.2	2.1	3.1	45	52	2	87	4	8	39
Georgia	4.1	3.7	-0.5	19	66	15	29	23	13	13
Germany	82.2	82.7	0.0	13	65	21	20	33	11	10
Ghana	18.9	28.8	2.5	39	58	3	66	6	8	31
Greece	10.8	10.8	0.0	14	65	20	22	31	12	8
Greenland	0.1	0.1	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	9	15
Grenada	0.1	0.1	0.3	26	66	7	40	11	7	18
Guam	0.2	0.2	0.3	25	66	10	38	15	5	17
Guatemala	11.7	16.9	2.2	35	60	5	58	8	5	25
Guinea	8.8	12.7	2.2	42	55	3	77	6	9	35
Guinea-Bissau	1.2	1.9	2.4	41	56	3	75	5	10	36
Guyana	0.8	0.8	0.2	29	66	5	44	8	8	20
Haiti	8.5	11.0	1.5	33	62	5	53	8	9	24
Honduras	6.5	9.3	2.1	32	64	5	50	7	5	21
Hungary	10.2	9.8	-0.2	14	67	19	21	28	14	10
Iceland	0.3	0.3	1.2	20	65	14	31	22	7	12
India	1,053.1	1,339.2	1.4	28	66	6	42	9	7	19
Indonesia	211.5	264.0	1.3	27	67	5	41	8	7	19
Iran, Islamic Rep.	66.1	81.2	1.2	24	71	5	33	8	4	16
Iraq	23.6	38.3	2.9	40	56	3	72	6	5	33
Ireland	3.8	4.8	1.4	22	64	14	34	22	6	13
Isle of Man	0.1	0.1	0.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Israel	6.3	8.7	1.9	28	60	12	46	19	5	21
Italy	56.9	60.5	0.4	14	63	23	21	36	11	8
Jamaica	2.7	2.9	0.5	23	68	10	34	14	7	16
Japan	126.8	126.8	0.0	13	60	27	21	45	11	8
Jordan	5.1	9.7	3.8	36	61	4	59	6	4	26
Kazakhstan	14.9	18.0	1.1	28	65	7	43	11	7	22
Kenya	31.5	49.7	2.7	40	57	3	71	5	6	31
Kiribati	0.1	0.1	1.9	35	61	4	57	6	7	28
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	22.9	25.5	0.6	21	70	9	29	14	9	14
Korea, Rep.	47.0	51.5	0.5	13	73	14	19	19	6	7
Kosovo	1.7	1.8	0.4	..	..	..	..	..	7	16
Kuwait	2.1	4.1	4.1	21	77	2	28	3	3	16
Kyrgyz Republic	4.9	6.2	1.4	32	64	4	50	7	5	25
Lao PDR	5.3	6.9	1.5	33	63	4	52	6	7	23
Latvia	2.4	1.9	-1.2	15	65	20	24	30	15	11
Lebanon	3.2	6.1	3.7	23	68	9	34	12	5	15
Lesotho	1.9	2.2	1.0	35	60	5	59	7	13	28
Liberia	2.9	4.7	2.9	42	55	3	76	6	8	34
Libya	5.4	6.4	1.0	28	67	4	42	7	5	19
Liechtenstein	0.0	0.0	0.8	..	..	..	..	..	7	9
Lithuania	3.5	2.8	-1.3	15	66	19	22	29	14	10
Luxembourg	0.4	0.6	1.8	16	69	14	24	21	7	10
Madagascar	15.8	25.6	2.8	41	56	3	73	5	6	33
Malawi	11.4	18.6	2.9	44	53	3	83	6	7	36
Malaysia	23.2	31.6	1.8	24	69	6	35	9	5	17
Maldives	0.3	0.4	2.6	23	72	4	32	6	3	18
Mali	11.0	18.5	3.1	48	50	3	96	5	10	42
Malta	0.4	0.5	1.1	14	66	19	22	29	8	9
Marshall Islands	0.1	0.1	0.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	2.7	4.4	2.9	40	57	3	70	6	8	34
Mauritius	1.2	1.3	0.4	18	71	11	26	15	8	11
Mexico	101.7	129.2	1.4	27	66	7	40	10	5	18
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.1	0.1	-0.1	33	62	5	53	8	6	24
