Book Description

Statistics presented here draw on national censuses, surveys, and civil registration in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Statistics are given on population by age group and sex, age-specific fertility rates, gross and net reproduction rates, mean age of child bearing, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality rate by sex, crude death and birth rates, and annual net migrants and annual net migration rates by age group and sex, 1999-2000. Headings and notes for tables are in English and a Middle Eastern language. The book is accompanied by a fold-out chart. This work lacks an English index. c. Book News Inc.