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World             

Surface area (thousands km2,1995) ................................ 134288

Density (Population per square kilometre of surface area, 1995) ..     45

Gross National Product (GNP) Per Capita (US$ 1997)................   5170

 

   Year

   Population

  (thousands)

 Annual

 rate of

 change

 (per

 100)

  Crude

  birth

  rate

  (per

  1000)

 Crude

 death

 rate

 (per

 1000)

  Total

  fertility

   rate

  (per

 woman)

     Expectation

    of life at birth

       (in years)

  Infant

  mortality

   rate

(per 1000

births)

Dependency

       ratio

   (per 100)

     Population

    projections

      Medium

      variant

   (thousands)

   M

   F

1950

  2523878  1.78 37.4 19.8  5.00 45.1 47.8  156   65.5  

1955

  2758904  1.85 35.6 17.3  4.93 48.1 51.0  140   68.9  

1960

  3026541  1.99 35.3 15.6  4.95 51.0 53.7  118   73.1  

1965

  3342617  2.04 33.8 13.4  4.90 54.5 57.4  102   75.5  

1970

  3701909  1.95 30.9 11.7  4.48 56.4 59.4   93   75.3  

1975

  4.80992  1.72 28.3 11.0  3.92 58.0 61.5   87   74.1  

1980

  4447374  1.72 27.5 10.3  3.58 59.4 63.3   78   69.9  

1985

  4847326  1.72 26.8  9.6  3.36 61.1 65.1   69   65.0  

1990

  5282306  1.48 24.1  9.3  2.96 62.2 66.5   62   62.6  

1995

  5687113  1.37 22.6  8.9  2.79 63.4 67.7   57   60.9  

2000

    1.27 21.3  8.6  2.66 64.7 69.2   51   58.2   6091351

2005

    1.20 20.3  8.3  2.55 66.1 70.6   45   54.8   6490722

2010

    1.11 19.3  8.1  2.45 67.4 72.0   40   52.6   6890775

2020

    0.93 17.4  8.1  2.35 69.7 74.5   31   51.9   7671924

2030

    0.81 15.3  8.8  2.17 72.2 77.1   22   52.8   8371602

2040

    0.65 14.3  9.5  2.09 73.8 78.8   17   54.2   8929681

2050

                   55.3   9366724