Moldova	3.6	3.5	-0.1	16	73	11	21	15	12	10
Monaco	0.0	0.0	1.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Mongolia	2.4	3.1	1.5	30	66	4	45	6	6	23
Montenegro	0.6	0.6	0.2	18	67	15	27	22	10	11
Morocco	28.8	35.7	1.3	27	66	7	42	10	5	20
Mozambique	18.1	29.7	2.9	45	52	3	86	6	10	39
Myanmar	46.1	53.4	0.9	27	67	6	40	8	8	18
Namibia	1.9	2.5	1.7	37	60	4	61	6	7	29
Nepal	23.7	29.3	1.2	31	63	6	49	9	6	19
Netherlands	15.9	17.1	0.4	16	65	19	25	29	9	10
New Caledonia	0.2	0.3	1.6	23	68	10	33	15	6	15
New Zealand	3.9	4.8	1.3	20	65	15	30	24	7	12
Nicaragua	5.0	6.2	1.3	29	66	5	44	8	5	19
Niger	11.4	21.5	3.8	50	47	3	106	5	9	48
Nigeria	122.4	190.9	2.6	44	53	3	83	5	12	38
North Macedonia	2.0	2.1	0.1	17	70	13	24	19	10	11
Northern Mariana Islands	0.1	0.1	-1.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Norway	4.5	5.3	0.9	18	65	17	27	26	8	11
Oman	2.3	4.6	4.2	22	76	2	29	3	2	18
Pakistan	138.5	197.0	2.1	35	61	4	57	7	7	28
Palau	0.0	0.0	0.7	..	..	..	..	..	10	12
Panama	3.0	4.1	1.8	27	65	8	42	12	5	19
Papua New Guinea	5.6	8.3	2.3	36	60	4	60	6	7	27
Paraguay	5.3	6.8	1.5	29	64	6	46	10	6	21
Peru	25.9	32.2	1.3	27	65	7	42	11	6	19
Philippines	78.0	104.9	1.7	32	63	5	50	8	7	23
Poland	38.3	38.0	0.0	15	68	17	22	24	11	11
Portugal	10.3	10.3	0.0	14	65	22	21	33	11	8
Puerto Rico	3.8	3.3	-0.8	18	67	15	27	23	9	7
Qatar	0.6	2.6	8.8	14	85	1	16	2	2	10
Romania	22.4	19.6	-0.8	15	67	18	23	27	13	10
Russian Federation	146.6	144.5	-0.1	18	68	14	26	21	13	13
Rwanda	8.0	12.2	2.5	40	57	3	71	5	6	30
Samoa	0.2	0.2	0.7	37	58	6	63	10	5	24
San Marino	0.0	0.0	1.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Sao Tome and Principe	0.1	0.2	2.3	43	54	3	79	5	7	33
Saudi Arabia	20.8	32.9	2.7	25	72	3	35	5	4	19
Senegal	9.9	15.9	2.8	43	54	3	79	6	6	35
Serbia	7.5	7.0	-0.4	16	66	17	25	26	15	9
Seychelles	0.1	0.1	1.0	22	69	9	32	12	8	17
Sierra Leone	4.6	7.6	3.0	42	55	3	76	5	13	34
Singapore	4.0	5.6	2.0	15	72	13	21	18	5	9
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.0	0.0	1.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Slovak Republic	5.4	5.4	0.1	15	70	15	22	22	10	11
Slovenia	2.0	2.1	0.2	15	66	19	23	29	10	10
Solomon Islands	0.4	0.6	2.3	39	58	4	67	6	5	28
Somalia	9.0	14.7	2.9	46	51	3	91	5	11	43
South Africa	45.7	56.7	1.3	29	66	5	44	8	10	21
South Sudan	6.7	12.6	3.7	42	55	3	76	6	11	36
Spain	40.6	46.6	0.8	15	66	19	22	30	9	8
Sri Lanka	18.8	21.4	0.8	24	66	10	36	15	7	15
St. Kitts and Nevis	0.0	0.1	1.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
