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Table 1a. Key indicators for other economies

Gross national
product (GNP)
GNP per capita GNP measured Adult Carbon
Surface Population at PPPa Life illiteracy dioxide
area density Avg. annual Avg. annual expectancy rate emissions
Population Thousands People per Millions growth growth Millions Per capita at birth % of people Thousands
Thousands of sq. km sq. km of dollars rate (%) Dollars rate (%) of dollars (dollars) Years 15 and above of tons
Economy 1999 1999 1999 1999b 1998–99 1999b 1998–99 1999 1999 1998 1998 1996
Afghanistan 25,869 652.1 40 .. .. .. c .. .. .. 46 65 1,176
American Samoa 63 0.2 317 .. .. .. d .. .. .. .. .. 282
Andorra 65 0.5 144 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. ..
Antigua and Barbuda 67 0.4 153 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 75 .. 322
Aruba 94 0.2 495 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. 1,517
Bahamas, The 298 13.9 30 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 74 5 1,707
Bahrain 665 0.7 963 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 73 14 10,578
Barbados 267 0.4 620 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 76 .. 835
Belize 247 23.0 11 673 4.7 2,730 1.1 1,109 4,492 75 7 355
Bermuda 64 0.1 1,280 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. 462
Bhutan 782 47.0 17 399 6.0 510 2.9 1,169 f 1,496 f 61 .. 260
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,881 51.1 76 .. 6.1 .. g 3.0 .. .. 73 .. 3,111
Brunei 322 5.8 61 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 76 9 5,071
Cape Verde 429 4.0 106 569 8.3 1,330 5.1 1,499 f 3,497 f 68 27 121
Cayman Islands 36 0.3 138 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. 282
Channel Islands 149 0.3 480 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 79 .. ..
Comoros 544 2.2 244 189 –1.4 350 –3.8 740 f 1,360 f 60 42 55
Cuba 11,150 110.9 102 .. .. .. g .. .. .. 76 4 31,170
Cyprus 760 9.3 82 9,086 4.2 11,960 3.3 13,977 f 18,395 f 78 3 5,379
Djibouti 648 23.2 28 511 .. 790 .. .. .. 50 38 366
Dominica 73 0.8 97 231 –0.1 3,170 –0.1 352 4,825 76 .. 81
Equatorial Guinea 443 28.1 16 516 8.5 1,170 5.7 .. .. 50 19 143
Faeroe Islands 44 1.4 31 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. 630
Fiji 801 18.3 44 1,771 7.8 2,210 6.4 3,634 4,536 73 8 762
French Polynesia 231 4.0 63 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 72 .. 561
Gabon 1,208 267.7 5 4,043 –3.9 3,350 –6.2 6,435 5,325 53 .. 3,690
Gambia, The 1,251 11.3 125 430 5.2 340 2.2 1,867 f 1,492 f 53 65 216
Greenland 56 341.7 0 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 68 .. 509
Grenada 97 0.3 285 335 7.5 3,450 6.6 567 5,847 72 .. 161
Guam 151 0.6 275 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 77 .. 4,078
Guinea-Bissau 1,185 36.1 42 195 4.9 160 2.8 705 f 595 f 44 63 231
Guyana 856 215.0 4 653 3.0 760 2.2 2,774 f 3,242 f 64 2 953
Iceland 277 103.0 3 8,109 6.0 29,280 4.9 7,280 26,283 79 .. 2,195
Iraq 22,797 438.3 52 .. .. .. g .. .. .. 59 46 91,387
Isle of Man 76 0.6 129 .. .. .. d .. .. .. .. .. ..
Kiribati 88 0.7 121 81 –16.5 910 –18.7 282 f 3,186 f 61 .. 22
Korea, Dem. Rep. 23,414 120.5 194 .. .. .. c .. .. .. 63 .. 254,326
Liberia 3,044 111.4 32 .. .. .. c .. .. .. 47 49 326
Libya 5,419 1,759.5 3 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 70 22 40,579
Liechtenstein 32 0.2 200 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. ..
