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. 2011 May 31;10:23. doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-23

Table 1.

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

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