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A N TA RC T I C A
Republic of South Sudan Newest countries Biggest populations Smallest populations Most densely populated The richest countries The poorest countries Where refugees come from Where refugees go
9 July, 2011 People per square km Gross national income, $ per person, 2009 Gross national income, $ per person, 2009 Refugees and people in refugee-like situations, 2010
Kosovo (not fully recognised) Russian Federation China 1,347,565,000 Vatican City 900 Macao 19,213 Monaco $197,590 $150 Burundi Afghanistan 3,054,709 Pakistan 1,900,621
17 February 2008 25 December 1991
Kazakhstan India 1,241,492,000 Tokelau 1,000 Monaco 16,406 Liechtenstein $136,630 $160 Dem Rep Congo Iraq 1,683,579 Iran 1,073,366
Montenegro
21 May 2006 16 December 1991
US 313,085,000 Niue 1,000 Singapore 7,125 Norway $84,640 $160 Liberia Somalia 770,154 Syria 1,005,472
East Timor Croatia
20 May 2002 8 October 1991 242,326,000 Indonesia Hong Kong 6,721 $76,710
Population c.9.7m 3,000 Falkland Islands Luxembourg $290 Malawi 476,693 Dem Rep Congo 594,269 Germany
Became a nation in November 1975. Armenia
Population density c.15.7 Occupied by Indonesia until 1999 and
administered by the UN until 2002 23 September 1991 196,655,000 Brazil 4,000 Saint Helena 3,105 Gibraltar Switzerland $65,430 $320 Eritrea 415,670 Burma 450,915 Jordan
Area 619,745 sq km Tajikistan
Maternal mortality ratio 2,037 deaths per Palau 9 September 1991 176,745,000 Pakistan 6,000 Montserrat 1,297 Malta Denmark $59,060 $330 Ethiopia 395,577 Colombia 402,905 Kenya
100,000 live births - highest in the world 1 October 1994
Macedonia 162,471,000 Nigeria 6,000 Saint Pierre & Miquelon 1,288 Bermuda Sweden $48,840 $340 Niger 387,288 Sudan 347,939 Chad
Trained/skilled midwife attending births 5% Eritrea 8 September 1991
24 May 1993
Teenage pregnancies 204 per 1,000 females Uzbekistan 150,494,000 Bangladesh 10,000 Tuvalu 1,246 Bangladesh $48,460 Netherlands $340 Sierra Leone 338,698 Vietnam 300,986 China
aged 15-19 Slovakia 1 September 1991
HIV rate 7% 1 January 1993 142,836,000 Russia 10,000 Nauru 1,041 Bahrain Austria $46,450 $360 Zimbabwe 222,460 Eritrea 264,574 US
Bosnia and Herzegovina All of these countries are recognised by the UN
except for Kosovo, which is recognised by 76 out of 126,497,000 Japan 13,000 Wallis & Futuna Islands 1,031 Maldives US $46,360 $370 Guinea 184,602 China 238,150 UK
SOURCES: UN POP DIVISION, WORLD BANK, UNHCR
GRAPHIC: JENNY RIDLEY, COPY & RESEARCH: SIMON ROGERS
1 March 1 1992 192 UN members