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Table A. 1 Total population and population economically active in agriculture

Table A.1(a) Population projections of the 1990*, 1992 and 1994 UN assessments

  Year of assessment Total population (millions) Growth rates (% p.a.)
1990 2000 2010 1980-90 1990-2000 2000-10 1990-2010
World 1990 5297 6265 7209 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.6
1992 5295 6228 7150 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.5
1994 5285 6158 7032 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.4
All developing countries 1990 4046 4947 5835 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.8
1992 4042 4896 5744 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.8
1994 4034 4844 5668 2.1 1.8 1.6 1.7
Developing countries 1990 3987 4879 5758 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.9
1992 3983 4828 5666 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.8
1994 3975 4777 5592 2.1 1.9 1.6 1.7
Sub-Saharan Africa 1990 488 673 915 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.2
1992 486 658 874 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.0
1994 474 635 834 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.9
Near East/North Africa 1990 305 397 493 2.8 2.6 2.2 2.4
1992 309 406 512 2.9 2.8 2.4 2.6
1994 312 403 497 2.8 2.6 2.1 2.4
East Asia 1990 1624 1879 2061 1.6 1.5 0.9 1.2
1992 1639 1886 2070 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.2
1994 1638 1860 2050 1.6 1.3 1.0 1.1
South Asia 1990 1128 1398 1668 2.4 2.2 1.8 2.0
1992 1115 1362 1617 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.9
1994 1117 1363 1615 2.3 2.0 1.7 1.9
Latin America and
Caribbean 		1990 442 532 622 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.7
1992 435 516 593 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.6
1994 434 517 596 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.6
Developed Countries 1990 1249 1315 1370 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5
1992 1253 1332 1406 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
1994 1251 1314 1365 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4
Western Europe 1990 400 408 410 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1
1992 401 413 420 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
1994 400 411 412 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2
EC-12 1990 344 350 351 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.1
1992 344 354 360 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
1994 344 353 352 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1
Other Western Europe 1990 56 58 59 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.2
1992 57 59 61 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
1994 56 59 60 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.4
Eastern Europe 1990 100 104 107 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
1992 100 103 107 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3
1994 100 99 100 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.0
Former USSR 1990 289 308 327 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6
1992 289 305 326 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.6
1994 288 296 305 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3
North America 1990 276 295 311 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.6
1992 277 306 330 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9
1994 278 306 331 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.9
Others 1990 184 200 214 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8
1992 187 206 222 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9
1994 186 202 216 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.8

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