25-2 Vital Statistics (1998)
Sources: World Bank《World Development Indicators》2000.
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Country or	Natural	Crude	Crude	Infant	Life Expectancy at
Territory	Growth	Birth	Death	Mortality	Birth (Years)
	Rate	Rate	Rate	Rate
World	13	22	9	54	67
China	10	16	7	30①	71①
UnitedStates	5	14	9	7	77
Japan	3	10	7	4	81
Germany	…	10	10	6	77
UnitedKingdom	1	12	11	6	77
France	4	13	9	5	78
Italy	-1	9	10	5	78
Canada	5	12	7	5	79
Australia	6	13	7	5	79
RussianFed.	-5	9	14	17	67
CzechRep.	-2	9	11	5	75
Poland	…	10	10	10	73
Hungary	-4	10	14	10	71
Romania	-1	11	12	21	69
YugoslaviaF.R.	1	11	10	13	72
India	18	27	9	70	63
Indonesia	15	23	8	43	65
Philippines	22	28	6	32	69
Thailand	10	17	7	29	72
Malaysia	20	25	5	8	72
Singapore	8	13	5	4	77
Pakistan	27	35	8	91	62
Myanmar	16	26	10	78	60
Bangladesh	18	28	10	73	59
Turkey	15	21	6	38	69
Korea,Rep.of	8	14	6	9	73
Egypt	17	24	7	49	67
Nigeria	28	40	12	76	53
Mexico	23	28	5	30	72
Brazil	13	20	7	33	67
Argentina	11	19	8	19	73
①Data refer to 1996.