Score Card 2006  
Country   Population1 (thousands)   Birth1 (thousands)  Iodized Salt2 Consumption (%) Median UIE3 (ug/L) Proportion of population with Low UIE3 (<100 ug/L; %) Total Goitre Rate3 (%)  Iodine Deficiency Protected Population (thousands)   Iodine Deficiency Unprotected Population (thousands)   Iodine Deficiency Protected Infants (thousand)   Iodine Deficiency Unprotected Infants (thousands) 
   
Afghanistan         28,574               1,395 28 - - 9.9          8,001         20,573              391           1,004
Albania          3,112                    53 62 - -          1,929           1,183                33               20
Algeria         32,358                  671 69 27 77.7 65        22,327         10,031              463              208
Andorra               67                     1 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Angola         15,490                  749 35 - -            5,422         10,069              262              487
Antigua and Barbuda               81                     2 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Argentina         38,372                  685 90 - -          34,535           3,837              617               69
Armenia          3,026                    34 84 146 31.8 30.2          2,542              484                29                 5
Australia         19,942                  249 - 77 71.5 19.4  -   -   -   - 
Austria          8,171                    75 - 111 49.4  -   -   -   - 
Azerbaijan          8,355                  132 26 54 74.4 11.1          2,172           6,183                34               98
Bahamas             319                     6 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Bahrain             716                    13 - 204 16.2 1.7  -   -   -   - 
Bangladesh       139,215               3,738 70 54 70.7 49.9        97,451         41,765           2,617           1,121
Barbados             269                     3 - - -    -   -   -   - 
Belarus          9,811                    91 55 45 80.9 33.4          5,396           4,415                50               41
Belgium         10,400                  111 - 80 66.9    -   -   -   - 
Belize             264                     7 90 184 26.7            238                26                  6                 1
Benin          8,177                  341 72 289 8.3 19.6          5,887           2,290              246               95
Bhutan          2,116                    64 95 230 24.0 14          2,010              106                61                 3
Bolivia          9,009                  265 90 250 19.0 4.5          8,108              901              239               27
Bosnia and Herzegovina          3,909                    37 77 111 52.4 25.7          3,010              899                28                 9
Botswana          1,769                    46 66 219 15.3 16.5          1,168              601                30               16
Brazil       183,913               3,728 88 360 .0 4      161,843         22,070           3,281              447
Brunei Darussalam             366                     8 - - -    -   -   -   - 
Bulgaria          7,780                    67 98 111 42.9 27.4          7,624              156                66                 1
Burkina Faso         12,822                  601 45 114 47.5 55.2          5,770           7,052              270              331
Burundi          7,282                  330 96 - -          6,991              291              317               13
Cambodia         13,798                  422 14 - - 17          1,932         11,866                59              363
Cameroon         16,038                  562 61 52 91.7 10.3          9,783           6,255              343              219
Canada         31,958                  328 - - -    -   -   -   - 
Cape Verde             495                    15 0 52 77.4 25.5               -                495                -                 15
Central African Republic          3,986                  149 86 21 79.5 60.9          3,428              558              128               21
Chad          9,448                  456 58 29 99.6 63          5,480           3,968              264              192
Chile         16,124                  249 100 984 .2 6.4        16,124                -                249                -  
China    1,307,989             17,372 93 241 16.2 5.8   1,216,430         91,559          16,156           1,216
Colombia         44,915                  970 92 249 6.4 6.5        41,322           3,593              892               78
Comoros             777                    28 82 - - 13.6            637              140                23                 5
Congo          3,883                  172 - - - 12  -   -   -   - 
Congo, DR         55,853               2,788 72 267 .0 28.4        40,214         15,639           2,007              781
Cook Islands               18                    -   - - -    -   -                 -                  -  
Costa Rica          4,253                    79 97 233 8.9          4,125              128                77                 2
Côte d'Ivoire         17,872                  661 31 162 33.8 44.8          5,540         12,332              205              456
Croatia          4,540                    41 90 140 28.8 16.1          4,086              454                37                 4
Cuba         11,245                  136 88 95 51.0            9,896           1,349              120               16
Cyprus             826                    10 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Czech Republic         10,229                    91 - 119 47.7    -   -   -   - 
Denmark          5,414                    63 - 61 70.8 12.1  -   -   -   - 
Djibouti             779                    27 - - -    -   -   -   - 
Dominica               79                     2 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Dominican Republic          8,768                  211 18 39 86.0 5.3          1,578           7,190                38              173
