Table 1a
Population, Per Capita Income, Fertility Rate, Life Expectancy at Birth, and Mortality Rate for Children <5 - Selected Developing Countries and the United States

Country

Pop. (x1000)

Per capita income (USD)

Fertility rate (at birth)

Life expect. (per 1000)

Mort. rate
(child. <5)

Angola

11,500

<500

6.4

46.5

292

Bangladesh

132,000

220

5.3

52.9

180

Bolivia

8,400

680

5.9

55.9

160

Brazil

165,000

2,770

3.3

66.3

83

China

1,223,000

470

2.4

70.9

42

Dominican Republic

7,900

1,050

3.5

67.9

78

Egypt

58,000

640

4.3

61.6

85

El Salvador

5,900

1,170

4.7

66.5

87

Ethiopia

57,000

110

6.8

47.0

220

Ghana

18,000

450

6.3

56.0

140

Guatemala

10,600

980

5.6

64.8

94

Haiti

7,200

<500

4.9

56.7

130

Honduras

6,000

580

5.2

65.8

84

India

947,000

310

4.2

60.4

142

Indonesia

202,000

670

3.3

62.7

97

Kenya

29,000

310

6.9

61.0

108

Liberia

3,000

<500

6.8

55.4

205

Mali

10,800

310

7.1

46.0

284

Mexico

98,000

3,470

3.3

70.4

49

Nepal

21,500

170

5.7

53.5

189

Nigeria

128,000

320

6.8

52.5

167

Pakistan

142,000

420

6.2

59.0

158

Peru

24,000

950

3.8

64.6

116

Philippines

70,000

770

4.1

65.0

69

Somalia

8,400

<500

6.3

47.1

215

Sudan

29,000

600

6.4

51.8

172

Thailand

60,000

1,840

2.4

67.1

34

Turkey

62,000

1,980

3.5

66.2

80

Vietnam

74,000

<500

3.9

63.9

65

Zaire

42,000

260

6.1

54.0

130

United States

252,000

23,000

2.1

76.4

11

Sources: Columns 1,2,4 - World Health Organization, Annual Statistics, 1994.
Column 3 - Statistical Abstract of the United States 1993.