Table 7: Major population parameters of participating countries¹

	Population^2	Infant mortality rate^3	Total fertility rate^4	Population growth rate^5	Median age^6	Life expectancy at birth^7
Brunei	372,361	12.61	2.30	1.90	27.04	74.80
Cambodia	13,607,069	71.48	3.44	1.81	19.91	58.87
Indonesia	241,973,879	35.60	2.44	1.45	26.48	69.57
Lao PR	6,217,141	85.22	4.77	2.42	18.74	55.08
Malaysia	23,953,136	17.70	3.07	1.80	23.92	72.24
Myanmar	42,909,464	67.24	2.01	0.42	26.14	56.22
The Philippines	87,857,473	23.51	3.16	1.84	22.27	69.91
Singapore	4,425,720	2.29	1.05	1.56	36.76	81.62
Thailand	65,444,371	20.48	1.88	0.87	30.88	71.57
Vietnam	83,535,576	25.95	1.94	1.04	25.51	70.61
China PR	1,306,313,812	24.18	1.72	0.58	32.26	72.27
Japan	127,417,244	3.26	1.39	0.05	42.64	81.15
South Korea	48,422,644	7.05	1.26	0.38	34.51	75.82
India	1,080,264,388	56.29	2.78	1.40	24.66	64.35
Australia	20,090,437	4.69	1.76	0.87	36.56	80.39
New Zealand	4,035,461	5.85	1.79	1.02	33.65	78.66

¹ Based on data from The World Factbook 2005

² July 2005 (est.); where appropriate, this figure takes into account the impact of the HIV-AIDS epidemic

³ Deaths of infants under 1 year old per 1,000 live births in the same year (2005 est.)

⁴ Average number of children born/woman, where 2 is the replacement rate (2005 est.)

⁵ Percentage (2005 est.); this reflects the balance between births and deaths, together with that between immigration and emigration

⁶ Years, for both sexes combined (2005 est.)

⁷ Years, for both sexes combined (2005 est.)

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• Table 1: Some basic attributes of participating countries
• Table 2: Major exports of participating countries
• Table 3: Major imports of participating countries
• Table 4: Major energy parameters of participating countries
• Table 5: Some major economic characteristics of participating countries (1)
• Table 6: Some major economic characteristics of participating countries (2)
• Table 8: Some major socio-economic characteristics of the participating countries