What is the scale of non-registration?
· An estimated 41 per cent of births worldwide went unregistered in 2000 – 50 million children in all; · In 39 countries, at least 30 per cent of all children were not registered at birth and in 19 countries the proportion was at least 60 per cent; · In sub-Saharan Africa, over 70 per cent of births were unregistered – around 17 million children; · South Asia tops the league in sheer numbers, with around 22.3 million unregistered births – over 40 per cent of the world’s total unregistered births; · In the Middle East and North Africa, nearly one third of the children born in 2000 (around three million) were unregistered; · In East Asia and the Pacific: 22 per cent of births (around seven million); · Countries for which there is no published information include Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo and Eritrea; · Falling registration recorded in Tajikistan, Dominican Republic, Honduras; · Disparities: urban vs. rural. Niger: proportion of children registered in urban areas is more t
