African Vital Statistics HA-14-4-05

From Shortest to Longest Life Expectancy

Country	Population 2005	WHO Population 2002	Growth	Life Expec tancy	Births per 1,000	Deaths per 1,000	Infant Mort ality per 1,000	AIDS rate	Living with AIDS 2001 1000s	AIDS Deaths 2001 1000s	Migr ation per 1,000	Literacy
Sao Tome and Principe	187,410	161,000	3.16%		40.8	6.7	43.1				-2.51	79.3%
Western Sahara	273,008
Swaziland	1,173,900	1,077,000	0.25%	33.2	27.7	25.3	69.3	38.8%	220	17	0	81.6%
Botswana	1,640,115	1,785,000	0%	33.9	23.3	29.4	54.6	37.3%	350	33	6.07	79.8%
Lesotho	1,867,035	1,802,000	0.08%	34.5	26.5	25	84.2	28.9%	320	29	-0.74	84.8%
Angola	11,190,786	13,625,000	1.9%	38.4	44.6	25.9	191.2	3.9%	240	21	0.28	66.8%
Liberia	3,482,211	3,367,000	2.64%	38.9	44.2	17.9	128.9	5.9%	100	7.2	0	57.5%
Zimbabwe	12,746,990	12,835,000	0.51%	39.1	29.7	24.7	67.7	24.6%	1,800	170	0	90.7%
Zambia	11,261,795	10,812,000	2.12%	39.7	41.9	20.2	88.3	16.5%	920	89	0	80.6%
Sierra Leone	6,017,643	4,971,000	2.22%	39.8	42.8	20.6	144	7%	170	11	0	29.6%
Mozambique	19,406,703	18,863,000	1.48%	40.3	35.8	21	130.8	12.2%	1,300	110	0	47.8%
Malawi	12,158,924	12,105,000	2.06%	41.3	44	23.4	103.3	14.2%	900	84	0	62.7%
Djibouti	476,703	703,000	2.06%	43.1	40	19.4	104	2.9%	9.1	0.69	0	67.9%
South Africa	44,344,136	45,026,000	-0.31%	43.3	18.5	21.3	61.8	21.5%	5,300	370	-0.22	86.4%
CentralAfrican Republic	3,799,897	3,865,000	1.49%	43.4	35.2	20.3	91	13.5%	260	23	0	51%
Niger	11,665,937	11,972,000	2.63%	43.5	48.3	21.3	121.7	1.2%	70	4.8	-0.65	17.6%
Namibia	2,030,692	1,987,000	0.73%	43.9	25.2	18.4	50	21.3%	210	16	0.52	84%
Tanzania	36,766,356	36,977,000	1.83%	45.2	38.2	16.7	98.5	8.8%	1,600	160	-3.1	78.2%
Guinea-Bissau	1,416,027	1,493,000	1.96%	46.6	37.7	16.5	107.2	10%	17	1.2	-1.54	42.4%
Nigeria	128,771,988	124,009,000	2.37%	46.7	40.7	17.18	98.8	5.4	3,600	310	0.27	68%
Rwanda	8,440,820	8,387,000	2.43%	47	40.6	16.32	91.3	5.1%	250	22	0	70.4%
Chad	9,826,419	8,598,000	2.95%	47.2	46	16.4	93.8	4.8%	200	18	-0.11	47.5%
Kenya	33,829,590	31,987,000	2.56%	48	40.1	14.7	61.5	6.7%	1,200	150	0.08	85.1%
Somalia	8,591,629	9,890,000	3.38%	48.1	45.6	17	117	1%	43		5.2	37.8%
Burkina Faso	13,925,313	13,002,000	2.53%	48.5	44.2	18.9	97.6	4.2%	300	29	0	26.6%
Mali	12,291,529	13,007,000	2.74%	48.6	46.8	19.1	116.8	1.9%	140	12	-0.33	46.4%
Cote d’Ivoire	17,298,040	16,631,000	2.06%	48.6	35.5	14.9	90.8	7%	570	47	0	50.9%
Ethiopia	73,053,286	70,678,000	2.36%	48.8	38.6	15.1	95.3	4.4%	1,500	120	0	42.7%
	727,641,887	699,752,000	2%	49.3	36.6	16.1	83.2	19.6%	25,503	722	-0.38	62.3%
Guinea	9,467,866	8,480,000	2.37%	49.4	42	15.4	90.4	3.2%	140	9	-2.99	35.9%
Equatorial Guinea	535,881	494,000	2.42%	49.7	36.2	12	85.1	3.4%	5.9	0.370	0	85.7%
Burundi	6,370,609	6,825,000	2.22%	50.3	39.7	17.4	69.3	6%	250	25	0	51.6%
Cameroon	16,380,005	16,018,000	1.93%	50.9	34.7	15.4	68.3	6.9%	560	49	0	79%
Congo,Democratic Republic of the	60,085,804	52,771,000	2.98%	51.1	44.4	14.4	92.9	4.2%	1,100	100	0.17	65.5%
Uganda	27,269,482	25,827,000	3.31%	51.6	47.4	12.8	67.8	4.1%	530	78	-1.49	69.9%
Congo, Republic of	3,039,126	3,724,000	1.31%	52.3	27.9	14.8	92.4	4.9%	90	9.7	0	83.8%
Benin	7,460,025	6,736,000	2.82%	52.7	42	13.8	85	1.9%	68	5.8	0	33.6%
Mauritania	3,086,859	2,893,000	2.9%	52.7	41.4	12.4	70.9	0.6%	9.5	<0.5	0	41.7%
Gambia, The	1,593,256	1,426,000	2.93%	53.7	39.9	11.8	72	1.2%	6.8	0.6	1.27	40.1%
Gabon	1,389,201	1,329,000	2.45%	55	36.2	11.7	53.6	8.1%	48	3	0	63.2%
Madagascar	18,040,341	17,404,000	3.03%	57	41.6	11.4	76.8	1.7%	140	7.5	0	68.9%
Togo	5,681,519	4,909,000	2.17%	57	33.5	11.8	66.6	4.1%	110	10	0	60.9%
Eritrea	4,561,599	4,141,000	2.51%	58.5	38.6	13.5	74.9	2.7%	60	6.3	0	58.6%
Sudan	40,187,486	33,610,000	2.6%	58.5	35.2	9.2	62.5	2.3%	400	23	-0.02	61.1%
Ghana	21,029,853	20,922,000	1.25%	58.5	24	10.8	51.4	3.1%	350	30	-0.59	74.8%
Senegal	11,126,832	10,095,000	2.48%	58.9	35.2	10.6	55.5	0.8%	44	3.5	0.2%	40.2%
Comoros	671,247	768,000	2.91%	61.9	37.5	8.4	74.9	0.12%			0	56.5%
Cape Verde	418,224	463,000	0.67%	70.5	25.3	6.6	47.8	0.04%	0.775	0.225	-11.99	76.6%
Seychelles	81,188	81,000	0.43%	71.8	16.2	6.3	15.5				-5.54	91.9%
Mauritius	1,230,602	1,221,000	0.84%	72.4	15.7	6.8	15	0.1%	0.7	<0.1	-0.41	85.6%

CIA World Fact Book 10 January 2006