1989 ESCAP POPULATION DATA SHEET

1989 demographic estimates for Asian and Pacific countries and areas

Country

or area and region

Mid-1989 population (thousands)

1989

growth rate (percentage)

Population projected

to 2010 (thousands)

Density (persons per km2 )

Percentage

in largest

urban ag­glomeration*

Percentage aged

0-14

Percentage

aged 60-69

Percentage aged

70+

Crude birth

rate

Total

fertility

rate

Crude death

rate

Infant

mortality

rate

Male life

expectancy at birth (years)

Female life

expectancy at birth (years)

ESCAP 2 923 368 1.79 3 990 811 93 0.7 32.9 4.8 3.0 26.9 3.3 8.9 71 63.1 65.2

EAST ASIA 1 298 223 1.33 1 574 257 112 1.6 26.3 5.7 3.8 19.9 2.3 6.6 29 69.0 72.5

Chinaa,b,d1 124 806 1.44 1 382 463 117 1 27.1 5.4 3.4 21.0** 2.4* 6.6** 31 68.4 71.4

Hong Konga,b,e5 759 1.36 6 737 5 511 93 22.4 7.2 5.2 13.3* 1.5 4.9* 7* 73.6 79.3

Japana,b,f,g123 120 0.41 131 677 326 16 19.0 9.2 7.6 10.5 1.5 6.5 5 75.6 81.3

Mongoliaa 2 158 3.08 3 894 1 26x 41.8 3.4 1.9 38.6 5.3 7.8 43 61.9 66.1Republic of Koreaa,b,h,i 42 380 0.97 49 486 428 26 26.7 4.6 2.7 16.5 1.7 5.8 22 66.7 72.9

SOUTH-EAST ASIA 432 169 1.884

594 341 97 2.1 37.1 3.8 2.2 28.1 3.5 9.4 65 58.8 62.3

Brunei Darussalam3'* 258 3.31 397 45 26x 34.8 4.7 1.9 27.6 4.0 3.9 1574.3# 74.3#

Democratic Kampucheaa 8 055 2.40 11 539 44 16x 34.4 3.4 1.5 39.9 4.6 16.0 126 47.8 50.7

Indonesia3 177716 1.59 231 956 93 5 35.8 3.9 2.2 26.8 3.2 10.9 81 55.4 58.2

Lao People's Democratic Republic3 3 972 2.45 6 234 17 15 43.3 3.3 1.6 40.3 5.6 15.8 106 47.8 50.8Malaysiaa,b,k

17 425 2.43 23 692 53 9 36.4 3.6 2.3 28.8 3.6 4.8 23 67.9 72.0

Myanmar3 40810 2.09 60 567 60 8 38.0 4.1 2.2 30.3 3.9 9.4 67 59.1 62.6Philippines3'1 60 122 2.30 87 200 200 14 40.3 3.2 2.0 30.8* 4.2 7.5* 44 62.1 65.9Singaporea,b,m 2 682 1.30 3 117 4 340 100 23.1 4.9 3.4 20.1 2.0* 5.2* 7* 705 76.0

Thailanda,n 55 448 1.48 71 594 108 12 34.0 3.8 2.2 21.6 2.5 6.9 37 63.6 67.7

Viet Nam3 65 681 2.23 98 045 199 5 40.2 4.0 2.6 31.4 4.0 9.1 61 59.9 64.3

SOUTH ASIA 1 167 362 2.27 1 788 061 172 1.0 38.9 4.1 2.3 34.4 4.7 11.3 100 57.9 58.1

Afghanistan3' 16151 2.77 32 765 25 12 41.9 3.3 1.4 50.2 6.9 22.4 169 41.6 42.6

Bangladesh3 112 539 2.68 188 196 782 5 44.3 2.9 1.7 41.7 5.4 15.0 116 51.7 51.1

Bhutan3 1 483 2.19 2 388 32 1X 39.7 3.7 1.9 38.3 5.5 16.4 125 492 47.8

India3 835 812 2.08 1 225 305 254 1 37.0 4.5 2.5 31.7 4.2 11.0 96 58.5 58.7

Islamic Republic of Iran3 54 889 3.20 94 691 33 16 43.7 3.0 2.0 41.4 5.6 7.7 60 65.554.9#

