TABLE 1. SIZE AND GROWTH OF TOTAL POPULATION
 

	Total Population				Growth Rate			Age Structure 1995		Life
	( 000s )				( % )			Below 15	Above 65	Expectancy
	1975	1995	2015	2035	1975-95	1995-2015	2015-35	(%)	(%)	1990-95
World Total	4080992	5687113	7285881	8669468	1.67	1.25	0.87	31.4	6.5	64.3
More Developed Regions	1048380	1171384	1214018	1201271	0.56	0.18	-0.05	19.6	13.5	74.2
Less Developed Regions	3032612	4515729	6071863	7468197	2.01	1.49	1.04	34.4	4.7	62.1
Africa	413883	719495	1181288	1716771	2.80	2.51	1.89	43.8	3.2	51.8
Asia	2405612	3437787	4381181	5107111	1.80	1.22	0.77	31.8	5.3	64.5
Europe	676390	728244	716745	677763	0.37	-0.08	-0.28	19.1	13.8	72.7
Latin America	320188	476637	624969	747242	2.01	1.36	0.90	33.6	5.1	68.5
Northern America	243483	296645	345156	377571	0.99	0.76	0.45	22.0	12.5	76.2
Oceania	21436	28305	36542	43009	1.40	1.29	0.82	26.0	9.6	72.9
Afghanistan	15378	19661	36904	52943	1.24	3.20	1.82	40.8	2.8	43.5
Albania	2424	3383	3947	4545	1.68	0.77	0.71	31.4	5.5	70.9
Algeria	16018	28109	41646	52926	2.85	1.99	1.21	39.2	3.6	67.1
American Samoa	30	54	89	123	x	x	x	x	x	x
Andorra	25	68	124	177	x	x	x	x	x	x
Angola	6123	10816	19773	31503	2.89	3.06	2.36	47.7	2.9	46.5
Anguilla	6	8	10	12	x	x	x	x	x	x
Antigua and Barbuda	59	66	76	91	0.56	0.71	0.90	x	x	x
Argentina	26049	34768	43498	50514	1.45	1.13	0.75	28.9	9.4	72.1
Armenia	2826	3632	4021	4311	1.26	0.51	0.35	28.6	7.4	70.7
Aruba	62	70	84	100	0.61	0.92	0.88	x	x	x
Australia	13900	17866	21885	24683	1.26	1.02	0.60	21.5	11.7	77.6
Austria	7579	8045	8445	8028	0.30	0.24	-0.25	17.7	14.7	76.2
Azerbaijan	5689	7531	8917	10308	1.41	0.85	0.73	32.2	5.8	70.6
Bahamas	189	279	361	415	1.97	1.30	0.70	28.9	4.9	72.7
Bahrain	272	557	766	907	3.65	1.61	0.85	31.4	2.6	71.6
Bangladesh	76582	118229	162682	197879	2.20	1.61	0.98	41.6	3.3	55.5
Barbados	246	261	283	305	0.30	0.41	0.38	23.3	11.9	75.6
Belarus	9367	10352	9948	9285	0.50	-0.20	-0.34	21.7	12.5	69.7
Belgium	9796	10127	10322	10113	0.17	0.10	-0.10	17.8	15.8	76.4
Belize	134	213	322	424	2.34	2.09	1.39	41.8	4.3	73.6
Benin	3046	5409	9593	14826	2.91	2.91	2.20	48.4	3.0	53.7
Bermuda	53	63	71	77	0.87	0.60	0.41	x	x	x
Bhutan	1159	1770	2940	4328	2.14	2.57	1.95	42.6	3.2	50.7
Bolivia	4759	7414	11218	14780	2.24	2.09	1.39	40.6	3.8	59.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3747	3569	4375	4129	-0.24	1.02	-0.29	21.9	7.8	72.4
