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Regions Regions Regions

Population Maternal and newborn Family Planning

health

Population, by age group, per Births attended by skilled Contraceptive prevalence

cent health personnel, per cent, rate and unmet need
2015 d

Population aged 0-14 Births attended by skilled

Population aged 15-64
Population aged 65+
Total population in 7,715
millions, 2019:
Average annual rate of 1.1
population change,
percent, 2010-2019:
Population aged 0-14,
percent, 2019:
Population aged 10-24,
percent, 2019:
Population aged 15-64,
percent, 2019:
Population aged 65
and older, percent,
2019:
health personnel
CPR any method 63%
Maternal mortality 216 Unmet need 12%
ratio (deaths per
100,000 live births)a , Contraceptive 63
2015: prevalence rate,
women currently
Births attended by 79 married or in union,
skilled health aged 15-49, any
personnel, percentb, method, percent,
26 2006-2017:
2019:
Adolescent birth rate 44 Contraceptive 58
24 per 1,000 women aged
prevalence rate,
15 to 19, 2006-2017:
women currently
Range of MMR married or in union,
65 207
uncertainty (UI 80%), aged 15-49,modern
Lower estimate, 2015: method, percent,
9 2019:
Range of MMR 249
uncertainty (UI 80%), Unmet need for family 12
Upper estimate, 2015: planning, women
currently married or in
union, aged 15-49,
percent, 2019:

Proportion of demand 84
satisfied, women
currently married or in
union, aged 15-49,
percent, 2019:

Proportion of demand 78
satisfied with modern
methods, women aged

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 15-49, percent, 2019:

Decision making on 57
sexual and
reproductive health
and reproductive
rights, percent 2014:

Education Fertility Harmful Practices

Adjusted primary school Total fertility rate, per Child marriage by age 18,
enrolment, net per cent of woman, 2017 per cent, 2006-2017
primary school-age children,
2009-2018

No data

Child marriage by age 18

Child marriage by age 21

18, percent, 2006-

2.5 2017:

FGM prevalence -
Total fertility rate, per 2.5 among girls aged 15-
woman, 2017: 19, percent, 2017:

Life expectancy
Adjusted primary school
enrolment, net percent of
primary school-age children, Life expectancy at birth
2017 (years), 2019
male 92
female 90
72
Gender parity index, 0.98
primary education,
2017:

Secondary school enrolment,

net percent of secondary Life expectancy at
school-age children, 2017
72
birth (years), 2019:
male 66
female 66
Gender parity index, 1
secondary education,
2017:

- Data not available.

a
The MMR has been rounded according to the following scheme: <100, rounded to nearest 1; 100-
999, rounded to nearest 1; and ≥1000, rounded to nearest 10.
b
Excludes Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Tokelau, and Tuvalu due to data
availability.

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c
Excludes Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Montserrat,
Sint Maarten, and Turks and Caicos Islands due to data availability.
d
Excludes Tuvalu due to data availability.
e
Includes Seychelles.
f
Percentage of girls aged 15-19 years who are members of the Sande society. Membership in Sande
society is a proxy for FGM.
1
Includes Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Island.
2
Includes Nagorno-Karabakh.
3
For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special
Administrative Regions (SAR) of China, and Taiwan Province of China.
4
Refers to the whole country.
5
Includes Åland Islands.
6
Includes Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
7
Includes Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
8
Includes Sabah and Sarawak.
9
Includes Agalega, Rodrigues and Saint Brandon.
10
Includes Transnistria.
11
Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
12
Includes East Jerusalem for Total population in millions; Total fertility rate; Average annual rate
of population change; per cent; Population aged 0-14, per cent; Population aged 10-24, per cent;
Population aged 15-64, per cent; Population aged 65+, per cent; Life expectancy. On 29
November 2012, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 67/19, which accorded
Palestine “non-member observer State status in the United Nations...”
13
Includes Kosovo.
14
Includes Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
15
Includes Zanzibar.
17
Includes Crimea.

DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS

Total population: Estimated size of national populations at mid-year.
Average annual rate of population change: Average exponential rate of growth of the
population over a given period, based on a medium variant projection.
Population aged 0-14, per cent: Proportion of the population between age 0 and age 14.
Population aged 10-24, per cent: Proportion of the population between age 10 and age 24.
Population aged 15-64, per cent: Proportion of the population between age 15 and age 64.
Population aged 65 and older, per cent: Proportion of the population aged 65 and older.
Maternal mortality ratio: Number of deaths of women from pregnancy-related causes per
100,000 live births during the same time period.
Births attended by skilled health personnel: percentage of births attended by skilled health
personnel (doctor, nurse or midwife).
Adolescent birth rate: Number of births per 1,000 adolescent girls aged 15–19.
Contraceptive prevalence rate: percentage of married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 who are
currently using any method of contraception.
Contraceptive prevalence rate, modern method: percentage of married or in-union women
aged 15 to 49 who are currently using any modern method of contraception.
Unmet need for family planning: percentage of married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 who
want to stop or delay childbearing but are not using a method of contraception.
Proportion of demand satisfied: percentage of total demand for family planning among married
or in-union women aged 15 to 49 that is satisfied.
Proportion of demand satisfied with modern methods: percentage of total demand for family
planning among married or in-union women aged 15 to 49 that is satisfied by the use of modern
contraception.
Decision making on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights: percentage of
women aged 15-49 years who are married (or in union), who make their own decisions on all three
areas – sexual intercourse with their partner, use of contraception, and their healthcare.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, primary education: percentage of children of the official primary
age group who are enrolled in primary or secondary education.

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Gender parity index, primary education: Ratio of female to male values of adjusted primary
school net enrolment ratio.
Net enrolment rate, secondary education: percentage of children of the official secondary age
group who are enrolled in secondary education.
Gender parity index, secondary education: Ratio of female to male values of secondary school
net enrolment ratio.
Total fertility rate: Number of children who would be born per woman if she lived to the end of
her childbearing years and bear children at each age in accordance with prevailing age-specific
fertility rates.
Life expectancy at birth: Number of years newborn children would live if subject to the mortality
risks prevailing for the cross section of the population at the time of their birth.
Child marriage by age 18: Proportion of women aged 20-24 years who were married or in a union
before age 18.
FGM prevalence among girls aged 15-19: Proportion of girls aged 15-19 years
who have undergone female genital mutilation.

MAIN DATA SOURCES

Total population: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA
based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Average annual rate of population change: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations
Population Division.
Population aged 0-14, per cent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population
Division.
Population aged 10-24, per cent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population
Division.
Population aged 15-64, per cent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations Population
Division.
Population aged 65 and older, per cent: UNFPA calculation based on data from United Nations
Population Division.
Maternal mortality ratio: United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter-agency Group (WHO,
UNICEF, UNFPA, The World Bank and the United Nations Population Division).
Births attended by skilled health personnel: Joint global database on skilled attendance at birth,
2017, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and World Health Organisation (WHO). Regional
aggregates calculated by UNFPA based on data from the joint global database.
Adolescent birth rate: SDG global database.
Contraceptive prevalence rate: United Nations Population Division.
Contraceptive prevalence rate, modern method: United Nations Population Division.
Unmet need for family planning: United Nations Population Division.
Proportion of demand satisfied: United Nations Population Division.
Proportion of demand satisfied with modern methods: United Nations Population Division.
Decision making on sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights: UNFPA.
Adjusted net enrolment rate, primary education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Gender parity index, primary education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Net enrolment rate, secondary education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Gender parity index, secondary education: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
Total fertility rate: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA
based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Life expectancy at birth: United Nations Population Division. Regional aggregates calculated by
UNFPA based on data from United Nations Population Division.
Child marriage by age 18: SDG global database. Regional aggregates calculated by UNFPA based
on data from SDG global database.
FGM prevalence among girls aged 15-19: UNFPA.

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The dotted line represents approximately the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir agreed upon
by India and Pakistan. The final status of Jammu and Kashmir has not yet been agreed upon by the
parties.

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