Table 1.

Population characteristics by region, low-income and lower-middle-income countries as of December 2021.

Characteristics	Total	Sub-Saharan Africa	Europe and Central Asia	Latin America and the Caribbean	South Asia	East Asia and the South Pacific	Middle East and North Africa
Population (millions)	3669	1092	98	46	1876	303	253
% vaccinated	37.4	7.3	32.6	40.9	54.3	50.7	27.3
% fully vaccinated	24.3	3.7	22.9	32.0	34.2	39.5	20.9
No. reported COVID-19 deaths (thousands)	945	54	110	35	566	103	77
No. estimated Excess Deaths from COVID-19 (95% CI) (thousands)	9309 (2612 to 13 782)	1393 (0 to 2240)	272 (22 to 313)	154 (89 to 185)	6495 (1787 to 9554)	438 (231 to 700)	556 (317 to 791)