Botswana	759	1450	2195	2885	3.29	2.09	1.38	43.4	2.4	54.3
Brazil	108167	159015	199606	230126	1.95	1.14	0.71	31.6	4.8	66.0
British Virgin Is.	11	19	28	34	x	x	x	x	x	x
Brunei Darussalam	161	293	403	481	3.04	1.61	0.89	33.9	2.8	74.5
Bulgaria	8722	8509	7788	7122	-0.12	-0.44	-0.45	18.4	14.5	71.2
Burkina Faso	6108	10479	18257	28755	2.74	2.81	2.30	47.4	2.7	46.5
Burundi	3680	6064	10037	14402	2.53	2.55	1.82	46.6	3.0	44.6
Cambodia	7098	10024	14652	18760	1.74	1.92	1.24	42.5	2.9	51.6
Cameroon	7526	13192	22545	34366	2.85	2.72	2.13	44.2	3.6	54.7
Canada	23209	29402	34183	36710	1.19	0.76	0.36	20.4	12.0	78.5
Cape Verde	278	386	590	767	1.65	2.14	1.32	41.3	4.5	64.7
Cayman Is.	14	31	50	61	x	x	x	x	x	x
Central African Rep.	2057	3273	4977	6981	2.35	2.12	1.71	42.2	4.0	48.3
Chad	4030	6335	10278	15045	2.29	2.45	1.92	43.6	3.7	46.7
Channel Is.	127	148	166	178	0.77	0.58	0.35	x	x	x
Chile	10337	14210	17912	20844	1.60	1.16	0.76	29.4	6.6	74.5
China	927808	1220224	1409126	1510678	1.38	0.72	0.35	26.3	6.1	68.5
Colombia	23776	35814	47584	57209	2.07	1.43	0.93	34.3	4.4	69.7
Comoros	316	612	1081	1562	3.36	2.89	1.86	46.6	2.5	55.5
Congo	1447	2593	4473	7066	2.96	2.76	2.31	45.7	3.3	51.5
Cook Is.	19	19	23	26	x	x	x	x	x	x
Costa Rica	1968	3424	4903	6196	2.81	1.81	1.18	35.0	4.7	76.3
Côte d'Ivoire	6755	13694	20967	27442	3.60	2.15	1.35	44.8	2.8	52.1
Croatia	4263	4505	4359	4123	0.28	-0.16	-0.28	19.1	12.8	71.4
Cuba	9306	10964	11646	11736	0.82	0.30	0.04	22.4	9.0	75.3
Cyprus	609	745	897	988	1.01	0.93	0.48	25.4	10.9	76.8
Czech Rep.	9997	10263	9948	9194	0.13	-0.16	-0.39	18.9	12.6	72.0
Denmark	5060	5223	5313	5298	0.16	0.09	-0.01	17.5	15.1	75.1
Djibouti	205	601	955	1302	5.53	2.34	1.56	41.1	3.0	48.3
Dominica	72	71	76	89	-0.07	0.34	0.79	x	x	x
Dominican Rep.	5048	7823	10251	12121	2.21	1.36	0.84	35.1	4.0	69.6
East Timor	672	814	1090	1291	0.96	1.47	0.85	42.3	2.3	45.0
Ecuador	6907	11460	15936	19410	2.56	1.66	0.99	36.4	4.4	68.8
Egypt	38841	62096	85377	104958	2.37	1.60	1.04	38.0	4.2	63.6
El Salvador	4102	5662	8136	10198	1.62	1.83	1.14	37.2	4.3	67.9
Equatorial Guinea	225	400	645	952	2.92	2.42	1.97	43.2	4.0	48.0
Eritrea	2089	3171	5362	7448	2.11	2.66	1.66	44.0	2.9	49.6
Estonia	1432	1488	1320	1185	0.19	-0.60	-0.54	20.5	12.9	69.5
Ethiopia	32221	56404	103627	170478	2.84	3.09	2.52	46.2	2.8	47.5
Faeroe Is.	41	47	49	50	x	x	x	x	x	x
Falkland Is. (Malvinas)	2	2	3	3	x	x	x	x	x	x
