| | Population Mid-2006 (millions) | Per 1000 population | deaths of children under 1 year per 1000 live births | Expectation of life at births (age number) |
| births | deaths | natural increase |
| TOTAL BY WORLD | 6555 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 67 |
| of which: | | | | | | |
| AFRICA | 924 | 38 | 15 | 23 | 84 | 52 |
| NORTHERN AFRICA | 198 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 69 |
| Algeria | 33.5 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 75 |
| Egypt | 75.4 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 70 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 5.9 | 27 | 4 | 23 | 26 | 76 |
| Morocco | 31.7 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 40 | 70 |
| Sudan | 41.2 | 36 | 9 | 27 | 64 | 58 |
| Tunisia | 10.1 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 73 |
| Western Sahara | 0.4 | 28 | 8 | 20 | 53 | 64 |
| WESTERN AFRICA | 271 | 43 | 17 | 26 | 102 | 48 |
| Benin | 8.7 | 41 | 12 | 29 | 102 | 54 |
| Burkina Faso | 13.6 | 44 | 19 | 25 | 81 | 48 |
| Cape Verde | 0.5 | 30 | 5 | 25 | 28 | 71 |
| Cote d’lvoire | 19.7 | 39 | 14 | 25 | 104 | 51 |
| Gambia | 1.5 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 75 | 53 |
| Ghana | 22.6 | 33 | 10 | 23 | 59 | 57 |
| Guinea | 9.8 | 41 | 13 | 28 | 98 | 54 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1.4 | 50 | 20 | 30 | 116 | 45 |
| Liberia | 3.4 | 50 | 21 | 29 | 142 | 43 |
| Mali | 13.9 | 50 | 18 | 32 | 130 | 49 |
| Mauritania | 3.2 | 42 | 14 | 28 | 74 | 54 |
| Niger | 14.4 | 55 | 21 | 34 | 149 | 44 |
| Nigeria | 134.5 | 43 | 19 | 24 | 100 | 44 |
| Senegal | 11.9 | 39 | 10 | 29 | 61 | 56 |
| Sierra Leone | 5.7 | 46 | 23 | 23 | 163 | 41 |
| Togo | 6.3 | 38 | 12 | 26 | 90 | 55 |
| EASTERN AFRICA | 284 | 41 | 16 | 25 | 81 | 47 |
| Burundi | 7.8 | 46 | 18 | 28 | 106 | 45 |
| Comoros | 0.7 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 59 | 64 |
| Djibouti | 0.8 | 31 | 12 | 19 | 100 | 53 |
| Eritrea | 4.6 | 39 | 11 | 28 | 61 | 55 |
| Ethiopia | 74.8 | 39 | 15 | 24 | 77 | 49 |
| Kenya | 34.7 | 40 | 15 | 25 | 77 | 48 |
| Madagascar | 17.8 | 40 | 12 | 28 | 83 | 55 |
| Malawi | 12.8 | 44 | 18 | 26 | 76 | 45 |
| Mauritius | 1.3 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 14.8 | 72 |
| Mayotte | 0.2 | 39 | 3 | 36 | - | 74 |
| Mozambique | 19.9 | 41 | 20 | 21 | 108 | 42 |
| Reunion | 0.8 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 77 |
| Rwanda | 9.1 | 43 | 17 | 26 | 86 | 47 |
| Seychelles | 0.1 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 71 |
| Somalia | 8.9 | 46 | 17 | 29 | 119 | 48 |
| United Rep. of Tanzania | 37.9 | 42 | 17 | 25 | 68 | 45 |
| Uganda | 27.7 | 47 | 16 | 31 | 81 | 47 |
| Zambia | 11.9 | 41 | 23 | 18 | 92 | 37 |
| Zimbabwe | 13.1 | 30 | 23 | 7 | 61 | 37 |
| MIDDLE AFRICA | 116 | 44 | 16 | 28 | 98 | 48 |
| Angola | 15.8 | 49 | 22 | 27 | 139 | 41 |
| Cameroon | 17.3 | 37 | 14 | 23 | 74 | 51 |
| Central African Republic | 4.3 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 94 | 44 |
| Chad | 10.0 | 48 | 20 | 28 | 101 | 44 |
| Congo | 3.7 | 40 | 14 | 26 | 75 | 51 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 62.7 | 45 | 14 | 31 | 95 | 50 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.5 | 43 | 20 | 23 | 102 | 44 |
| Gabon | 1.4 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 57 | 54 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2 | 34 | 9 | 25 | 80 | 63 |
| SOUTHERN AFRICA | 54 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 55 | 46 |
| Botswana | 1.8 | 26 | 27 | -1 | 56 | 34 |
| Lesotho | 1.8 | 28 | 25 | 3 | 91 | 36 |
| Namibia | 2.1 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 44 | 47 |
| South Africa | 47.3 | 23 | 18 | 5 | 54 | 47 |
| Swaziland | 1.1 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 74 | 34 |
| NORTH AMERICA | 332.0 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 78 |
| Canada | 32.6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5.3 | 80 |
| United States | 299.1 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 6.7 | 78 |
| LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN | 566.0 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 26 | 72 |
| CENTRAL AMERICA | 149 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 74 |
| Belize | 0.3 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 31 | 70 |
| Costa Rica | 4.3 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 79 |
| El Salvador | 7.0 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 70 |
| Guatemala | 13.0 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 35 | 67 |
| Honduras | 7.4 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 30 | 71 |
| Mexico | 108.3 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 75 |
| Nicaragua | 5.6 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 36 | 69 |
| Panama | 3.3 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 75 |
| CARIBBEAN | 39.0 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 69 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.1 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 71 |
| Bahamas | 0.3 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 12.7 | 70 |
| Barbados | 0.3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14.2 | 72 |
| Cuba | 11.3 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5.8 | 77 |
| Dominica | 0.1 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 22.2 | 74 |
| Dominican Republic | 9.0 | 23 | 6 | 17 | 31 | 68 |
| Grenada | 0.1 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 71 |
| Guadeloupe | 0.5 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 7.9 | 78 |
