INTRODUCTION lix Table 16 Fertility and Mortality Rates by World Bank Region and Countuy Department.<sup>1985-90. 2000-05, and 2020-25</sup>

|Region and||1|985-90||||2|000-05||||2|020-25|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|<br>country<br>department|CBR|TFR|COR|e(O)|IhR|CBR|TFR|CDR|eCO)|IMR|CUR|TFR|CDR|e(0)|IMR|
|World|27.1|3.43|9.7|64.9|70|22.6|2.91|8.3|68.2|48|18.7|2.48|8.4|70.6|35|
|Borrowers and non-borrowers||||||||||||||||
|Sub-Saharan Africa|46.4|6.41|15.2|51.6|111|40.2|5.44|11.0|57.2|78|29.3|3.55|7.9|62.9|55|
|Asia and Oceania|26.1|3.23|8.7|64.5|67|20.3|2.52|7.7|68.5|41|16.3|2.16|8.4|71.3|28|
|Europe middle East||||||||||||||||
|, ,<br>and North Africa|23.5|3.13|10.6|68.4|60|21.4|2.98|9.3|70.5|43|18.7|2.58|8.9|72.1|32|
|America|23.4|2.84|8.1|70.2|44|17.9|2.28|7.1|73.0|27|15.3|2.11|8.2|74.6|19|
|Borrowers onLy||||||||||||||||
|<br>Africa Region|47.3|6.57|15.5|51.1|113|41.0|5.59|11.2|56.6|79|29.8|3.62|7.9|62.6|55|
|<br>1 Occidental and Central|<br>47.2|6.60|15.5|51.8|106|41.2|5.77|11.3|57.0|72|30.5|3.76|7.8|63.0|50|
|2Eastern|48.2|6.72|16.0|50.5|121|41.8|5.76|11.7|55.6|87|30.7|3.77|8.1|62.0|59|
|3South-Central and<br>Indian Ocean|46.3|6.44|14.9|52.0|107|41.3|5.74|10.7|57.5|70|30.5|3.75|7.6|63.3|49|
|<br>4Western|<br>46.6|<br>6.48|<br>15.1|51.2|105|39.1|5.15|10.5|57.4|68|26.5|3.13|7.6|63.3|48|
|<br>5 Sahelian|48.0|6.58|19.1|46.7|141|45.1|6.34|14.6|51.6|106|34.6|4.33|9.8|58.6|74|
|6 Southern|47.5|6.59|14.1|53.0|109|40.8|5.50|10.2|58.2|78|30.5|3.71|7.5|63.5|55|
|Asia Region|27.0|3.32|8.8|63.5|69|20.7|2.55|7.6|67.8|42|16.5|2.17|8.3|70.9|29|
|<br>1Other South|386|5.20|13.9|53.0|114|30.9|3.85|10.5|57.5|78|20.3|2.43|8.6|63.0|54|
|<br>2 Southeast|.<br>29.2|<br>3.62|<br>7.9|<br>64.3|49|21.4|2.58|6.6|68.5|27|16.9|2.13|7.3|71.5|20|
|3 China|21.1|2.40|6.7|69.5|32|16.6|2.11|6.9|72.7|18|14.6|2.09|8.7|74.6|14|
|4 India|31.6|4.26|11.0|57.9|99|23.8|2.89|8.5|63.7|61|17.7|2.20|8.2|68.0|42|
|<br>5Indonesia and Pacific|<br>29.0|3.55|9.1|60.2|71|20.2|2.34|7.0|67.8|34|16.6|2.14|7.7|71.1|24|
|EMNRegion|35.0|4.80|10.4|62.2|84|29.8|4.01|8.0|65.9|56|23.0|2.87|7.0|69.1|40|
|<br>1 PakistanandTurkey|41.3|5.65|10.9|59.1|101|31.9|4.33|7.9|63.4|67|23.6|2.89|6.7|67.5|46|
|2 North Africa|36.6|5.25|8.9|62.2|73|29.0|3.67|6.1|67.4|40|20.1|2.37|5.7|70.9|28|
|3MiddLe<br>East|40.5|5.78|10.6|59.4|86|34.5|4.68|7.8|64.3|58|25.9|3.18|6.5|68.1|42|
|4 Europe|15.0|2.03|10.3|71.4|21|14.3|2.00|10.4|73.9|13|13.2|2.07|11.3|75.5|11|
|LAC Region|28.9|3.62|7.4|66.3|57|20.8|2.47|6.1|70.3|34|16.7|2.15|7.1|72.9|24|
|<br>1 Brazil|28.4|3.46|7.9|64.9|63|19.1|2.27|6.2|69.9|37|16.1|2.12|7.5|72.7|25|
|2 Central America|30.9|3.91|6.2|67.7|50|22.5|2.59|5.1|71.1|29|17.3|2.16|6.1|73.5|21|
|3 Caribbean and Other|30.0|3.73|7.5|65.3|59|22.3|2.67|6.4|68.9|39|17.4|2.20|7.1|71.7|27|
|4 Tenperate and Tropical|26.1|3.41|8.3|67.7|52|20.0|2.47|7.1|71.1|32|16.2|2.12|7.7|73.4|22|

Note: Crude birth rates (CUR) and crude death rates (CDR) are per 1000 population; total fertility rates (TFR) are per woman 15-49 years of age; life expectancy at birth, e(0). is given in years; and infant mortality rates (INR) are per 1000 live births. (See definitions in World Bank 1989.) World Bank regions and country departments are defined<sup>in Exhibit 2.</sup>