Fiji	576	784	1052	1275	1.55	1.48	0.97	34.6	3.8	71.5
Finland	4711	5107	5267	5234	0.40	0.15	-0.03	19.0	14.1	75.9
France	52699	58104	60162	59808	0.49	0.17	-0.03	19.4	15.2	78.0
French Guiana	57	147	268	327	4.85	3.05	1.00	x	x	x
French Polynesia	130	219	302	368	2.64	1.62	0.99	34.3	3.7	70.8
Gabon	593	1076	1740	2482	3.02	2.43	1.79	38.0	5.9	53.5
Gambia	548	1111	1674	2260	3.60	2.07	1.51	41.1	2.9	45.0
Gaza Strip	393	792	1743	3306	3.57	4.02	3.25	51.7	2.5	66.1
Georgia	4908	5450	5584	5900	0.53	0.12	0.28	23.7	11.4	72.8
Germany	78679	81594	82115	77025	0.18	0.03	-0.32	16.0	15.2	76.0
Ghana	9835	17338	29391	42587	2.88	2.67	1.87	44.8	2.9	56.0
Gibraltar	28	28	28	28	x	x	x	x	x	x
Greece	9047	10454	10420	9687	0.73	-0.02	-0.36	16.8	15.9	77.5
Greenland	50	58	65	70	0.74	0.57	0.37	x	x	x
Grenada	92	92	103	123	0.00	0.57	0.89	x	x	x
Guadeloupe	329	424	533	606	1.28	1.15	0.64	25.3	8.2	74.5
Guam	95	150	198	233	2.31	1.40	0.82	31.6	4.7	74.0
Guatemala	6023	10621	17752	25075	2.88	2.60	1.74	44.3	3.5	64.8
Guinea	4149	7349	11942	18703	2.90	2.46	2.27	47.1	2.6	44.5
Guinea-Bissau	627	1069	1592	2254	2.70	2.01	1.75	41.9	4.2	42.8
Guyana	734	830	1019	1182	0.62	1.03	0.74	32.4	4.0	63.0
Haiti	4920	7124	10360	14827	1.87	1.89	1.81	40.4	3.9	54.4
Holy See	1	1	1	1	x	x	x	x	x	x
Honduras	3017	5654	9044	12075	3.19	2.38	1.46	43.8	3.1	67.7
Hong Kong	4396	6123	6544	6243	1.67	0.33	-0.24	19.6	9.8	78.4
Hungary	10532	10106	9094	8231	-0.21	-0.53	-0.50	18.0	14.0	69.0
Iceland	218	269	316	351	1.06	0.81	0.53	24.3	11.1	78.8
India	620701	929005	1211662	1430882	2.04	1.34	0.83	35.0	4.6	60.5
Indonesia	135666	197460	251795	296252	1.89	1.22	0.82	32.9	4.3	62.7
Iran (Islamic Rep. of)	33344	68365	109532	146156	3.66	2.38	1.45	44.4	3.8	67.5
Iraq	11020	20095	34248	47587	3.05	2.70	1.66	42.8	3.0	58.8
Ireland	3177	3546	3715	3758	0.55	0.23	0.06	24.1	11.3	75.8
Isle of Man	60	74	93	106	1.05	1.15	0.66	x	x	x
Israel	3455	5525	7315	8538	2.38	1.41	0.78	29.3	9.5	77.0
Italy	55441	57204	54632	48339	0.16	-0.23	-0.61	14.9	16.1	77.5
Jamaica	2013	2468	3042	3640	1.02	1.05	0.90	31.6	6.5	73.6
Japan	111524	125068	125820	116175	0.57	0.03	-0.40	16.2	14.2	79.5
Jordan	2600	5373	9579	13900	3.70	2.93	1.88	43.3	2.7	67.9
Kazakhstan	14136	16817	18717	21086	0.87	0.54	0.60	29.8	6.9	67.7
Kenya	13741	27150	43170	57161	3.46	2.35	1.41	46.0	2.9	54.1
Kiribati	55	78	114	145	1.76	1.92	1.21	x	x	x
