Vital Statistics (1999)
(%) Sources: World Bank "World Development Indicators" 2001.
Country or Territory		Natural Growth Rate		Crude Birth Rate		Crude Death Rate		Infant Mortality Rate	Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)
										Total		Male		Female
World		12.7		21.8		9.1		54.3		66.5		64.6		68.6
Argentina		11.6		19.2		7.7		18.4		73.6		70.1		77.2
Australia		6.2		13.1		7.0		4.9		78.8		76.0		81.7
Bangladesh		18.9		28.0		9.1		61.2		60.7		60.3		61.2
Brazil		12.6		20.0		7.4		32.2		67.2		63.3		71.2
Canada		4.0		11.1		7.1		5.3		79.0		76.1		82.1
China		8.4		15.6		7.2		30.0(1)		71(1)
Czech Republic		-2.0		8.7		10.7		4.6		74.6		71.3		78.2
Egypt, Arab Rep.		18.6		25.5		6.9		47.3		66.8		65.3		68.4
France		3.5		12.7		9.2		4.8		78.5		74.9		82.3
Germany		-0.9		9.4		10.3		4.8		77.0		74.0		80.2
Hungary		-4.8		9.4		14.2		8.4		70.6		66.3		75.1
India		16.7		25.8		9.1		70.9		63.2		62.4		63.9
Indonesia		14.9		22.4		7.5		41.9		65.7		63.9		67.6
Italy		-0.6		9.3		9.9		5.4		78.3		75.0		81.8
Japan		1.7		9.6		7.9		3.6		80.6		77.3		84.1
Korea, Rep. of		8.2		14.1		5.8		8.4		72.9		69.4		76.5
Malaysia		20.0		24.4		4.4		7.9		72.3		69.9		74.9
Mexico		21.5		26.6		5.1		29.4		72.1		69.2		75.2
Mongolia		14.6		21.1		6.4		58.0		66.6		65.1		68.1
Myanmar		15.7		25.8		10.1		77.4		59.7		58.1		61.5
New Zealand		7.8		14.9		7.1		5.2		77.4		74.7		80.2
Nigeria		24.1		39.8		15.7		83.3		47.5		46.8		48.2
Pakistan		26.5		34.5		7.9		89.8		62.5		61.5		63.6
Philippines		21.8		27.4		5.6		31.5		68.9		67.1		70.8
Russian Federation		-4.9		9.1		14.0		16.0		65.8		59.8		72.2
Romania		-1.8		10.4		12.2		19.8		69.5		65.7		73.4
Singapore		8.3		12.8		4.5		3.2		77.6		75.6		79.6
South Africa		12.1		26.3		14.1		61.5		48.5		47.3		49.7
Thailand		9.8		17.0		7.2		28.3		68.6		66.5		70.8
Turkey		14.4		20.8		6.4		36.2		69.5		67.0		72.1
United Kingdom		0.9		11.8		10.9		5.7		77.2		74.7		79.9
United States		6.1		14.7		8.6		6.9		76.9		73.9		80.0
Venezuela, RB		19.9		24.3		4.4		20.2		73.2		70.4		76.1
Yugoslavia, FR		0.8		11.6		10.8		12.5		72.3		69.9		74.9
(1)Data is from World Bank.