TABLE A1 Total Population |
Million |
Annual growth rates (% p.a.) |
||||||
1997/99 |
2015 |
2030 |
2050 |
1980-99 |
1997/99-2015 |
2015-30 |
2030-50 |
|
World |
5900.0 |
7207.4 |
8270.1 |
9322.3 |
1.6 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
All developing countries |
4572.6 |
5827.3 |
6869.1 |
7935.3 |
1.9 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
574.2 |
882.7 |
1229.0 |
1704.3 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
Angola |
12.4 |
20.8 |
32.6 |
53.3 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
2.5 |
Benin |
6.0 |
9.4 |
13.3 |
18.1 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
Botswana |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
2.9 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
Burkina Faso |
11.0 |
18.5 |
29.2 |
46.3 |
2.6 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
Burundi |
6.2 |
9.8 |
13.8 |
20.2 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
Cameroon |
14.2 |
20.2 |
25.8 |
32.3 |
2.8 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
Central African Republic |
3.6 |
4.9 |
6.4 |
8.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
Chad |
7.4 |
12.4 |
18.7 |
27.7 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
Congo |
2.8 |
4.7 |
7.2 |
10.7 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.0 |
Congo, Dem. Republic |
48.4 |
84.0 |
132.6 |
203.5 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
3.1 |
2.2 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
15.4 |
21.5 |
26.5 |
32.2 |
3.3 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
Eritrea |
3.4 |
5.7 |
7.7 |
10.0 |
n.a |
3.1 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
Ethiopia |
59.9 |
89.8 |
127.0 |
186.5 |
n.a |
2.4 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
Gabon |
1.2 |
1.8 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
Gambia |
1.2 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
3.8 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
Ghana |
18.5 |
26.4 |
32.8 |
40.1 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
Guinea |
7.9 |
11.3 |
15.6 |
20.7 |
3.0 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
1.4 |
Kenya |
29.4 |
40.0 |
46.9 |
55.4 |
3.3 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
Lesotho |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
2.1 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
Liberia |
2.5 |
5.6 |
8.9 |
14.4 |
0.8 |
4.8 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
Madagascar |
15.1 |
24.1 |
34.3 |
47.0 |
2.9 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
Malawi |
10.7 |
15.7 |
21.8 |
31.1 |
3.2 |
2.2 |
2.2 |
1.8 |
Mali |
10.7 |
17.7 |
26.9 |
41.7 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
Mauritania |
2.5 |
4.1 |
6.0 |
8.5 |
2.6 |
3.0 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
Mauritius |
1.1 |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
Mozambique |
17.6 |
23.5 |
30.4 |
38.8 |
2.2 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
1.2 |
Namibia |
1.7 |
2.3 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
3.3 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
1.0 |
Niger |
10.1 |
18.5 |
30.1 |
51.9 |
3.3 |
3.6 |
3.3 |
2.8 |
Nigeria |
107.9 |
165.3 |
220.4 |
278.8 |
2.9 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
Rwanda |
6.4 |
10.5 |
14.2 |
18.5 |
0.4 |
2.9 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
Senegal |
9.0 |
13.5 |
17.9 |
22.7 |
2.7 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
Sierra Leone |
4.2 |
7.1 |
10.1 |
14.4 |
1.4 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
Somalia |
6.8 |
13.0 |
20.8 |
34.6 |
0.4 |
3.9 |
3.2 |
2.6 |
Sudan |
29.8 |
42.4 |
52.6 |
63.5 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
1.0 |
Swaziland |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
2.6 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
Tanzania, United Rep. |
33.5 |
49.3 |
65.6 |
82.7 |
3.3 |
2.3 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
Togo |
4.2 |
6.6 |
9.1 |
11.8 |
2.8 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
1.3 |
Uganda |
22.0 |
38.7 |
62.7 |
101.5 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
3.3 |
2.4 |
Zambia |
9.9 |
14.8 |
21.3 |
29.3 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
Zimbabwe |
12.2 |
16.4 |
19.6 |
23.5 |
3.0 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
Sub-Saharan Africa, other |
3.0 |
4.3 |
5.8 |
7.5 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
Near East/North Africa |
377.5 |
520.0 |
651.3 |
809.3 |
2.6 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
Afghanistan |
20.8 |
35.6 |
50.5 |
72.3 |
2.4 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
Algeria |
29.2 |
38.0 |
44.9 |
