Session 4: Projecting the levels of mortality, fertility and migration Historical trends in life expectancy, fertility and migration
Life expectancy
Africa: Life expectancy
Africa: Life expectancy The five African countries with the highest and the lowest life expectancy, 2005-2010 Rank Country Life expectancy at birth, bot sexes combined 1 Réunion 77.26 2 Mayotte 77.14 3 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 74.04 4 Tunisia 73.90 5 Cape Verde 73.54 50 Guinea-Bissau 46.76 51 Zimbabwe 46.59 52 Sierra Leone 46.26 53 Lesotho 46.02 54 Central African Republic 45.91 Session 04_Demographic Trends_Presentation.xlsx
Fertility levels
Fertility
Niger TFR naïve estimates Official estimates National Trend 1992 DHS (retrospective birth histories) 1992 DHS P/F ratios (indirect method) 1998 DHS (retrospective birth histories) 1998 DHS P/F ratios (indirect method) 2000 MICS P/F ratios (indirect method) 2001 RGPH P/F ratios (indirect method) 2006 DHS (retrospective birth histories) 2006 DHS P/F ratios (indirect method) 2006 WPP Revision 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 1988 census (births < 12 months) 1992 DHS (births < 3 years) 1998 DHS 2006 DHS/MICS3 (births < 5 years) 2001 census
Niger TFR final estimates Official estimates National Trend 1992 DHS (retrospective birth histories) 1992 DHS P/F ratios (indirect method) 1998 DHS (retrospective birth histories) 1998 DHS P/F ratios (indirect method) 2000 MICS P/F ratios (indirect method) 2001 RGPH P/F ratios (indirect method) 2006 DHS (retrospective birth histories) 2006 DHS P/F ratios (indirect method) 2006 WPP Revision 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.5 8.0 8.5 9.0 9.5 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 1988 census (births < 12 months) 1992 DHS (births < 3 years) 1998 DHS 2006 DHS/MICS3 (births < 5 years) 2001 census
Africa: Fertility
International migration
Africa: International Migration
Migration rates
Africa: Migration rates
Winners and losers…
South-South migration is as common … North North 55 million 12.6 million 72.7 million 2010 73.6 million South South …as South-North migration Source: United Nations, Population Division/DESA, 2011
Momentum Total population of high - 4.2 1.2 2.1 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 1950 1975 2000 2025 2050 2075 2100 Billions Total population of high - fertility countries by variants, 1950 Medium Instant