World Population Profile: 1996 Table B-4a. Distribution of Countries by Region and Recency of Reliable Data on Mortality ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year of lastest data -------------------------------------------- Before 1980 or Region Total 1990-95 1985-89 1980-84 none ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF COUNTRIES ------------------------------------------- WORLD 227 125 47 15 40 Less Developed 171 71 45 15 40 More Developed 56 54 2 - - AFRICA 57 21 10 6 20 Sub-Saharan Africa 51 19 8 6 18 North Africa 6 2 2 - 2 NEAR EAST 16 7 3 2 4 ASIA 27 11 5 3 8 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 45 24 19 1 1 EUROPE AND NEW INDEPENDENT STATES 56 56 - - - Western 28 28 - - - Eastern 13 13 - - - New Independent States 15 15 - - - Baltics 3 3 - - - Commonwealth of Ind. States 12 12 - - - NORTH AMERICA 5 3 2 - - OCEANIA 21 3 8 3 7 ------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF COUNTRIES ------------------------------------------ WORLD 100 55 21 7 18 Less Developed 100 42 26 9 23 More Developed 100 96 4 - - AFRICA 100 37 18 11 35 Sub-Saharan Africa 100 37 16 12 35 North Africa 100 33 33 - 33 NEAR EAST 100 44 19 13 25 ASIA 100 41 19 11 30 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 100 53 42 2 2 EUROPE AND NEW INDEPENDENT STATES 100 100 - - - Western 100 100 - - - Eastern 100 100 - - - New Independent States 100 100 - - - Baltics 100 100 - - - Commonwealth of Ind. States 100 100 - - - NORTH AMERICA 100 60 40 - - OCEANIA 100 14 38 14 33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. Z less than 500,000 or less than 0.5 percent. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, World Population Profile: 1996.