Data for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic include children registered in the family book. Data for Pakistan do not include Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Data for Peru refer to children aged 6 to 11 months and are from an older source since age-disaggregated data are not available for the latest source. Data for South Sudan are from an older source (Sudan Household Health Survey 2010) that was implemented in the country prior to the country’s cession from the Sudan; however, data refer to the prevalence of birth registration in the 10 southern states that became South Sudan. Data for Togo include non-usual residents. Bangladesh could not be calculated because the MICS 2019 dataset has not yet been published. Figure 17: Only those countries with comparable data on the possession of a birth certificate among children under age 1 are included in the map. Data for Pakistan do not include Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Data for South Sudan are from an older source (Sudan Household Health Survey 2010) that was implemented in the country prior to the country’s cession from the Sudan; however, data refer to the prevalence of birth registration in the 10 southern states that became South Sudan. Data for Togo include non-usual residents. Figure 14: Data for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic include children registered in the family book. Data for Pakistan do not include Azad Jammu and Kashmir and GilgitBaltistan. Data for Paraguay are from MICS 2016. Data for Zimbabwe are from DHS 2015. The confidence interval for Figure 18: Data for Togo include non-usual residents. The confidence interval for Bangladesh could not be calculated because the MICS 2019 dataset has not yet been published. Summary of data availability and population coverage Birth registration among children under age 5 Birth certificate among children under age 5 Birth registration among children under age 1 Birth certificate among children under age 1 Number of countries with data in UNICEF global database Percentage of population represented Number of countries with data in UNICEF global database Percentage of population represented Number of countries with data in UNICEF global database Percentage of population represented Number of countries with data in UNICEF global database Percentage of population represented Eastern and Southern Africa 22 of 25 99% 21 of 25 92% 21 of 25 95% 20 of 25 88% West and Central Africa 24 of 24 100% 23 of 24 100% 22 of 24 100% 22 of 24 100% Middle East and North Africa 15 of 19 92% 9 of 19 66% 13 of 19 70% 9 of 19 66% 8 of 8 100% 8 of 8 100% 7 of 8 99% 7 of 8 99% East Asia and the Pacific 22 of 33 41% 21 of 33 41% 15 of 33 25% 14 of 33 25% Latin America and the Caribbean 28 of 37 100% 18 of 37 43% 26 of 37 96% 18 of 37 43% Eastern Europe and Central Asia 20 of 21 97% 15 of 21 71% 19 of 21 75% 15 of 21 71% Western Europe 33 of 33 100% 33 of 33 100% 33 of 33 100% 33 of 33 100% North America 2 of 2 100% 2 of 2 100% 2 of 2 100% 2 of 2 100% 174 of 202 86% 150 of 202 77% 158 of 202 79% 140 of 202 73% UNICEF Region South Asia World Note: Figures in this table represent every country or area with data in the UNICEF global database, even if the data fall outside the year range used for calculation of current global and regional figures. Technical annex 39

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