51.2 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Egypt |
65.5 |
84.4 |
99.5 |
113.8 |
2.3 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
68.1 |
87.1 |
104.5 |
121.4 |
3.0 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
Iraq |
21.8 |
33.5 |
43.1 |
53.6 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
Jordan |
4.7 |
7.2 |
9.3 |
11.7 |
4.3 |
2.6 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
Lebanon |
3.4 |
4.2 |
4.7 |
5.0 |
1.5 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
5.1 |
7.1 |
8.4 |
10.0 |
2.6 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
Morocco |
28.8 |
37.7 |
44.1 |
50.4 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Saudi Arabia |
18.9 |
31.7 |
44.8 |
59.7 |
3.7 |
3.1 |
2.3 |
1.4 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
15.4 |
23.2 |
29.3 |
36.3 |
3.2 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
Tunisia |
9.3 |
11.3 |
12.8 |
14.1 |
2.0 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
Turkey |
64.6 |
79.0 |
89.9 |
98.8 |
2.1 |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
Yemen |
16.9 |
33.1 |
57.5 |
102.4 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
2.9 |
Near East, other |
5.1 |
6.9 |
7.8 |
8.6 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
498.2 |
624.2 |
716.7 |
798.8 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
Argentina |
36.1 |
43.5 |
48.9 |
54.5 |
1.4 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
Bolivia |
8.0 |
11.2 |
14.0 |
17.0 |
2.3 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
Brazil |
166.1 |
201.4 |
226.5 |
247.2 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
Chile |
14.8 |
17.9 |
20.2 |
22.2 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
Colombia |
40.7 |
52.6 |
62.1 |
70.9 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Costa Rica |
3.8 |
5.2 |
6.2 |
7.2 |
2.9 |
1.8 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
Cuba |
11.1 |
11.6 |
11.7 |
10.8 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
-0.4 |
Dominican Republic |
8.1 |
10.1 |
11.2 |
12.0 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
Ecuador |
12.2 |
15.9 |
18.6 |
21.2 |
2.4 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
El Salvador |
6.0 |
8.0 |
9.4 |
10.9 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Guatemala |
10.8 |
16.3 |
21.2 |
26.6 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
Guyana |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.7 |
-1.4 |
Haiti |
7.9 |
10.2 |
12.1 |
14.0 |
2.1 |
1.5 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
Honduras |
6.1 |
8.7 |
10.7 |
12.8 |
3.0 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
Jamaica |
2.5 |
3.0 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
Mexico |
95.8 |
119.2 |
134.9 |
146.7 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
Nicaragua |
4.8 |
7.2 |
9.3 |
11.5 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
Panama |
2.8 |
3.5 |
3.9 |
4.3 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.8 |
0.4 |
Paraguay |
5.2 |
7.8 |
10.1 |
12.6 |
2.9 |
2.4 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
Peru |
24.8 |
31.9 |
37.2 |
42.1 |
2.0 |
1.5 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
Suriname |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
-0.3 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1.3 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
1.4 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
0.2 |
-0.2 |
Uruguay |
3.3 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
Venezuela |
23.2 |
30.9 |
36.5 |
42.2 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Latin America, other |
1.6 |
1.8 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
South Asia |
1282.9 |
1672.0 |
1969.5 |
2258.0 |
2.1 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Bangladesh |
131.8 |
183.2 |
222.6 |
265.4 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
India |
976.3 |
1230.5 |
1408.9 |
1572.1 |
2.0 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
Maldives |
0.3 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.9 |
3.1 |
3.0 |
2.4 |
1.5 |
Nepal |
22.0 |
32.1 |
41.7 |
52.4 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
Pakistan |
133.9 |
204.3 |
272.7 |
344.2 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
1.9 |
1.2 |
Sri Lanka |
18.6 |
21.5 |
22.9 |
23.1 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
East Asia |
1839.8 |
2128.4 |
2302.8 |
2365.0 |
1.5 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
Cambodia |
12.4 |
18.6 |
23.8 |
29.9 |
3.6 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
1.1 |
China |
1260.4 |
1418.2 |
1493.6 |
1471.7 |
1.3 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
-0.1 |
Indonesia |
206.4 |
250.1 |
282.9 |
311.3 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
