The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages.
The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The net migration rate does not distinguish between economic migrants, refugees, and other types of migrants nor does it distinguish between lawful migrants and undocumented migrants. The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population) an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). For example, rich nations generally employ more generous standards of poverty than poor nations. Definitions of poverty vary considerably among nations. National estimates of the percentage of the population falling below the poverty line are based on surveys of sub-groups, with the results weighted by the number of people in each group. Religion: General notes christian: Percent Christian moslem: Percent Moslem buddist: Percent Buddist hindu: Percent Hindu other: Percent other religion none: Percent non-religious polrights: Political Rights Index civillib: Civil Liberties Indexĭerived from categories in Yahoo at. Migration: Net migration lifeexp: Live expectancy at birth fertility: Total fertility rate obesity: Adult obesity rate education: Public expenditure on education as a percent of GDP military: Military expenditure as a percent of GDP gdpcapita: Gross Domestic Product per capita unemployment: Unemployment rate inequality: Inequality of income distribution inflation: Inflation rate debt: Debt exports: Exports imports: ImportsĬarbon: Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy internet: Internet users Some variables are defined differently by different countries and data for a given variable may be from different years.
This file includes data for all entities listed as independent states, except for the Holy See (Vatican City), plus Taiwan. The online version of this publication is updated weekly, and was accessed in late November and early December, 2012. Source (including variable descriptions): Except as noted, the CIA World Factbook (Washington D.C.: U.S.