| Haiti | 8.5 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 73 | 52 |
| Jamaica | 2.7 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 71 |
| Martinique | 0.4 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 79 |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0.2 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 76 |
| Puerto Rico | 3.9 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 8.6 | 77 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 70 |
| Saint Lucia | 0.2 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 15.6 | 74 |
| St.Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 18.1 | 71 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1.3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 18.6 | 70 |
| SOUTH AMERICA | 378.0 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 72 |
| Argentina | 39.0 | 18 | 8 | 10 | 16.8 | 74 |
| Bolivia | 9.1 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 54 | 64 |
| Brazil | 186.8 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 72 |
| Chile | 16.4 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 7.8 | 78 |
| Colombia | 46.8 | 20 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 72 |
| Ecuador | 13.3 | 27 | 6 | 21 | 29 | 74 |
| French Guiana | 0.2 | 31 | 4 | 27 | 10 | 75 |
| Guyana | 0.7 | 22 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 76 |
| Paraguay | 6.3 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 33 | 70 |
| Peru | 28.4 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 70 |
| Suriname | 0.5 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 69 |
| Uruguay | 3.3 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 15.3 | 75 |
| Venezuela | 27.0 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 17.5 | 73 |
| OCEANIA | 34.0 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 27 | 75 |
| Australia | 20.6 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 4.9 | 81 |
| Fed. States of Micronesia | 0.1 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 40 | 67 |
| Fiji | 0.8 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 68 |
| French Polynesia | 0.3 | 18 | 5 | 13 | 5.2 | 74 |
| Guam | 0.2 | 21 | 4 | 17 | 11.2 | 78 |
| Kiribati | 0.1 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 43 | 61 |
| Marshall Islands | 0.1 | 38 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 70 |
| Nauru | 0.01 | 26 | 7 | 19 | 42 | 62 |
| New Caledonia | 0.2 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 74 |
| New Zealand | 4.1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 5.1 | 79 |
| Palau | 0.02 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 71 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6.0 | 32 | 11 | 21 | 64 | 55 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.5 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 48 | 62 |
| Tonga | 0.1 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 35 | 64 |
| Tuvalu | 0.0 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 64 |
| Vanuatu | 0.2 | 31 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 67 |
| Western Samoa | 0.2 | 29 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 73 |
| ASIA | 3878 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 49 | 68 |
ASIA (Excl. China) | 2567 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 54 | 66 |
| WESTERN ASIA | 127 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 42 | 69 |
| Bahrain | 0.7 | 21 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 74 |
| Iraq | 29.6 | 36 | 10 | 26 | 88 | 59 |
| Israel | 7.2 | 21 | 5 | 16 | 4.2 | 80 |
| Jordan | 5.6 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 72 |
| Kuwait | 2.7 | 19 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 78 |
| Lebanon | 3.9 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 72 |
| Oman | 2.6 | 24 | 4 | 20 | 10 | 74 |
| Palestine | 3.9 | 37 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 72 |
| Qatar | 0.8 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 73 |
| Saudi Arabia | 24.1 | 30 | 3 | 27 | 23 | 23 |
| Syria | 19.5 | 29 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 73 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4.9 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 77 |
| Yemen | 21.6 | 41 | 9 | 32 | 75 | 60 |
| SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA | 1642 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 64 | 63 |
| Afghanistan | 31.1 | 48 | 22 | 26 | 166 | 42 |
| Bangladesh | 146.6 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 65 | 61 |
| Bhutan | 0.9 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 63 |
| India | 1121.8 | 24 | 8 | 16 | 58 | 63 |
| Iran | 70.3 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 70 |
| Kazakhstan | 15.3 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 29 | 66 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5.2 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 68 |
| Maldives | 0.3 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 70 |
| Nepal | 26.0 | 31 | 9 | 22 | 64 | 62 |
| Pakistan | 165.8 | 33 | 9 | 24 | 79 | 62 |
| Sri Lanka | 19.9 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 74 |
| Tajikistan | 7.0 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 89 | 64 |
| Turkmenistan | 5.3 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 74 | 62 |
| Uzbekistan | 26.2 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 58 | 67 |
| SOUTHEAST ASIA | 565 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 34 | 69 |
| Brunei | 0.4 | 20 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 75 |