Korea, DPR |
21.9 |
24.4 |
26.5 |
28.0 |
1.4 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
Korea, Republic |
46.1 |
50.6 |
52.5 |
51.6 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
Lao PDR |
5.0 |
7.3 |
9.3 |
11.4 |
2.6 |
2.2 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
Malaysia |
21.4 |
27.9 |
33.0 |
37.9 |
2.5 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Mongolia |
2.5 |
3.1 |
3.6 |
4.1 |
2.3 |
1.3 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
Myanmar |
46.5 |
55.3 |
62.5 |
68.5 |
1.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
Philippines |
72.7 |
95.9 |
112.6 |
128.4 |
2.3 |
1.6 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
Thailand |
61.2 |
72.5 |
79.5 |
82.5 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
Viet Nam |
76.1 |
94.4 |
110.1 |
123.8 |
2.1 |
1.3 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
East Asia, other |
7.3 |
10.1 |
12.9 |
15.8 |
2.4 |
2.0 |
1.6 |
1.0 |
Industrial countries |
892.4 |
950.7 |
978.5 |
985.7 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
Australia |
18.7 |
21.9 |
24.2 |
26.5 |
1.4 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
Canada |
30.2 |
34.4 |
37.7 |
40.4 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
European Union |
375.5 |
376.8 |
367.5 |
339.5 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
-0.4 |
Iceland |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
Israel |
5.8 |
7.7 |
8.9 |
10.1 |
2.5 |
1.7 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
Japan |
126.5 |
127.5 |
121.3 |
109.2 |
0.4 |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
-0.5 |
Malta |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.9 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
-0.2 |
New Zealand |
3.7 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
4.4 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
Norway |
4.4 |
4.7 |
4.9 |
4.9 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
South Africa |
42.1 |
44.6 |
43.9 |
47.3 |
2.1 |
0.3 |
-0.1 |
0.4 |
Switzerland |
7.2 |
7.0 |
6.6 |
5.6 |
0.8 |
-0.2 |
-0.4 |
-0.8 |
United States |
277.5 |
321.2 |
358.5 |
397.1 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
0.5 |
Transition countries |
413.2 |
397.9 |
381.4 |
349.0 |
0.4 |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
-0.4 |
Albania |
3.1 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
3.9 |
0.9 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.2 |
Armenia |
3.8 |
3.8 |
3.7 |
3.2 |
n.a. |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
-0.7 |
Azerbaijan |
7.9 |
8.7 |
9.1 |
8.9 |
n.a. |
0.6 |
0.3 |
-0.1 |
Belarus |
10.3 |
9.7 |
9.1 |
8.3 |
n.a. |
-0.4 |
-0.4 |
-0.5 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3.7 |
4.3 |
4.1 |
3.5 |
n.a. |
0.9 |
-0.4 |
-0.8 |
Bulgaria |
8.1 |
6.8 |
5.8 |
4.5 |
-0.5 |
-1.0 |
-1.1 |
-1.2 |
Croatia |
4.7 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
4.2 |
n.a. |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
Czech Republic |
10.3 |
10.0 |
9.5 |
8.4 |
n.a. |
-0.2 |
-0.4 |
-0.6 |
Estonia |
1.4 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
n.a. |
-1.1 |
-1.2 |
-1.4 |
Georgia |
5.3 |
4.8 |
4.2 |
3.2 |
n.a. |
-0.6 |
-0.9 |
-1.3 |
Hungary |
10.1 |
9.3 |
8.5 |
7.5 |
-0.4 |
-0.5 |
-0.5 |
-0.7 |
Kazakhstan |
16.3 |
16.0 |
16.0 |
15.3 |
n.a. |
-0.1 |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
Kyrgyzstan |
4.8 |
5.8 |
6.7 |
7.5 |
n.a. |
1.2 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
Latvia |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.0 |
1.7 |
n.a. |
-0.6 |
-0.7 |
-0.7 |
Lithuania |
3.7 |
3.5 |
3.3 |
3.0 |
n.a. |
-0.3 |
-0.4 |
-0.6 |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Rep |
2.0 |
2.1 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
n.a. |
0.2 |
-0.1 |
-0.4 |
Moldova, Republic |
4.3 |
4.2 |
4.0 |
3.6 |
n.a. |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
-0.5 |
Poland |
38.6 |
38.0 |
36.6 |
33.4 |
0.4 |
-0.1 |
-0.3 |
-0.5 |
Romania |
22.5 |
21.4 |
20.1 |
18.1 |
0.0 |
-0.3 |
-0.4 |
-0.5 |
Russian Federation |
146.8 |
133.3 |
121.4 |
104.3 |
n.a. |
-0.6 |
-0.6 |
-0.8 |
Slovakia |
5.4 |
5.4 |
5.2 |
4.7 |
n.a. |
0.0 |
-0.2 |
-0.6 |
Slovenia |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
1.5 |
n.a. |
-0.2 |
-0.5 |
-0.8 |
Tajikistan |
6.0 |
7.1 |
8.5 |
9.8 |
n.a. |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.7 |
Turkmenistan |
4.5 |
6.1 |
7.2 |
8.4 |
n.a. |
1.7 |
1.2 |
0.8 |
Ukraine |
50.5 |
43.3 |
37.6 |
30.0 |
n.a. |
-0.9 |
-0.9 |
-1.1 |
Uzbekistan |
24.1 |
30.6 |
35.7 |
40.5 |
n.a. |
1.4 |
1.0 |
0.6 |
Yugoslavia |
10.6 |
10.3 |
9.9 |
9.0 |
n.a. |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
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