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Table 2 Country profiles including economic, social and population indicators

From: Trade and investment liberalization and Asia’s noncommunicable disease epidemic: a synthesis of data and existing literature

Country (ranked by descending GNI)

Economic and social indicators (2013) (1, 2)

Population (2013) (1)

World Bank Income Group

$GNI per capita (Atlas method, $US)

% living on?<?$2 day

Human Develop. Index 2013 (1990)

Urban (%)

Size (mill)

Life exp. birth 2011 (1990)

% 65 years or above (% aged 0-14)

Singapore

High income

54,040

---

0.9 (0.76)

100

5.4

82 (76)

10 (16)

Japan

46,140

---

0.89 (0.84)

92

127.3

83 (79)

25 (13)

Brunei Darussalam

31,5902009

---

0.85 (0.79)

77

0.4

78 (74)

4 (25)

South Korea

25,920

---

0.89 (0.75)

84

50.2

81 (71)

12 (15)

Malaysia

Upper middle income

10,400

2.32009

0.77 (0.64)

74

29.7

75 (70)

5 (26)

China

6,560

27.22009

0.72 (0.5)

53

1357.4

75 (69)

9 (18)

Thailand

5,370

4.12010

0.72 (0.57)

35

67.0

74 (72)

10 (18)

Indonesia

Lower middle income

3,580

46.12010

0.68 (0.48)

52

249.9

71 (62)

5 (29)

Philippines

3,270

41.52009

0.66 (0.58)

49

98.4

69 (65)

4 (34)

Vietnam

1,730

43.42008

0.64 (0.44)

32

89.7

76 (65)

7 (23)

India

1,570

68.72010

0.59 (0.41)

32

1252.1

66 (58)

5 (29)

Laos

1,460

662008

0.57 (0.38)

36

6.8

68 (54)

4 (35)

Cambodia

Low income

950

49.52009

0.58

20

15.1

71 (55)

4 (31)

Myanmar

---

---

0.52 (0.31)

34

53.3

65 (57)

5 (25)

  1. Data sources: 1?=?World Bank World Development Indicators; 2?=?United Nations Development Programme Human Development Index.