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Table 1 North African countries: Demographic data as published by UNDP in 2010

From: Social inequalities, regional disparities and health inequity in North African countries

 

Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Morocco

Tunisia

Population (in million)

35.4

84.5

6.5

32.4

10.4

% of Urban population

66.5

43.4

77.9

58.2

67.3

GDP per capita (PPP$)

8320

5889

17068

4628

7979

Adult literacy (%)

72.6

66.4

88.4

56.4

78

Median age

26.2

23.9

26.2

26.2

29.1

Fertility (births per woman)

2.3

2.7

2.5

2.3

2.8

Life expectancy (years)

71.7

70.7

73.4

70.4

73.5

Infant Mortality Ratio (IMR) (Deaths per 1000 live births)

36

20

15

32

18

Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) (Deaths per 100,000 live births) 180

108

130

97

240

100