Major	Population by years		Infant	Life
sweetpotato-producing	Estimated	(average annual	mortality	expectancy at birth
countries		growth rate)a		(years)
	1997	1990-97	1996	1996
	(millions)		(000 births)	Males	Females
Asia
China	1,227	1.1	33	68	71
Indonesia	200	1.7	49	63	67
Viet Nam	77	2.1	40	66	70
India	961	1.8	65	62	63
Philippines	73	2.3	37	64	68
Bangladesh	124	1.6	77	57	59
Papua New Guinea	5	2.3	62	57	58
Korea Rep.	46	1.0	9	69	76
DPR Korea	23	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Laos	5	2.6	101	52	54
Africa
Uganda	20	3.1	99	43	43
Rwanda	8	1.8	129	39	42
Malawi	10	2.7	133	43	43
Kenya	28	2.6	57	57	60
Burundi	7	2.6	97	45	48
Madagascar	14	2.7	88	57	60
DR Congo	47	3.2	90	51	54
Tanzania	31	3.0	86	49	52
Cameroon	14	2.9	54	55	58
Angola	11	3.1	124	45	48
Ethiopia	60	2.3	109	48	51
Egypt	60	2.0	53	64	67
Latin America
Brazil	164	1.4	36	63	71
Argentina	36	1.3	22	69	77
Cuba	11	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Peru	25	2.0	42	66	71
Haiti	7	2.1	72	54	57
Paraguay	5	2.7	24	68	74
Dominican Republic	8	1.9	40	69	73
Uruguay	3	0.6	18	70	77
Europe
Portugal	10	0.1	7	72	79
Japan	126	0.3	4	77	83
USA	268	1.0	7	74	80
World	5,829	1.5	54	65	69

Major	Urban		GNP per capita		Agriculture's	Food
sweetpotato-producing	population		(average annual		share of	production
countries			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
Indonesia	22	37	1,110	2.8	16	64	119
Viet Nam	19	20	320	n.a.	27	64	127
India	23	27	390	3.2	27	68	115
Philippines	38	56	1,220	3.6	20	86	116
Bangladesh	11	19	270	3.7	30	79	103
Papua New Guinea	13	17	940	-15.9	26	86	106
Korea Rep.	57	83	10,550	3.8	6	78	115
DPR Korea	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Laos	13	22	400	3.8	52	71	115
Africa
Uganda	9	13	320	2.3	44	71	107
Rwanda	5	6	210	-2.0	39	90	72
Malawi	9	14	220	0.5	36	91	102
Kenya	16	30	330	-0.1	29	68	101
Burundi	4	8	180	1.1	58	80	94
Madagascar	18	28	250	1.6	32	82	104
DR Congo	29	29	110	n.a.	64	72	106
Tanzania	15	26	210	n.a.	48	77	98
Cameroon	31	46	650	5.3	41	83	114
Angola	21	32	340	12.1	7	92	126
Ethiopia	11	16	110	2.0	56	90	n.a.
Egypt	44	45	1,180	3.0	16	68	118
Latin America
Brazil	66	80	4,720	1.1	14	70	117
Argentina	83	89	8,570	4.7	6	95	116
Cuba	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Peru	65	72	2,460	-0.1	7	78	123
Haiti	24	33	330	-0.8	42	106	91
Paraguay	42	54	2,010	11.6	23	61	113
Dominican Republic	51	63	1,670	9.8	–	85	104
Uruguay	85	91	6,020	2.8	9	87	123
Europe
Portugal	29	37	10,450	3.3	n.a.	72	97
Japan	76	78	37,850	0.2	2	94	98
USA	74	77	28,740	2.9	n.a.	95	113
World	40	46	5,130	1.8	n.a.	80	116

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* Prepared by Luis Maldonado with the assistance of Rosario Sotomayor and Catherine Orellana. Source: World Bank, World Development Report, 1998/99.
a.= Estimated; n.a.=information not available.
Date: January 28, 1999