| Cambodia | 14.1 | 30 | 9 | 21 | 91 | 60 |
| East Timor | 1.0 | 42 | 15 | 27 | 88 | 56 |
| Indonesia | 225.5 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 69 |
| Laos | 6.1 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 88 | 54 |
| Malaysia | 26.9 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 74 |
| Myanmar | 51.0 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 75 | 60 |
| Philippines | 86.3 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 70 |
| Singapore | 4.5 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 2.1 | 80 |
| Thailand | 65.2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 71 |
| Viet Nam | 84.2 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 72 |
| EAST ASIA | 1544 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 73 |
| China | 1311.4 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 27 | 72 |
| China, Hong Kong SAR | 7.0 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2.4 | 81 |
| China, Macao SAR | 0.5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 79 |
| Japan | 127.8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2.8 | 82 |
| Korea, North | 23.1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 71 |
| Korea, South | 48.5 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 77 |
| Mongolia | 2.6 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 66 |
| Taiwan | 22.8 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 5.4 | 76 |
| EUROPE | 823 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 7 | 75 |
| NORTHERN EUROPE | 97 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 78 |
| Channel Islands | 0.2 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3.4 | 78 |
| Denmark | 5.4 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 4.4 | 78 |
| Estonia | 1.3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 6 | 72 |
| Finland | 5.3 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 79 |
| Iceland | 0.3 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2.5 | 81 |
| Ireland | 4.2 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 4.7 | 78 |
| Latvia | 2.3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 7 | 73 |
| Lithuania | 3.4 | 9 | 13 | -4 | 7 | 72 |
| Norway | 4.7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3.1 | 80 |
| Sweden | 9.1 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2.4 | 81 |
| United Kingdom | 60.5 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5.1 | 78 |
| WESTERN EUROPE | 187 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 79 |
| Austria | 8.3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4.1 | 79 |
| Belgium | 10.5 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 4.8 | 79 |
| France | 61.2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3.6 | 80 |
| Germany | 82.4 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 3.9 | 79 |
| Liechtenstein | 0.04 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2.9 | 80 |
| Luxembourg | 0.5 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3.9 | 78 |
| Monaco | 0.03 | 23 | 16 | 7 | - | - |
| Netherlands | 16 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4.9 | 79 |
| Switzerland | 7.5 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4.3 | 81 |
| EASTERN EUROPE | 387 | 171 | 170 | 1 | 182 | 1076 |
| Azerbaijan | 8.5 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 72 |
| Armenia | 3.0 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 26 | 71 |
| Cypris | 1.0 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 78 |
| Turkey | 73.7 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 71 |
| Georgia | 4.4 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 25 | 72 |
| Belarus | 9.7 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 8 | 69 |
| Bulgaria | 7.7 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 10.4 | 72 |
| Czech Republic | 10.3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 3.4 | 76 |
| Hungary | 10.1 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 6.1 | 73 |
| Moldova | 4.0 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 12 | 69 |
| Poland | 38.1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6.4 | 75 |
| Romania | 21.6 | 10 | 12 | -2 | 16.8 | 71 |
| Russia | 142.3 | 10 | 16 | -6 | 11 | 65 |
| Slovakia | 5.4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6.8 | 74 |
| Ukraine | 46.8 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 10 | 68 |
| SOUTHERN EUROPE | 152 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 79 |
| Albania | 3.2 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 75 |
| Andorra | 0.1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 3.9 | - |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 3.9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 74 |
| Croatia | 4.4 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 6.1 | 75 |
| Greece | 11.1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 79 |
| Italy | 59.0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 4.1 | 80 |
| Macedonia | 2.0 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11.3 | 73 |
| Malta | 0.4 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5.9 | 79 |
| Portugal | 10.6 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3.8 | 78 |
| San Marino | 0.03 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6.7 | 81 |
| Serbia | 9.5 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 72 |
| Montenegro | 0.6 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 8 | - |
| Slovenia | 2.0 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3.9 | 77 |
| Spain | 45.5 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4.0 | 81 |