World population / OECD population Year 2003 Source: OECD In 2003, OECD countries accounted for just over 18% of the world’s population of 6.3 billion. China accounted for 21% and India for just over 17%. The next two largest countries were Indonesia (3%) and the Russian Federation (2%). Within OECD, the United States accounted for nearly 25% of the OECD total, followed by Japan (11%), Mexico (9%), Germany (7%) and Turkey (6%). Between 1991 and 2004, population growth rates for all OECD countries averaged 0.8% per annum. Growth rates much higher than this were recorded for Mexico and Turkey (high birth rate countries) and for Australia, Canada, Luxembourg and New Zealand (high net immigration). In the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, populations declined from a combination of low birth rates and net emigration. Growth rates were very low, although still positive, in Italy and the Slovak Republic. Total fertility rates