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	16301	22097	27652	31818	1.53	1.13	0.70	26.5	4.8	71.0
Korea, Rep. of	35281	44909	51107	53246	1.21	0.65	0.21	23.3	5.6	71.0
Kuwait	1007	1691	2576	3140	2.63	2.13	0.99	38.6	1.7	74.9
Kyrgyzstan	3299	4460	5305	6526	1.52	0.87	1.04	36.9	5.8	67.7
Lao People's Dem. Rep.	3024	4882	8395	11616	2.42	2.75	1.64	44.8	3.0	51.0
Latvia	2474	2536	2204	2015	0.12	-0.70	-0.45	20.6	13.3	68.4
Lebanon	2767	3009	3961	4811	0.42	1.38	0.98	34.1	5.5	68.5
Lesotho	1187	2027	3284	4736	2.71	2.44	1.85	42.2	4.0	57.6
Liberia	1609	2123	5094	8120	1.40	4.47	2.36	42.4	3.8	39.4
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	2446	5407	10050	15613	4.05	3.15	2.23	45.3	2.6	63.1
Liechtenstein	23	31	39	43	x	x	x	x	x	x
Lithuania	3308	3736	3596	3429	0.61	-0.19	-0.24	21.7	12.2	70.4
Luxembourg	362	407	460	467	0.59	0.61	0.08	17.7	13.8	75.6
Macau	253	430	527	562	2.69	1.02	0.32	25.7	6.6	76.8
Madagascar	7778	14874	26984	41606	3.29	3.02	2.19	46.9	2.6	56.5
Malawi	5244	9673	16092	24731	3.11	2.58	2.17	46.9	2.7	42.0
Malaysia	12258	20140	27970	34683	2.51	1.66	1.08	38.0	3.9	70.8
Maldives	137	254	474	681	3.13	3.17	1.83	46.6	3.4	62.1
Mali	6169	10795	19179	30068	2.84	2.92	2.27	47.4	2.6	46.0
Malta	304	367	410	432	0.95	0.56	0.26	22.1	11.0	76.1
Marshall Is.	30	55	106	158	x	x	x	x	x	x
Martinique	329	380	449	500	0.72	0.84	0.54	24.2	10.2	76.3
Mauritania	1371	2274	3663	5165	2.56	2.41	1.73	43.2	3.2	51.5
Mauritius	892	1117	1367	1568	1.13	1.01	0.69	27.7	5.9	70.2
Mexico	59099	91145	119178	141728	2.19	1.35	0.87	35.5	4.3	71.5
Micronesia, Fed. States of	71	123	209	290	2.79	2.69	1.65	x	x	x
Monaco	25	32	39	46	x	x	x	x	x	x
Mongolia	1447	2463	3585	4501	2.70	1.89	1.14	39.0	3.8	63.7
Montserrat	12	11	11	13	x	x	x	x	x	x
Morocco	17305	26524	35621	43530	2.16	1.49	1.01	36.3	4.2	64.5
Mozambique	10498	17260	28298	42744	2.52	2.50	2.08	44.9	3.2	45.9
Myanmar	30441	45106	61128	74032	1.99	1.53	0.96	35.6	4.2	57.6
Namibia	900	1536	2450	3513	2.71	2.36	1.82	42.3	3.8	55.9
Nauru	6	11	16	21	x	x	x	x	x	x
Nepal	12797	21456	34125	45839	2.62	2.35	1.49	43.2	3.5	54.6
Netherlands	13653	15482	16185	15786	0.63	0.22	-0.12	18.3	13.2	77.2
Netherlands Antilles	166	194	226	248	0.78	0.77	0.47	26.2	7.5	75.5
New Caledonia	133	181	233	274	1.55	1.27	0.81	30.8	4.9	72.1
New Zealand	3083	3561	4412	5079	0.72	1.08	0.71	23.2	11.4	76.0
Nicaragua	2417	4123	6502	8659	2.71	2.30	1.44	43.6	3.0	66.1