66.254.9#Maldives* 207 3.09 358 695 21x 44.5 2.5 1.1 43.4 6.3 12.5 95

Nepala,o 18 442 2.46 28 900 131 2 42.0 3.4 1.7 38.6 5.8 14.2 125 54.9 52.1Pakistana,b,p

110 846 2.90 194 000 139 7 45.5 2.9 1.5 42.8+ 6.9+ 10.7* 112*57.3 57.3

Sri Lankaa 16 993 1.30 21 458 259 4 32.8 4.8 3.0 21.9 2.6 5.9 32 68.7 72.9

PACIFIC 25 614 1.55 34 152 3 14.7 26.1 7.2 5.9 19.5 2.5 8.0 36 695 752

Australia a,qCommonwealth of the Northern

16 694 1.46 21 811 2 23 22.1 8.2 7.1 15.1 1.9 7.3

4.7++

8

20++

73.1 79.7

Mariana Islands r 22 2.91 41 47 - 41.0 — -34.3++

— - —Cook lslandss,t 17 -0.01 22 72 _ 37.0 4.4 2.9 24.3** — 7.6** 27** — —Federated States of Micronesiab,r

104 1.33 169 149 — — -- —30.5++

-3.6++ 23++

— -Fiji a,t

Guam0'*753

132

1.86

2.17

905

191

40

244

201X

36.7

33.7

3.7

3.5

2.3

1.9

25.9

25.9

3.1

3.0

5.0

4.2

26

23

68.571.9#

52.6#

73.171.9#

52.6#Kiribati j 68 1.63 95 93 32 38.8 4.1 1.3 32.9 4.1 12.9 107

Nauru a 8 1.02 10 381 - - - -- - - - - -New Zealandu 3 361 0.83 3 986 13 25 23.3 7.8 7.1 17.3 2.1 8.2 11* 72.1 78.1

Niuev 2 0.00 2 12 - — - — 24.4* - 4.9* 0* ++ -Papua New Guinea3'* 3 654 2.31 5 579 8 5 40.4 3.9 1.4 35.2 5.0 12.1 99 53.8 55.4

Republic of the Marshall lslandsa,r 43 3.44 85 238 — — - -38.7++

—5.2++ 30++

- —Republic of Palaub,w

Samoa*14

169

1.92

1.06

21

233

28

60 21

33.1

43.1

4.4

3.4

3.0

2.4

24.9

32.8

3.8

4.6

6.5

7.0

26

49

59.665.0#

63.365.0*

Solomon Islands* 314 3.43 595 11 8X 47.7 3.0 2.0 43.8 7.0 9.6 7259.7#

65.3#

59.7#

65.3#Tonga* 103 1.49 142 137 20 35.9 3.9 2.5 30.4 3.9 7.2 48

Tuvalu3 9 1.27 11 57 — — - - - -Vanuatu* 147 2.85 254 12 9X 44.7 2.7 1.4 40.0 6.1 7.5 53 64.2* 64.2*

Source: United Nations, Global Estimates and Projections of Population by Sex and Age, the 1988 Revision (New York 1989).

This data sheet is published by

The Population Division Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Bangkok 1989

Note: Copies of the data sheet are available on request from the Chief, ESCAP Population Division,United Nations Building, Rajdamnern Ave., Bangkok 10200, Thailand.

Sources: Asia Region Population Projections 1988-89 Edition, October 1988, WPS 115. s.

September 30,1986.

