16.04 Basic Social Indicators in Selected Countries
| Name of the country | Life expectancy at birth 1998 | Crude birth rate (per Thous.) (1998) | Crude death rate (per Thous.) (1998) | Total fertility rate (1998) | Population Million (15-64 Yrs) (1998) | Physicianper thousand people (1994) | Net primary enrolment ratio % of relevant age group (1997) |
| Afghanistan | 45 | 50 | na | 6.9 | na | na | na |
| Bangladesh | 61 | 20 | 5 | 3.1 | 71 | 0.2 | 82 |
| Bhutan | 53 | 39 | 16 | 5.4 | 1 | na | na |
| China | 70 | 16 | 8 | 1.9 | 837 | 1.6 | 100 |
| Egypt | 70 | 24 | 7 | 3.2 | 37 | 1.8 | 95 |
| India | 63 | 27 | 9 | 3.2 | 595 | 0.4 | 77 |
| Indonesia | 65 | 23 | 8 | 2.7 | 130 | 0.2 | 99 |
| Iran | 71 | 22 | 5 | 2.7 | 36 | 0.3 | 90 |
| Iraq | 59 | 32 | 10 | 4.6 | 12 | 0.6 | 75 |
| Japan | 76 | 10 | 7 | 1.4 | 87 | 1.8 | 100 |
| Korea, Republic of | 67 | 14 | 6 | 1.6 | 33 | 1.2 | 100 |
| Kuwait | 71 | 23 | 2 | 2.8 | 1 | 0.2 | 65 |
| Myanmar | 60 | 26 | 10 | 3.1 | 29 | 0.1 | 99 |
| Malaysia | 72 | 25 | 5 | 3.1 | 14 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Mexico | 72 | 28 | 5 | 2.0 | 59 | 1.3 | 100 |
| Nepal | 58 | 34 | 11 | 4.4 | 13 | 0.1 | 78 |
| Pakistan | 62 | 35 | 8 | 4.9 | 72 | 0.5 | na |
| Philippines | 69 | 28 | 6 | 3.6 | 44 | 0.1 | 100 |
| Saudi Arabia | 72 | 34 | 4 | 5.7 | 12 | 1.3 | 60 |
| Srilanka | 73 | 18 | 6 | 2.1 | 12 | 0.1 | 100 |
| Thailand | 72 | 17 | 7 | 1.9 | 42 | 0.1 | 88 |
| Turkey | 69 | 21 | 6 | 2.4 | 41 | 1.1 | 100 |
| United Kingdom | 77 | 12 | 11 | 1.7 | 38 | 1.5 | 100 |
| U.S.A. | 77 | 14 | 9 | 2.0 | 178 | 2.5 | 100 |
| Venezuela | 73 | 25 | 4 | 2.9 | 14 | 1.6 | 83 |