World Population Profile: 1996 Table B-3a. Distribution of Countries by Region and Recency of Reliable Data on Fertility ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year of latest data ------------------------------------------- Before 1980 or Region Total 1990-95 1985-89 1980-84 none ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF COUNTRIES ------------------------------------------ WORLD 227 137 42 19 29 Less Developed 171 84 40 18 29 More Developed 56 53 2 1 - AFRICA 57 23 10 12 12 Sub-Saharan Africa 51 20 9 12 10 North Africa 6 3 1 - 2 NEAR EAST 16 11 1 1 3 ASIA 27 14 5 - 8 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 45 28 14 2 1 EUROPE AND NEW INDEPENDENT STATES 56 55 - 1 - Western 28 27 - 1 - 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 10 3 5 ------------------------------------------ PERCENT OF COUNTRIES ------------------------------------------ WORLD 100 60 19 8 13 Less Developed 100 49 23 11 17 More Developed 100 95 4 2 0 AFRICA 100 40 18 21 21 Sub-Saharan Africa 100 39 18 24 20 North Africa 100 50 17 - 33 NEAR EAST 100 69 6 6 19 ASIA 100 52 19 - 30 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 100 62 31 4 2 EUROPE AND NEW INDEPENDENT STATES 100 98 - 2 - Western 100 96 - 4 - 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 48 14 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. Z less than 500,000 or less than 0.5 percent. Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, World Population Profile: 1996.