Irrigated land: NA sq km
Environment:
current issues: large areas subject to overpopulation, industrial
disasters, pollution (air, water, acid rain, toxic substances), loss
of vegetation (overgrazing, deforestation, desertification), loss of
wildlife, soil degradation, soil depletion, erosion
natural hazards: large areas subject to severe weather (tropical
cyclones), natural disasters (earthquakes, landslides, tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions)
international agreements: selected international environmental
agreements are included under the Environment entry for each country
and in the Selected International Environmental Agreements appendix
People ———
Population: 5,771,939,007 (July 1996 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 31% (male 919,402,570; female 874,330,478)
15-64 years: 62% (male 1,824,524,365; female 1,776,639,084)
65 years and over: 7% (male 162,216,128; female 213,712,993)
Population growth rate: 1.4% (1996 est.)
Birth rate: 23 births/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1996 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
all ages: 1.01 male(s)/female (1996 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 60 deaths/1,000 live births (1996 est.)