Thursday, April 17, 2008

UN Population Projections

More: http://esa.un.org/unpp/

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Note the undeveloped regions' lingering growth rate, even after the majority of the developed world begins to stabilize, and the significant effect on the total world growth rate.

This can be quite striking when further illustrating the proportions of population growth in developed nations versus undeveloped nations (from http://www.sustainablescale.org/AreasofConcern/Population/PopulationandScale/QuickFacts.aspx):



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