St. Lucia	0.2	0.2	0.8	19	71	10	26	14	8	12
St. Martin (French part)	0.0	0.0	0.7	..	..	..	..	..	4	15
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.1	0.1	0.1	24	68	8	35	11	7	15
Sudan	27.3	40.5	2.3	41	56	4	73	6	7	33
Suriname	0.5	0.6	1.0	26	67	7	40	10	7	18
Sweden	8.9	10.1	0.7	18	62	20	28	32	9	12
Switzerland	7.2	8.5	1.0	15	67	18	22	28	8	10
Syrian Arab Republic	16.4	18.3	0.6	37	59	4	62	7	5	21
Tajikistan	6.2	8.9	2.1	35	61	3	58	6	5	28
Tanzania	34.2	57.3	3.0	45	52	3	86	6	6	38
Thailand	63.0	69.0	0.5	17	71	11	24	16	8	10
Timor-Leste	0.9	1.3	2.3	44	53	4	83	7	5	35
Togo	5.0	7.8	2.6	42	56	3	75	5	9	34
Tonga	0.1	0.1	0.6	36	58	6	61	10	6	24
Trinidad and Tobago	1.3	1.4	0.5	21	69	10	30	14	10	13
Tunisia	9.7	11.5	1.0	24	68	8	35	12	6	18
Turkey	63.2	80.7	1.4	25	67	8	37	12	6	16
Turkmenistan	4.5	5.8	1.4	31	65	4	48	7	7	25
Turks and Caicos Islands	0.0	0.0	3.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuvalu	0.0	0.0	1.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	24.0	42.9	3.4	48	50	2	95	4	9	42
Ukraine	49.2	44.8	-0.5	15	68	16	23	24	15	9
United Arab Emirates	3.2	9.4	6.4	14	85	1	16	1	2	9
United Kingdom	58.9	66.0	0.7	18	64	19	28	29	9	11
United States	282.2	325.1	0.8	19	66	15	29	23	9	12
Uruguay	3.3	3.5	0.2	21	64	15	33	23	9	14
Uzbekistan	24.7	32.4	1.6	28	68	4	41	7	5	22
Vanuatu	0.2	0.3	2.4	36	60	4	60	7	5	26
Venezuela, RB	24.5	32.0	1.6	28	66	7	42	10	6	19
Vietnam	80.3	95.5	1.0	23	70	7	33	10	6	16
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.1	0.1	-0.1	20	61	19	33	30	8	13
West Bank and Gaza	2.9	4.7	2.8	40	57	3	69	5	3	31
Yemen, Rep.	17.9	28.3	2.7	40	57	3	70	5	6	31
Zambia	10.5	17.1	2.8	45	53	2	85	5	8	38
Zimbabwe	12.2	16.5	1.8	41	56	3	74	5	8	32
World	6,121.4	7,529.7	1.2	26	65	9	40	13	8	19
East Asia & Pacific	2,047.1	2,314.4	0.7	20	70	10	28	15	7	14
Europe & Central Asia	862.0	915.5	0.4	18	66	16	27	24	10	12
Latin America & Caribbean	524.8	644.1	1.2	25	67	8	37	12	6	17
Middle East & North Africa	317.1	444.3	2.0	30	65	5	46	8	5	22
North America	313.0	361.9	0.9	19	66	16	28	24	8	12
South Asia	1,386.6	1,788.4	1.5	29	65	6	44	9	7	20
Sub-Saharan Africa	670.6	1,061.1	2.7	43	54	3	79	6	9	36
Low income	465.6	732.4	2.7	42	55	3	77	6	8	35
Lower middle income	2,279.9	2,972.6	1.6	30	64	5	47	9	7	22
Upper middle income	2,260.8	2,576.2	0.8	21	70	10	30	14	7	14
High income	1,115.0	1,248.4	0.7	17	66	17	26	27	9	11

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