Cook Islands Statistics Office, Cook Islands Quarterly Statistical

1989, Ulanbator 1987, Seoul 1989, Bandar Seribegawan 1981, Kompong Cham 1981, Jakarta 1989, Savannakhet 1985, Kuala

a. World Population Prospects 1988 (United Nations publication. k. Malaysia, Department of Statistics, Population Projections: Bulletin, September and December 1988. Lumpur 1989, Yangon 1989, Manila/Quezon 1989, Singapore

Sales No. E.88.XIII.7), medium variant. Malaysia, 1980-2000, (Kuala Lumpur, March 1987). t. South Pacific Commission, South Pacific Economies Statistical 1989, Bangkok 1989, Ho Chi Minh 1989, Kabul 1989, Dhaka

b. Demographic estimates prepared by ESCAP Population Division, l. Philippines, Population Commission and Demographic Research Summary, No. 11,1987. 1989, Thimphu 1977, Calcutta 1989, Teheran 1989, Male 1977,

1989. and Development Foundation, 1988 Philippine Population Data u. New Zealand, Department of Statistics, Monthly Abstract of Kathmandu 1989, Karachi 1989, Colombo 1989, Sydney 1989,

c. 1986 Demographic Yearbook (United Nations publication. Sheet. Statistics, June 1987, using projected figures Series 10: Assum­ Suva 1976, Agana 1980, Tarawa 1978, Auckland 1988, Port

Sales No. E/F.87.XIII.1). m. Singapore, Department of Statistics, Monthly Digest of Statis­ ing "High" Fertility and "High" Short-term Migration and Long­ Moresby 1989, Apia 1976, Honiara 1976, Niku' Alofa 1976,

d. China, State Statistical Bureau, China Statistics Abstract 1988. tics, July 1989, term Annual Net Migration of "5,000". and Vila 1979. Data for 1989 are from source y; the others

e. Hong Kong, Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong n. Thailand, National Economic ana Social Development Board, v. Niue, Statistics Unit, Quarterly Abstract of Statistics, September are from source c. The figures for the ESCAP region. East Asia,

Monthly Digest of Statistics, April 1989. Population Projections for Thailand, 1980-2015, October 1985. 1988. South-east Asia, South Asia and Pacific sub-regions are percent­

f. Japan, Statistics Bureau, Management and Coordination Agency, o. Nepal, Central Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Year Book of w. Palau, Office of Planning and Statistics, Population Projections- ages of Tokyo/Yokohama, Tokyo/Yokohama, Jakarta, Calcutta

Monthly Report on Current Population Estimates, October Nepal, 1989, population projection of medium variant. 1985-2000, (Koror 1984), Assumption 4 and Auckland to total population of each region and sub-region.

1989. p. Pakistan, National Institute of Population Studies, the State of y. Prospects of World Urbanization 1988 (United Nations publica­ respectively.

g. Japan, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Institute of Population Pakistan (using estimates from Pakistan Demographic Surveys, tion. Sales No. E.89.XIII.8). # Life expectancies at birth are for both sexes combined.

Problems, Monthly Statistics of Japan, August 1989, No. 338. 1984-1986). X Per cent based on population of city proper.

h. Republic of Korea, Economic Planning Board, Monthly Statis­ q. Australia, Department of Immigration, Local Government and • Refers to 1988.

tics of Korea, No. 8,1989. Ethnic Affairs, Australia's Population Trends and Prospects ® The rate of increase takes into account international migration. «• Refers to 1987.

i. Republic of Korea, Economic Planning Board, New Population 1987 (Canberra, 1987). and thus is not necessarily equal to the rate of natural increase. + Refers to 1986.

Projection, 1985-2020 (Seoul, 1989). r. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Statistical Organisation, £ Surface areas (km?) 1986 as presented in source c. ++ Refers to 1985.

j. The World Bank, Population and Human Resources Department, 1986 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, October 1,1985 to $ For Shanghai in 1989, Hong Kong 1989, Tokyo/Yokohama

Population by sex and age

BANGLADESH1985

Males Females

2000

Males Females

Total Population: 101,147 Total Population: 150,588

CHINA

Males Females Males Females

Total Population: 1,059,521 Total Population: 1,285,894

INDONESIA

Males Females Males Females

Total Population: 166,465 Total Population: 208,333

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Males Females Males Females

Total Population: 41,058 Total Population: 48,012