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Concise descriptions of the major religions mentioned in the Factbookhave been added to the Notes and Definitions. France 's redesignationof some of its overseas possessions caused the five former Indian Oceanisland possessions making up Iles Eparses to be incorporated into theFrench Southern and Antarctic Lands, while two new Caribbean entities,St. Barthelemy and St. Martin, were created.
Revision of some individual country maps, first introduced in the 2001edition, is continued in this edition. The revised maps includeelevation extremes and a partial geographic grid. Several regional mapshave also been updated to reflect boundary changes and place namespelling changes.
Abbreviations: This information is included in Appendix A:Abbreviations, which includes all abbreviations and acronyms used inthe Factbook, with their expansions.
Acronyms: An acronym is an abbreviation coined from the initial letterof each
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Namibia
total: 45.64 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 49.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Nauru
total: 9.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.84 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Nepal
total: 62 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Netherlands
total: 4.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
total: 9.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 10.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
New Caledonia
total: 7.19 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.85 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
New Zealand
total: 4.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Nicaragua
total: 25.91 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 22.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Niger
total: 115.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 119.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 111.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Nigeria
total: 95.74 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 101.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 89.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Niue
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2008 est.)
Norfolk Island
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
total: 6.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Norway
total: 3.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.24 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Oman
total: 17.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Pakistan
total: 66.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 67.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Palau
total: 13.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 11.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Panama
total: 13.4 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 14.35 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total: 46.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 50.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Paraguay
total: 25.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.74 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Peru
total: 29.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 32.02 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Philippines
total: 21.2 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2008 est.)
Poland
total: 6.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 7.66 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Portugal
total: 4.85 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico
total: 8.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 9.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 8.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Qatar
total: 13.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.99 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Romania
total: 23.73 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.81 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.46 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Russia
total: 10.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 9.18 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Rwanda
total: 83.42 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 88.53 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 78.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Helena
total: 18.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total: 14.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia
total: 13.8 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 12.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total: 7.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.06 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total: 13.62 deaths/1,000 live
births
male: 14.83 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Samoa
total: 25.04 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 29.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.29 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
San Marino
total: 5.44 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.86 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
total: 38.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 40.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 36.55 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total: 11.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Senegal
total: 58.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 62.79 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 54.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Seychelles
total: 14.36 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.18 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone
total: 156.48 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 173.59 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 138.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Singapore
total: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Slovakia
total: 6.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.15 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Slovenia
total: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.69 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands
total: 19.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.36 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Somalia
total: 110.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 120.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 101.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
South Africa
total: 45.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 49.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 40.65 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Spain
total: 4.26 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka
total: 19.01 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sudan
total: 86.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 87.09 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 86.86 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Suriname
total: 19.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.96 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Svalbard
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2008 est.)
Swaziland
total: 69.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 72.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Sweden
total: 2.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Switzerland
total: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Syria
total: 26.78 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 27.04 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 26.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Taiwan
total: 5.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.75 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.11 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tajikistan
total: 42.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 47.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 37.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tanzania
total: 70.46 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 77.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 63.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Thailand
total: 18.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste
total: 41.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 48.16 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 35.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Togo
total: 57.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 65.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 50.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tokelau
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2008 est.)
Tonga
total: 11.88 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.07 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.63 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total: 23.59 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.34 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 21.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tunisia
total: 23.43 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 20.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Turkey
total: 36.98 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 40.44 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 33.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan
total: 51.81 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 56.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 47.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
total: 14.35 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Tuvalu
total: 18.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.25 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Uganda
total: 65.99 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 69.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 62.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Ukraine
total: 9.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 11.48 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.85 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total: 13.11 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 15.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
United Kingdom
total: 4.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.34 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
United States
total: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 6.95 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Uruguay
total: 11.66 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 13.1 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 10.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan
total: 24.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 28.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 19.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Vanuatu
total: 50.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 53.32 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 48.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Venezuela
total: 22.02 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 25.61 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.26 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Vietnam
total: 23.61 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.01 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 23.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands
total: 7.72 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 6.96 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
total: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2008 est.)
West Bank
total: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.39 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Western Sahara
total: 71.13 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 71.22 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 71.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
World
total: 42.09 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 44.91 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Yemen
total: 56.27 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 60.78 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 51.54 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Zambia
total: 100.96 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 105.73 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 96.04 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe
total: 33.86 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 36.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 31.14 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
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@2092 Inflation rate (consumer prices) (%)
Afghanistan
13% (2007 est.)
Albania
2.9% (2007 est.)
Algeria
3.5% (2007 est.)
American Samoa
NA%
Andorra
3.2% (2005)
Angola
12.2% (2007 est.)
Anguilla
5.3% (2006 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
1.5% (2007 est.)
Argentina
8.8% official rate; actual rate may be double the official
rate (2007 est.)
Armenia
4.4% (2007 est.)
Aruba
3.4% (2005)
Australia
2.3% (2007 est.)
Austria
2.2% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan
16.7% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The
2.4% (2007 est.)
Bahrain
3.3% (2007 est.)
Bangladesh
9.1% (2007 est.)
Barbados
5.5% (2007 est.)
Belarus
8.4% (2007 est.)
Belgium
1.8% (2007 est.)
Belize
2.3% (2007 est.)
Benin
1.3% (2007 est.)
Bermuda
2.8% (November 2005)
Bhutan
4.9% (2007 est.)
Bolivia
8.7% (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.6% (2007 est.)
Botswana
7.1% (2007 est.)
Brazil
3.6% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands
2% (2005)
Brunei
0.4% (2007 est.)
Bulgaria
9.8% (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso
-0.2% (2007 est.)
Burma
35% (2007 est.)
Burundi
8.3% (2007 est.)
