World Development Report 1996. Statistical Annex
Table 1a. Basic indicators for other economies
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                                                 GNP per capita /a   PPP estimates of GNP           Life
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                         Population   Area               Avg. ann.   per capita /b              expectancy at   Adult
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                         (thousands (thousands  Dollars  growth (%)  US$ =100  Current int'l $  birth (years) illiteracy (%)
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                         mid-1994   of sq. km)    1994   1985-94    1987 1994    1994          1994            1995
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 1  Afghanistan           22,789      652.09         c     ..        ..   ..       ..                   44       69
 2  American Samoa            55        0.20         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
 3  Andorra                   65        0.45         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   79      ..
 4  Angola                10,442    1,246.70         f    -6.8       ..   ..       ..                   47      ..
 5  Antigua and Barbuda       67        0.44     6,770     2.5       ..   ..       ..                   75      ..
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 6  Aruba                     77        0.19         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   75      ..
 7  Bahamas, The             272       13.88    11,800    -0.8      73.1 59.8  15,470    g              73        2
 8  Bahrain                  557        0.68     7,460    -0.7      57.7 51.1  13,220    g              72       15
 9  Barbados                 260        0.43     6,560    -0.0      48.0 43.3  11,210    g              ..        3
10  Belize                   211       22.96     2,530     5.0      18.0 21.6   5,600    g              69      ..
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11  Bermuda                   63        0.05         e    -1.2       ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
12  Bhutan                   675       47.00       400     4.4       4.8  4.9   1,270    g              ..       58
13  Bosnia and Herzegovin  4,383       51.13         c     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
14  Brunei                   280        5.77    14,240     ..        ..   ..       ..                   75       12
15  Cambodia               9,951      181.04         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   52      ..
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16  Cape Verde               372        4.03       930     2.0       7.1  7.4   1,920    g              65       28
17  Cayman Islands            33        0.26         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   77      ..
18  Channel Islands          143        0.19         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   78      ..
19  Comoros                  485        2.23       510    -1.4       6.8  5.5   1,430    g              55       43
20  Cuba                  10,978      110.86         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   76        4
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21  Cyprus                   726        9.25    10,260     4.6      47.2 57.2  14,800    g              77      ..
22  Djibouti                 603       23.20         c     ..        ..   ..       ..                   49       54
23  Dominica                  72        0.75     2,800     4.3       ..   ..       ..                   73      ..
24  Equatorial Guinea        386       28.05       430     2.2       ..   ..       ..                   48      ..
25  Eritrea                3,482      125.00         c     ..        ..   ..       ..                   48      ..
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26  Faeroe Islands            45        1.40         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   77      ..
27  Fiji                     767       18.27     2,250     2.4      20.4 23.0   5,940    g              72        8
28  French Guiana            141       90.00         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   73      ..
29  French Polynesia         219        4.00         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   69      ..
30  Greenland                 55      341.70         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   66      ..
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31  Grenada                   92        0.34     2,630     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
32  Guadeloupe               421        1.71         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   75      ..
33  Guam                     146        0.55         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   73      ..
34  Guyana                   826      214.97       530     0.4       8.8 10.6   2,750    g              66        2
35  Iceland                  266      103.00    24,630     0.3      86.4 74.2  19,210    h              79      ..
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36  Iraq                  20,356      438.32         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   67       42
37  Isle of Man               72        0.57         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
38  Kiribati                  78        0.73       740     ..        ..   ..       ..                   61      ..
39  Korea, Dem. Rep.      23,448      120.54         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   70      ..
40  Lebanon                3,930       10.40         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   69        8
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41  Liberia                2,719       97.75         c     ..        ..   ..       ..                   53      ..
42  Libya                  5,218    1,759.54         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   64      ..
43  Liechtenstein             31        0.16         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   72      ..
44  Luxembourg               404        3.00    39,600     1.2     143.1 138.6 35,860    h              76      i
45  Macao                    444        0.02         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
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46  Maldives                 246        0.30       950     7.7       ..   ..       ..                   62        7
47  Malta                    368        0.32         d     5.1       ..   ..       ..                   77      ..
48  Marshall Islands          54        0.20         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   63      ..
49  Martinique               383        1.10         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   76      ..
50  Mayotte                   89        0.37         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   60      ..
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51  Micronesia, Fed. Sts.    104        0.70         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   65      ..
52  Monaco                    33          ..         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   78      ..
53  Netherlands Antilles     198        0.80         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   77      ..
54  New Caledonia            187       18.58         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   72      ..
55  Northern Mariana Isla     47        0.48         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
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56  Puerto Rico            3,651        8.90         d     1.6       ..   ..       ..                   75      ..
57  Qatar                    610       11.00    12,820    -2.4      90.4 73.8  19,100    g              72       21
58  Reunion                  640        2.51         d     ..        ..   ..       ..                   74      ..
59  Sao Tome and Principe    125        0.96       250    -2.1       ..   ..       ..                   68      ..
60  Seychelles                72        0.45     6,680     4.8       ..   ..       ..                   72       21
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61  Solomon Islands          365       28.90       810     2.2       8.2  8.1   2,100    g              62      ..
62  Somalia                8,775      637.66         c    -2.3       ..   ..       ..                   49      ..
63  St. Kitts and Nevis       41        0.36     4,760     4.7      30.4 36.0   9,310    g              69      ..
64  St. Lucia                160        0.62     3,130     4.0       ..   ..       ..                   71      ..
65  St. Vincent and the G    110        0.39     2,140     4.5       ..   ..       ..                   72      ..
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66  Sudan                 27,364    2,505.81         c    -0.2       8.8  ..       ..                   54       54
67  Suriname                 407      163.27       860     1.8      13.8  9.5   2,470    g              69        7
68  Swaziland                906       17.36     1,100    -1.2      14.0 11.6   3,010    j              58       23
69  Syrian Arab Republic  13,844      185.18         f    -2.1       ..   ..       ..                   68      ..
70  Tonga                    101        0.75     1,590     0.3       ..   ..       ..                   69      ..
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71  Vanuatu                  165       12.19     1,150    -0.3       9.3  9.2   2,370    g              60      ..
72  Virgin Islands (U.S.)    100        0.34         e     ..        ..   ..       ..                   75      ..
73  West Bank & Gaza       1,951        0.38         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   ..      ..
74  Western Samoa            164        2.84     1,000    -0.3       9.5  8.0   2,060    g              69      ..
75  Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. 10,520      102.17         f     ..        ..   ..       ..                   72      ..
76  Zaire                 42,540    2,344.86         c    -1.0       ..   ..       ..                   ..       33
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a.  Atlas method; see the technical notes.  
b.  Purchasing power parity; see the technical notes.  
c.  Estimated to be low-income ($725 or less).  
d.  Estimated to be upper middle-income ($2,896 to $8,956).  
e.  Estimated to be high-income ($8,956 or more).  
f.  Estimated to be lower-middle-income ($726 to $2,895).  
g.  Based on regression estimates.  
h.  Extrapolated from 1993 ICP estimates.  
i.  Acccording to UNESCO, illiteracy is less than 5 percent.   
j.  Extrapolated from 1985 ICP estimates.
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