Luxembourg 432 2.6 167 19,285 5.1 44,640 3.8 16,523 38,247 77 .. 8,281
Macao, China 469 0.0 23,450 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 78 .. 1,407
Maldives 278 0.3 925 322 7.2 1,160 3.3 984 f 3,545 f 67 4 297
Malta 379 0.3 1,184 3,492 3.5 9,210 2.9 5,710 f 15,066 f 77 9 1,751
Marshall Islands 64 0.2 353 100 0.5 1,560 –2.6 .. .. .. .. ..
Mauritius 1,170 2.0 576 4,203 4.9 3,590 4.0 10,123 8,652 71 16 1,744
Mayotte 128 0.4 341 .. .. .. d .. .. .. .. .. ..
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 116 0.7 165 210 0.3 1,810 –1.9 .. .. 67 .. ..
Monaco 32 0.0 16,410 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. ..
Netherlands Antilles 215 0.8 268 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 76 4 6,430
New Caledonia 213 18.6 12 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 73 .. 1,751
Northern Mariana Islands 68 0.5 143 .. .. .. e .. .. .. .. .. ..
Oman 2,348 212.5 11 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 73 31 15,143
Palau 19 0.5 40 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 71 .. 245
Puerto Rico 3,890 9.0 439 .. .. .. d .. .. .. 76 7 15,806
Qatar 757 11.0 69 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 74 20 29,121
Samoa 170 2.8 60 181 1.0 1,060 0.5 666 f 3,915 f 69 20 132
São Tomé and Principe 145 1.0 151 40 5.2 270 2.9 193 f 1,335 f 64 .. 77
Seychelles 80 0.5 177 520 –3.0 6,540 –4.1 826 f 10,381 f 72 .. 169
Solomon Islands 429 28.9 15 320 –0.4 750 –3.4 836 f 1,949 f 71 .. 161
Somalia 9,388 637.7 15 .. .. .. c .. .. .. 48 .. 15
St. Kitts and Nevis 41 0.4 114 262 2.1 6,420 2.0 401 9,801 70 .. 103
St. Lucia 154 0.6 253 581 3.1 3,770 1.5 775 5,022 72 .. 191
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 114 0.4 293 307 4.0 2,700 3.2 532 4,667 73 .. 125
Sudan 28,993 2,505.8 12 9,435 6.0 330 3.6 37,641 f 1,298 f 55 44 3,473
Suriname 413 163.3 3 .. .. .. g .. .. .. 70 .. 2,099
Swaziland 1,018 17.4 59 1,379 2.0 1,360 –0.9 4,274 4,200 56 22 341
Tonga 100 0.8 138 172 2.2 1,720 1.2 427 f 4,281 f 71 .. 117
Trinidad and Tobago 1,293 5.1 252 5,661 4.5 4,390 3.9 9,388 7,262 73 7 22,237
United Arab Emirates 2,815 83.6 34 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 75 25 81,843
Vanuatu 189 12.2 16 221 –2.0 1,170 –5.2 525 f 2,771 f 65 .. 62
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 120 0.3 352 .. .. .. e .. .. .. 77 .. 12,912
West Bank and Gaza 2,839 6.2 446 4,559 5.2 1,610 1.3 .. .. 71 .. ..
Yugoslavia, FR (Serb./Mont.) 10,616 102.2 104 .. .. .. g .. .. .. 72 .. 36,197
Note: Figures in italics are for years other than those specified.
a. Purchasing power parity; see the Technical Notes. b. Calculated using the World Bank Atlas method. c. Estimated to be low income ($755 or less). d. Estimated to be upper middle
income ($2,996–9,265). e. Estimated to be high income ($9,266 or more). f. The estimate is based on regression; others are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison
Programme benchmark estimates. g. Estimated to be lower middle income ($756–2,995).