Niger	4771	9151	17096	27851	3.31	3.17	2.47	48.4	2.4	46.5
Nigeria	62770	111721	190922	282857	2.92	2.72	1.98	45.5	2.8	50.4
Niue	4	2	2	1	x	x	x	x	x	x
Northern Mariana Is.	15	48	67	83	x	x	x	x	x	x
Norway	4007	4332	4568	4694	0.39	0.27	0.14	19.4	15.9	77.2
Oman	880	2207	4752	8460	4.70	3.91	2.93	47.2	2.4	69.5
Pacific Is. (Palau)	11	17	24	31	x	x	x	x	x	x
Pakistan	74734	136257	224503	305275	3.05	2.53	1.55	42.7	3.1	61.5
Panama	1723	2631	3451	4069	2.14	1.37	0.83	33.4	5.3	72.8
Papua New Guinea	2729	4301	6495	8406	2.30	2.08	1.30	39.5	2.9	55.8
Paraguay	2659	4828	7773	10790	3.03	2.41	1.65	41.6	3.5	68.6
Peru	15161	23532	31876	38741	2.22	1.53	0.98	35.9	4.4	66.7
Philippines	43010	67839	94878	117001	2.30	1.69	1.05	38.5	3.4	66.3
Poland	34022	38557	39733	39875	0.63	0.15	0.02	22.9	11.0	71.1
Portugal	9093	9815	9633	9185	0.38	-0.09	-0.24	17.8	14.8	74.4
Puerto Rico	2939	3701	4379	4884	1.16	0.84	0.55	25.2	10.0	75.6
Qatar	171	548	734	808	6.00	1.47	0.48	27.2	1.4	70.5
Rep. of Moldova	3839	4437	4704	4987	0.73	0.29	0.29	26.4	9.3	67.6
Reunion	483	655	827	968	1.53	1.17	0.79	29.5	5.9	74.0
Romania	21245	22728	21768	20327	0.34	-0.22	-0.34	20.5	11.8	69.5
Russian Federation	134233	148460	138146	124238	0.50	-0.36	-0.53	21.1	12.0	66.5
Rwanda	4384	5184	10843	14536	0.84	3.76	1.48	46.7	2.3	22.6
Samoa	151	165	225	285	0.44	1.56	1.19	38.2	4.5	67.5
San Marino	19	25	32	36	x	x	x	x	x	x
Sao Tome and Principe	81	133	189	244	2.51	1.77	1.29	x	x	x
Saudi Arabia	7251	18255	33483	50146	4.72	3.08	2.04	41.6	2.7	69.7
Senegal	4806	8312	13759	19809	2.78	2.55	1.84	44.5	2.9	49.3
Seychelles	59	73	88	100	1.07	0.94	0.64	x	x	x
Sierra Leone	2931	4195	6735	9654	1.81	2.40	1.82	44.1	3.0	34.4
Singapore	2263	3327	4009	4288	1.95	0.94	0.34	22.4	6.3	76.3
Slovakia	4736	5338	5479	5400	0.60	0.13	-0.07	22.7	10.7	70.8
Slovenia	1742	1925	1831	1633	0.50	-0.25	-0.57	18.1	12.5	72.8
Solomon Is.	190	378	678	988	3.50	2.96	1.90	44.2	2.8	70.4
Somalia	5471	9491	18198	29390	2.79	3.31	2.43	47.5	2.7	47.0
South Africa	25669	41465	61845	79975	2.43	2.02	1.29	37.3	4.4	62.9
Spain	35596	39627	38946	35623	0.54	-0.09	-0.44	16.6	15.0	77.3
Sri Lanka	13603	17928	22089	25410	1.39	1.05	0.70	29.7	6.0	71.9
St. Helena ex. dep.	5	6	7	8	x	x	x	x	x	x
St. Kitts and Nevis	45	41	43	51	x	x	x	x	x	x
St. Lucia	108	142	180	216	1.38	1.19	0.92	x	x	x
St. Pierre and Miquelon	6	6	7	8	x	x	x	x	x	x
St. Vincent and Grenadines	93	112	134	159	0.93	0.90	0.86	x	x	x
