World Development Report 1984

Table 1. Basic indicators
GNP per capital
Average Life
Area annual Average annual expectancy
Population (thousands growth rate rate of inflation' at birth
(millions) of square Dollars (percent) (percent) (years)
mid-1 982 kilometers) 1982 1960-82b 1960-~70c 1970-82d 1982
Low-income economies 2.65 991 2030 '3 1 59
China andlIndia 1 72,52,i 12 849 t 290., 3 5 62.
Other low-income 541 3, 16 248 1 250 1 1 3 2 II . 51
1IChad 4.6 1,284 80 -2.8 4.6 7.8 44
2 Bangladesh 92.9 144 140 0.3 3 7 14.9 48
3 Ethiopia 32.9 1,222 140 1.4 2.1 4.0 47
4 Nepal 154 141 170 -0.1 7.7 8.9 46
5 Mali 7.1 1,240 180 1.6 5.0 9.8 45
6 Burma 34.9 677 190 1.3 2.7 9.7 55
7 Zaire 30.7 2,345 190 -0.3 29.9 35.3 50
8 Malawi 6.5 118 210 2.6 2.4 9.5 44
9 Upper Volta 6.5 274 210 1.1 1.3 9.7 44
10 Uganda 13.5 236 230 -1.1 3.2 47.4 47
I11 lndia 717.0 3,288 260 1.3 7.1 8.4 55
12 Rwanda 5.5 26 260 1.7 13.1 134 46
13 Burundi 4.3 28 280 2.5 2.8 12.5 47
14 Tanzania 19.8 945 280 1.9 1 8 11 9 52
15 Somalia 4.5 638 290 -0.1 4.5 12.6 39
16 Haiti 5 2 28 300 0.6 40 92 54
17 Benin 3.7 113 310 06 1.9 96 48
18 Central African Rep 2.4 623 310 0.6 4.1 12.6 48
19 China 1,008.2 9,561 310 5.0 . 67
20 Guinea 5.7 246 310 1.5 1.5 33 38
21 Niger 5.9 1,267 310 -1.5 21 12 1 45
22 Madagascar 9.2 587 320 -0.5 3 2 11 5 46
23 Sri Lanka 15.2 66 320 2.6 1.8 13 3 69
24 Togo 2.8 57 340 2.3 1 3 88 47
25 Ghana 12.2 239 360 -1 3 7.5 39.5 55
26 Pakistan 87.1 804 380 2.8 3.3 12.7 50
27 Kenya 18.1 583 390 2.8 1.6 10.1 57
28 Sierra Leone 3.2 72 390 0.9 .. 122 38
29 Afghanistan 16.8 648 .. 11 9 .. 36
30 Bhutan 1.2 47 . 43
31 Kampuchea, Dem. .181 .
32 Lao PDR 3.6 237 43
33 Mozambique 12.9 802 .. 51
34 Viet Nam 57.0 330 .. 64
Middle-income economies 1 1583,t 43.031 1 1 520 3 A 30' i28 ,. 60 w
Oillexporters 519 5, '5 036.- 1260. 36.b 30- 139 57 w
Oil importers 638 8 27 995 r 1710LI 35. 3 0 12 7' 63 z'
Lower rmiddle-income 669.6,i 20.952, 8410;, 3 2; 2 9 ' I 1 7 ,56 zw
35 Sudan 20 2 2,506 440 -0.4 3.9 15.2 47
36 Mauritania 1.6 1,031 470 1.4 2.1 8.7 45
37 Yemen, PDR 2.0 333 470 6.4 46
38 Liberia 2.0 1ll 490 0.9 1.9 85 54
39 Senegal 6.0 196 490 (. 1.8 7 9 44
40 Yemen Arab Rep 75 195 500 5.1 . 150 44
41 Lesotho 1.4 30 510 6.5 2.7 11.4 53
42 Bolivia 59 1,099 570 1 7 3.5 25 9 51
43 Inoonesia 152 6 1,919 580 4.2 . 19.9 53
44 Zamnba 6.0 753 640 -0 1 7.6 8.7 51
45 Honduras 4 0 112 660 1.0 2.9 8.7 60
46 Egypt. Arab Rep 44.3 1,001 690 3.6 2.6 11 9 57
47 El Salvador 5 1 21 700 09 05 10 8 63
48 Tha land 48 5 514 790 45 1.8 9.7 63
49 Papua New Guinea 3.1 462 820 2.1 40 8.1 53
50 Philippines 50 7 300 820 2.8 5.8 12.8 64
5t Zimbabwe 7.5 391 850 1.5 1.1 8.4 56
52 Nigeria 90.6 924 860 3.3 40 144 50
53 Morocco 20.3 447 870 2.6 2.0 8 3 52
54 Cameroon 9.3 475 890 2.6 4 2 107 53
55 Nicaragua 2 9 130 920 0.2 1.8 143 58
56 Ivory Coast 8.9 322 950 2 1 28 124 47
57 Guatema a 7.7 109 1,130 2.4 0.3 101 60
58 Congo, People's Rep. 1 7 342 1.180 27 4.7 10.8 60
59 Costa R ca 2.3 51 1.430 2.8 1.9 18.4 74
60 Peru 17.4 1,285 1,310 1.0 104 37.0 58
61 Dominican Rep. 5.7 49 1,330 3.2 2 1 8.8 62
62 Jamaica 2.2 1 1 1,330 0.7 40 16.2 73
63 Ecuaoor 8.0 284 1,350 4 8 61 14 5 63
64 Turkey 46.5 781 1,370 3.4 5.6 34 4 63
Note For data comparability and coverage see tnetechnical notes.
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