Ecuador         13,040                  296 99 420 .0        12,910              130              293                 3
Egypt         72,642               1,890 56 148 31.2 21.4        40,680         31,962           1,058              832
El Salvador          6,762                  166 91 150 4.6          6,153              609              151               15
Equatorial Guinea             492                    21 20 - -                98              394                  4               17
Eritrea          4,232                  166 68 168 25.3 36.7          2,878           1,354              113               53
Estonia          1,335                    13 - 65 67.0    -   -   -   - 
Ethiopia         75,600               3,064 28 58 68.4 53.3        21,168         54,432              858           2,206
Fiji             841                    19 31 34 75.4              261              580                  6               13
Finland          5,235                    55 - 164 35.5  -   -   -   - 
France         60,257                  744 - 85 60.4 12.9  -   -   -   - 
Gabon          1,362                    42 36 190 38.3 17.1            490              872                15               27
Gambia          1,478                    52 8 42 72.8 16.3            118           1,360                  4               48
Georgia          4,518                    50 68 62 80.0          3,072           1,446                34               16
Germany         82,645                  687 - 148 27.0    -   -   -   - 
Ghana         21,664                  679 28 54 71.3 23.8          6,066         15,598              190              489
Greece         11,098                  102 - - - 17.5  -   -   -   - 
Grenada             102                     2 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Guam  -   -  - - - -  -   -   -   - 
Guatemala         12,295                  433 67 222 14.4          8,238           4,057              290              143
Guinea          9,202                  383 68 91 63.6 59          6,257           2,945              260              123
Guinea-Bissau          1,540                    77 2 - - 32.6              31           1,509                  2               75
Guyana             750                    16 - 162 26.9    -   -   -   - 
Haiti          8,407                  253 11 - -            925           7,482                28              225
Holy See                 1  -  - - -    -   -   -   - 
Honduras          7,048                  206 80 204 31.3          5,638           1,410              165               41
Hungary         10,124                    95 - 80 65.2 11.6  -   -   -   - 
Iceland             292                     4 - 150 37.7  -   -   -   - 
India    1,087,124             26,000 50 133 31.3 17.9      543,562        543,562          13,000         13,000
Indonesia       220,077               4,513 73 65 63.7 9.8      160,656         59,421           3,294           1,219
Iran (Islamic Republic of)         68,803               1,308 94 205 14.9 54.6        64,675           4,128           1,230               78
Iraq         28,057                  972 40 - -        11,223         16,834              389              583
Ireland          4,080                    63 - 82 60.8    -   -   -   - 
Israel          6,601                  134 - - -  -   -   -   - 
Italy         58,033                  531 - 94 55.7 13.9  -   -   -   - 
Jamaica          2,639                    52 100 - -          2,639                -                  52                -  
Japan       127,923               1,169 - - -    -   -   -   - 
Jordan          5,561                  150 88 154 24.4 33.5          4,894              667              132               18
Kazakhstan         14,839                  237 83 97 53.1 36.7        12,316           2,523              197               40
Kenya         33,467               1,322 91 115 36.7 15.5        30,455           3,012           1,203              119
Kiribati               97                     2 - - -  
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Korea, Democratic People's Republic of         22,384                  349 40 - -          8,954         13,430              140              209
Korea, Republic of         47,645                  467 - - -  
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Kosovo          2,606                    50 - - - -
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Kuwait          2,521                    50 - 147 31.4 0
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Kyrgyzstan          5,204                  116 42 30 88.1 49.1          2,186           3,018                49               67
Lao People's Democratic Republic          5,792                  204 75 162 26.9            4,344           1,448              153               51
Latvia          2,318                    21 - 59 76.8
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Lebanon          3,540                    66 87 95 55.5 25.7          3,080              460                57                 9
Lesotho          1,798                    50 69 26 100.0 4.9          1,241              557                35               16
Liberia          3,241                  164 - 321 3.5  
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya          5,740                  133 90 - -          5,166              574              120               13
Liechtenstein               34                    -   - - -  
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Lithuania          3,443                    31 - 75 62.0
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Luxembourg             459                     6 - 90 57.4  
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Madagascar         18,113                  704 75 - - 22.8        13,585           4,528              528              176
Malawi         12,608                  550 49 - - 28.1          6,178           6,430              270              281
Malaysia         24,894                  549 - 91 57.0 4
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Maldives             321                    10 44 67 65.5 23.6