Basic information about Central and Eastern European countries

Country Area
(000) sq. km
1990 population(1)
(000s)
Population density
per sq. km
Percent urban
Infant mortality(2)
Albania 29.0 3,200 113.0 38 25.4
Bulgaria 111.0 8,800 79.3 68 13.1
Croatia 56.5 4,760 84.0 51 10.4
Czech Republic 78.9 10,360 131.0 78 12.1
FYR Macedonia 25.7 2,034 79.1 58 n.a.
Hungary 93.0 10,600 114.0 61 15.4
Poland 313.9 38,180 122.0 62 15.9
Romania 238.0 22,760 95.8 54 22.7
Slovak Republic 49.0 5,310 108.0 78 12.1
Slovenia 20.3 2,000 98.7 56 8.2

Based on the Environmental Action Program for Central and Eastern Europe, abridged version, March 31, 1984, except for FYR Macedonia : This is the Republic of Macedonia, The Ministry of Information of the Republic of Macedonia, 1993.

1) Population figure for Albania is for 1989; Croatia, Romania, FYR Macedonia and Slovenia for 1991.
2) Numbers of Deaths before age one per 1,000 births.


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