Sudan	16012	26707	40408	52253	2.59	2.09	1.29	41.1	3.0	51.0
Suriname	364	427	541	657	0.80	1.19	0.98	34.8	4.9	70.3
Swaziland	482	857	1405	1905	2.92	2.50	1.53	43.0	2.7	57.5
Sweden	8193	8788	9231	9545	0.35	0.25	0.17	18.8	17.3	78.1
Switzerland	6339	7166	7642	7382	0.62	0.32	-0.17	17.4	14.3	77.9
Syrian Arab Rep.	7438	14203	22652	29895	3.29	2.36	1.40	44.8	2.9	67.1
Tajikistan	3442	5828	8491	10917	2.67	1.90	1.26	42.0	4.3	67.2
TFYR Macedonia	1676	2156	2443	2598	1.27	0.63	0.31	24.7	8.1	71.4
Thailand	41359	58242	66317	71941	1.73	0.65	0.41	27.9	5.0	69.0
Togo	2285	4085	6925	10491	2.95	2.67	2.10	45.9	3.2	51.0
Tokelau	2	2	2	2	x	x	x	x	x	x
Tonga	88	98	107	118	0.54	0.44	0.49	x	x	x
Trinidad and Tobago	1012	1287	1563	1794	1.21	0.98	0.69	30.5	6.3	72.7
Tunisia	5668	8987	12121	14724	2.33	1.51	0.98	35.0	4.4	67.8
Turkey	40025	60838	78561	91970	2.12	1.29	0.79	31.2	5.1	67.3
Turkmenistan	2520	4075	5747	7153	2.43	1.73	1.10	39.4	4.2	64.6
Turks and Caicos Is.	6	14	24	29	x	x	x	x	x	x
Tuvalu	6	10	12	14	x	x	x	x	x	x
Uganda	11183	19689	34762	54616	2.87	2.88	2.28	48.6	2.4	41.0
Ukraine	49016	51757	48135	43872	0.27	-0.36	-0.46	20.1	14.0	68.8
United Arab Emirates	505	2210	3049	3463	7.66	1.62	0.64	30.4	1.8	73.8
United Kingdom	56226	58079	58992	59414	0.16	0.08	0.04	19.3	15.8	76.3
United Rep. of Tanzania	15900	30026	49925	74222	3.23	2.57	2.00	45.9	2.6	50.4
United States	220165	267115	310829	340707	0.97	0.76	0.46	22.2	12.6	75.9
United States Virgin Is.	95	105	122	145	0.50	0.75	0.87	x	x	x
Uruguay	2829	3186	3535	3841	0.60	0.52	0.42	24.4	12.3	72.5
Uzbekistan	13981	22762	32299	40531	2.47	1.77	1.14	39.9	4.4	67.5
Vanuatu	102	169	275	385	2.56	2.46	1.70	43.4	3.4	65.2
Venezuela	12734	21844	30877	38192	2.73	1.75	1.07	36.2	4.1	71.7
Viet Nam	48030	73793	98094	119909	2.17	1.43	1.01	37.0	4.9	65.2
Wallis and Futuna Is.	9	14	18	21	x	x	x	x	x	x
Western Sahara	75	248	394	497	6.16	2.34	1.17	39.4	3.3	58.9
Yemen	6991	15027	29781	49589	3.90	3.48	2.58	47.5	2.4	55.5
Yugoslavia	9085	10251	10582	10736	0.61	0.16	0.07	21.8	11.4	71.7
Zaire (Dem. Rep. of Congo)	23251	45453	80887	131776	3.41	2.92	2.47	47.2	2.8	52.0
Zambia	4841	8081	13201	18585	2.60	2.48	1.73	48.2	2.4	44.2
Zimbabwe	6143	11190	16781	21800	3.04	2.05	1.32	44.3	2.7	50.7

 
Source: World Population Prospects: The 1996 Revision.

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