Major potato-producing	Population by years			Infant		Life
countries		(average annual		mortality		expectancy at birth
		growth rate)a				(years)
	1997	1990-97		1996		1996
	(millions)			(000 births)		Male	Female
Asia
China	1,227	1.10		33		68	71
India	961	1.80		65		62	63
Turkey	64	1.80		42		66	71
Iran	61	n.a.		n.a.		n.a.	n.a.
Bangladesh	124	1.60		77		57	59
Indonesia	200	1.70		49		63	67
Pakistan	137	2.90		88		62	65
Nepal	23	2.70		85		57	57
Korea Rep.	46	1.0		9		69	76
Iraq	22	n.a.		n.a.		n.a.	n.a.
Syrian Arab Republic	15	2.90		31		66	71
Africa
Egypt	60	2.00		53		64	67
South Africa	38	1.70		49		62	68
Algeria	29	2.30		32		68	72
Morocco	28	1.90		53		64	68
Malawi	10	2.70		133		43	43
Uganda	20	3.10		99		43	43
Latin America
Colombia	38	1.80		25		67	73
Brazil	164	1.40		36		63	71
Peru	25	2.00		42		66	71
Argentina	36	1.30		22		69	77
Mexico	95	1.80		32		69	75
Chile	15	1.60		12		72	78
Bolivia	8	2.40		67		59	63
Ecuador	12	2.20		34		67	73
Cuba	11	n.a.		n.a.		n.a.	n.a.
Europe
Russian Federation	147	-0.10		17		60	73
Poland	39	0.20		12		68	77
Ukraine	50	-0.40		14		62	73
Germany	82	0.50		5		73	80
Netherlands	16	0.60		5		75	80
North America
USA	268	1.00		7		74	80
World	5,829	1.50		54		65	69

 

Major potato-producing	Urban		GNP per capita			Agriculture's	Food
countries	population		(average annual			share of	production
			growth rate)			GDP	(Index 1989=91=100)
	1980	1997	1997	1996-97		1997	1979-81	1994-96
	(% of total population)		(US $)	(%)		(%)
Asia
China	20	32	860	7.8		20	61	144
India	23	27	390	3.2		27	68	115
Turkey	44	72	3,130	6.4		17	76	105
Iran	n.a.	n.a.	1,780	1.2		n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Bangladesh	11	19	270	3.7		30	79	103
Indonesia	22	37	1,110	2.8		16	64	119
Pakistan	28	35	490	0.0		26	66	125
Nepal	7	11	210	0.0		43	65	109
Korea Rep.	57	83	10,550	3.8		6	78	115
Iraq	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Syrian Arab Republic	47	53	1,150	-0.6		n.a.	94	134
Africa
Egypt	44	45	1,180	3		16	68	118
South Africa	48	50	3,400	-0.5		5	93	98
Algeria	43	57	1,490	-0.1		12	71	115
Morocco	41	53	1,250	-4.4		20	56	101
Malawi	9	14	220	0.5		36	91	102
Uganda	9	13	320	2.3		44	71	107
Latin America
Colombia	64	74	2,280	n.a.		16	76	109
Brazil	66	80	4,720	1.1		14	70	117
Peru	65	72	2,460	-0.1		7	78	123
Argentina	83	89	8,570	4.7		6	95	116
Mexico	66	74	3,680	6.2		5	85	117
Chile	81	84	5,020	6.1		n.a.	72	125
Bolivia	46	62	950	n.a.		13	71	120
Ecuador	47	60	1,590	2.3		12	77	131
Cuba	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.		n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Europe
Russian Federation	70	77	2,740	n.a.		7	n.a.	71
Poland	58	64	3,590	6.7		6	88	83
Ukraine	62	71	1,040	-2.3		13	n.a.	70
Germany	83	87	28,260	n.a.		1	91	89
Netherlands	88	89	25,820	2.7		3	87	104
North America
USA	74	77	28,740	2.9		n.a.	95	113
World	40	46	5,130	1.8		n.a.	80	116

* Prepared by Luis Maldonado with the assistance of Rosario Sotomayor and Catherine Orellana.

Source: World Bank, World Development Report, 1998.

a. = Estimated; n.a. = Information not available.

Date:13th October, 1998.

For more information, please contact: l.maldonado@cgiar.org