Cambodia
5.9% (2007 est.)
Cameroon
1.1% (2007 est.)
Canada
2.1% (2007 est.)
Cape Verde
4.4% (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands
4.4% (2004)
Central African Republic
0.9% (2007 est.)
Chad
4% (2007 est.)
Chile
4.4% (2007 est.)
China
4.8% (2007 est.)
Colombia
5.5% (2007 est.)
Comoros
3% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
16.7% (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
2.7% (2007 est.)
Cook Islands
2.1% (2005 est.)
Costa Rica
9.4% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
1.9% (2007 est.)
Croatia
4.5% (2007 est.)
Cuba
3.1% (2007 est.)
Cyprus
2.4% (2007 est.)
Czech Republic
2.9% (2007 est.)
Denmark
1.7% (2007 est.)
Djibouti
5% (2007 est.)
Dominica
2.7% (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic
6.1% (2007 est.)
Ecuador
2.3% (2007 est.)
Egypt
9.5% (2007 est.)
El Salvador
4.6% (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
6% (2007 est.)
Eritrea
17% (2007 est.)
Estonia
6.6% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia
17.2% (2007 est.)
European Union
1.8% (2006 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
3.6% (1998)
Faroe Islands
1.8% (2005)
Fiji
4.8% (2007)
Finland
2.5% (2007 est.)
France
1.5% (2007 est.)
French Polynesia
1.1% (2006 est.)
Gabon
5% (2007 est.)
Gambia, The
5.1% (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip
3.6% (includes West Bank) (2006)
Georgia
9.3% (2007 est.)
Germany
2.3% (2007 est.)
Ghana
10.7% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar
2.9% (2005)
Greece
2.9% (2007 est.)
Greenland
1% (2005 est.)
Grenada
3.7% (2007 est.)
Guam
2.5% (2005 est.)
Guatemala
6.8% (2007 est.)
Guernsey
3.4% (June 2006)
Guinea
23.4% (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
3.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana
12.3% (2007 est.)
Haiti
8.5% (2007 est.)
Honduras
6.9% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong
2% (2007 est.)
Hungary
8% (2007 est.)
Iceland
5.1% (2007 est.)
India
6.4% (2007 est.)
Indonesia
6.3% (2007 est.)
Iran
17.1% (2007 est.)
Iraq
4.7% (2007 est.)
Ireland
4.9% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man
3.1% (December 2006 est.)
Israel
0.5% (2007 est.)
Italy
1.8% (2007 est.)
Jamaica
9.5% (2007 est.)
Japan
0.1% (2007 est.)
Jersey
3.7% (December 2006)
Jordan
5.4% (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan
10.8% (2007 est.)
Kenya
9.7% (2007 est.)
Kiribati
0.2% (2007 est.)
Korea, North
NA%
Korea, South
2.5% (2007 est.)
Kosovo
2% (2007 est.)
Kuwait
5.5% (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
10.2% (2007 est.)
Laos
4.5% (2007 est.)
Latvia
10.1% (2007 est.)
Lebanon
4.2% (2007 est.)
Lesotho
8% (2007 est.)
Liberia
11.2% (2007 est.)
Libya
6.3% (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein
1% (2001)
Lithuania
5.7% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg
2.3% (2007 est.)
Macau
7.2% (2006)
Macedonia
2.3% (2007 est.)
Madagascar
10.3% (2007 est.)
Malawi
7.9% (2007 est.)
Malaysia 2% note: approximately 30% of goods are price-controlled (2007 est.)
Maldives
5% (2007 est.)
Mali
2.5% (2007 est.)
Malta
1.3% (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands
3% (2005 est.)
Mauritania
7.3% (2007 est.)
Mauritius
8.8% (2007 est.)
Mayotte
1.7% (2005)
Mexico
4% (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
2.2% (2005)
Moldova
12.3% (2007 est.)
Monaco
1.9% (2000)
Mongolia
9% (2007)
Montenegro
3.4% (2007)
Montserrat
2.6% (2002 est.)
Morocco
2% (2007 est.)
Mozambique
8.2% (2007 est.)
Namibia
6.7% (2007 est.)
Nauru
-3.6% (1993)
Nepal
6.4% (2007 est.)
Netherlands
1.6% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
2.1% (2003 est.)
New Caledonia
1.4% (2000 est.)
New Zealand
2.4% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua
11.1% (2007 est.)
Niger
0.1% (2007 est.)
Nigeria
5.4% (2007 est.)
Niue
4% (2005)
Northern Mariana Islands
-0.8% (2000)
Norway
0.8% (2007 est.)
Oman
5.9% (2007 est.)
Pakistan
7.6% (2007 est.)
Palau
2.7% (2005 est.)
Panama
4.2% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea
0.9% (2007 est.)
Paraguay
8.1% (2007 est.)
Peru
1.8% (2007 est.)
Philippines
2.8% (2007 est.)
Poland
2.5% (2007 est.)
Portugal
2.4% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico
6.5% (2003 est.)
Qatar
13.7% (2007 est.)
Romania
4.8% (2007 est.)
Russia
9% annual average
note: 12% at year-end (2007 est.)
Rwanda
9.1% (2007 est.)
Saint Helena
3.2% (1997 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.5% (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia
1.9% (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
8.1% (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
6.1% (2007 est.)
Samoa
6% (2007 est.)
San Marino
-1.5% (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe
18% (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia
4.1% (2007 est.)
Senegal
5.9% (2007 est.)
Serbia
6.8% (2007)
Seychelles
5.3% (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone
11.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore
2.1% (2007 est.)
Slovakia
2.8% (2007 est.)
Slovenia
3.6% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands
6.3% (2007 est.)
Somalia
NA%; note - businesses print their own money,
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