Table 5

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries:

Economic Profile, 1996

 AlgeriaGabonIndonesiaIranIraqKuwaitLibyaNigeriaQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesVenezuela
Aggregative data
Population
Million persons at midyear29.21.2206.666.121.42.05.4103.90.619.43.122.0
Percent change2.21.51.52.23.77.03.73.14.43.61.81.9
Persons per sq. km.12.04.0108.040.049.0112.03.0112.054.010.026.024.0
Gross domestic product
Billion 1996 US $a 115.46.3897.0352.642.032.238.3132.712.1198.073.2173.0
Percent real growth4.02.67.03.04.23.02.23.03.06.52.6-1.6
Per capita (1996 US $)4,000.05,300.04,300.05,300.02,000.016,100.07,100.01,300.020,200.010,200.023,600.07,900.0
Industry
Crude oil production (thousand b/d)816.0370.01,516.03,675.0600.02,060.01,403.02,014.0480.08,083.02,217.02,955.0
Share of oil in GNP (percent)27.139.0b 3.015.650.0c 45.023.012.4b 40.030.035.026.0
Trade
Exports, f.o.b. (billion US $)12.62.949.820.90.4d 14.79.015.44.454.031.320.8
Government oil revenues (billion US $)8.9e 0.9b 5.8b 18.0NA9.06.110.12.335.010.06.0
Oil exports (thousand b/d)e 1,235.0344.0670.02,190210.02,175.01,295.02,060497.07,840.02,195.02,800.0
Imports, c.i.f. (billion US $)9.60.942.913.30.4d 6.87.47.63.827.022.310.5
Trade balance (billion US $)3.02.06.97.6.0d 7.91.67.80.627.09.010.3
Living standard indicators
Life expectancy at birth (years)68.355.661.667.467.075.964.754.373.269.074.372.1
Infant mortality rate (deaths per 1,000 live births)48.790.163.152.760.011.159.572.419.846.416.229.5
Automobile registrations (units per 1,000 persons)f 26.021.09.025.034.0296.089.08.0245.082.0107.073.0
Consumer price growth (percent)18.65.07.928.9NA3.425.0f 29.32.51.22.099.9


a See footnote a, Table 7 for an explanation of the methodology used to estimate GDP.
b Data are for 1995.
c Data are for 1991.
d Data are for 1994.
e Including condensates.
f Data are for 1994.