TabLe 10. Estimted Fertility and Mortality Rates by Geographic Region ard Inco e Group, 1985-90, 2000. and 2025

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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Region or|||||||||||||||||
|Incone<br>group|CBR|CM|R TFR|<br>NRR|<br>eO|INR|<br>C8R|CMR TfR|<br>NRR|<br>eO|INR|<br>CBR|CMR TFR|<br>NRR|<br>eOI|R|
|World|27.1|9.8|3.435|1.450|64.6|67|23.2|8.6 2.964|1.300|67.3|<br>51|17.3|8.3 2.266|1.059|<br>71.9|28|
|Less developed(a)|30.9|9.8|3.924|1.608|61.5|74|25.8|8.3 3.199|1.379|65.1|<br>56|18.2|7.6 2.300|1.070|<br>70.8|30|
|Nore developed(a)|14.8|9.6|1.919|0.931|74.3|19|13.3|9.9 1.924|0.923|<br>75.5|<br>14|12.6|11.1 2.046|0.988|<br>77.3|10|
|Africa|44.8|14.2|6.178|2.323|53.3|100|38.0|10.5 5.136|2.090|58.7|<br>75|23.1|6.5 2.659|1.217|67.6|40|
|East Africa|46.1|14.5|6.326|2.373|52.7|99|39.0|10.6 5.292|2.146|<br>58.2|<br>76|23.7|6.4 2.721|1.247|67.5|40|
|West Africa|48.3|16.2|6.684|2.431|50.3|110|41.1|11.8 5.713|2.259|<br>56.1|<br>83|24.4|6.7 2.775|1.257|66.2|44|
|North Airica|37.1|10.5|5.150|2.100|59.4|78|30.3|7.9 3.960|1.720|64.2|<br>55|19.0|6.3 2.270|1.065|<br>70.8|28|
|America|23.2|7.9|2.827|1.315|<br>70.1|44|19.3|7.3 2.462|1.164|72.2|<br>34|15.1|8.5 2.084|1.000|<br>75.1|21|
|Latin America and Caribbean|28.4|7.2|3.550|1.598|66.6|56|22.9|6.3 2.738|1.275|69.8|<br>42|16.3|7.2 2.100|1.004|<br>73.5|25|
|Northern America|15.2|8.8|1.866|0.899|75.5|12|12.9|9.1 1.880|0.908|<br>76.5|<br>10|12.3|11.3 2.037|0.987|<br>78.6|7|
|Asia|27.7|9.2|3.471|1.453|63.2|68|22.8|8.1 2.810|1.228|66.6|<br>51|16.7|8.2 2.199|1.026|<br>71.7|27|
|East and Southeast Asia|22.6|7.3|2.673|1.205|68.0|43|19.2|7.1 2.333|1.073|70.8|<br>31|15.0|8.7 2.105|1.001|<br>74.3|18|
|South Asia|34.6|12.2|4.704|1.803|55.8|94|27.2|9.6 3.376|1.411|60.5|<br>72|18.5|7.8 2.298|1.050|68.4|37|
|Southwest Asia|36.0|8.7|4.998|2.143|63.4|63|29.4|6.9 3.797|1.720|67.1|<br>47|18.7|6.3 2.228|1.046|<br>71.9|27|
|Europe and U.S.S.R.|15.0|10.3|1.975|0.951|73.2|22|13.6|10.4 1.958|0.936|<br>74.6|<br>17|12.9|11.8 2.052|0.989|<br>76.5|12|
|Oceania|19.9|8.1|2.517|1.139|<br>72.0|39|17.9|8.3 2.398|1.115|73.3|<br>30|14.5|9.4 2.118|1.010|<br>75.9|16|
|Incose<br>group<br>(b)|||||||||||||||||
|Low|30.3|I0.3|3.821|1.540|61.1|78|25.3|8.8 3.149|1.334|64.6|<br>61|18.2|8.0 2.337|1.080|<br>70.4|32|
|Lower-middle|34.3|10.2|4.437|1.811|59.6|77|28.4|8.0 3.491|1.517|64.2|<br>56|18.9|6.9 2.200|1.078|<br>70.5|30|
|Upper-middle|26.5|7.8|3.355|1.523|67.5|45|22.4|6.9 2.810|1.308|70.2|<br>33|16.2|7.6 2.109|1.008|<br>73.8|18|
|High (olt exporters)|39.8|7.1|6.604|2.891|64.2|54|33.9|5.7 5.096|2.325|67.8|<br>39|19.2|5.7 2.179|1.038|<br>72.6|21|
|Industrial nerket|13.3|9.3|1.72|3 0.841|76.3|12|12.1|9.8 1.77|4 0.856|77.|2 9|<br>11.9|12.42.026|0.981|<br>78.7|7|
|Nonreporting nonenber|19.5|10.1|2.503|1.168|69.9|38|17.1|9.7 2.386|1.121|71.7|<br>31|14.9|10.4 2.133|1.018|<br>74.3|19|

Note: Crude birth rates (CBR) and crude death rates (CDR) are per 1,000 popuLation; total fertility rates (TFR) and net reproduction rates (NRR) are per woman 15-49 years of age; life expectancy at birth, E(O), is given in years; and infant mortality rates (IMR) are per 1,000 live births. (a) 9W,'e developed" cooprises Europe, U.S.S.R., Northern America (United States and Canada), Australia, New Zealar,d, and Japan. "Less developed" comprises the rest of the world.

- (b) Criteria for income groups are given in World Bank 1988. See listing in Table 15 of this paper.