POPULATION GROWTH (ANNUAL %)
|
1970 |
1971 |
1972 |
1973 |
1974 |
1975 |
1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1980 |
1981 |
1982 |
WORLD TOTAL |
|
1.89 |
2.06 |
2.0 |
1.97 |
2.12 |
1.57 |
1.76 |
1.75 |
1.76 |
1.97 |
1.51 |
1.76 |
ASIA-PACI (APFSOS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bangladesh |
|
2.78 |
2.80 |
2.81 |
2.82 |
2.84 |
2.60 |
2.52 |
2.48 |
2.47 |
2.49 |
2.23 |
2.47 |
Bhutan |
|
1.34 |
1.37 |
1.41 |
1.46 |
1.53 |
1.89 |
2.14 |
2.28 |
2.29 |
2.19 |
1.97 |
2.02 |
Brunei |
|
4.58 |
4.49 |
4.39 |
4.26 |
4.13 |
3.99 |
3.84 |
3.69 |
3.54 |
3.40 |
3.24 |
3.09 |
Cambodia |
|
0.46 |
0.46 |
0.46 |
0.45 |
0.45 |
2.27 |
2.26 |
2.88 |
2.16 |
0.85 |
1.26 |
2.45 |
China |
|
2.78 |
2.49 |
2.31 |
2.09 |
1.78 |
1.56 |
1.37 |
1.35 |
1.34 |
1.26 |
1.29 |
1.48 |
Hong Kong |
|
1.78 |
1.92 |
2.04 |
2.16 |
2.28 |
1.90 |
1.51 |
1.93 |
8.31 |
1.21 |
1.61 |
1.60 |
India |
|
2.32 |
2.30 |
2.28 |
2.29 |
2.30 |
2.31 |
2.31 |
2.31 |
2.30 |
2.28 |
2.25 |
2.22 |
Indonesia |
|
2.43 |
2.47 |
2.47 |
2.44 |
2.39 |
2.50 |
2.35 |
2.23 |
2.15 |
2.09 |
2.02 |
1.94 |
Japan |
|
1.30 |
1.41 |
0.83 |
1.93 |
1.61 |
0.74 |
0.97 |
0.91 |
0.85 |
0.79 |
0.74 |
0.68 |
Korea, D. P. Rep. |
|
2.81 |
2.66 |
2.52 |
2.38 |
2.26 |
2.15 |
2.05 |
1.96 |
1.88 |
1.82 |
1.77 |
1.73 |
Korea, Rep. |
|
2.11 |
2.05 |
2.01 |
1.98 |
1.95 |
1.61 |
1.57 |
1.53 |
1.53 |
1.57 |
1.57 |
1.56 |
Laos |
|
2.35 |
2.44 |
2.38 |
2.10 |
1.71 |
1.38 |
1.04 |
0.91 |
1.08 |
1.44 |
1.75 |
2.04 |
Malaysia |
|
2.54 |
2.51 |
2.48 |
2.43 |
2.37 |
2.34 |
2.33 |
2.33 |
2.34 |
2.38 |
2.53 |
2.59 |
Maldives |
|
2.38 |
2.45 |
2.52 |
2.58 |
2.64 |
2.77 |
2.83 |
2.85 |
3.01 |
3.01 |
2.95 |
3.04 |
Mongolia |
|
2.83 |
2.87 |
2.89 |
2.89 |
2.88 |
2.86 |
2.84 |
2.82 |
2.80 |
2.79 |
2.62 |
2.70 |
Myanmar |
|
2.42 |
2.40 |
2.36 |
2.31 |
2.26 |
2.20 |
2.14 |
2.10 |
2.09 |
2.11 |
2.12 |
2.12 |
Nepal |
|
2.27 |
2.44 |
2.56 |
2.61 |
2.62 |
2.63 |
2.65 |
2.67 |
2.67 |
2.67 |
2.62 |
2.66 |
Pakistan |
|
3.24 |
3.26 |
3.24 |
3.21 |
3.17 |
3.12 |
3.06 |
3.03 |
3.03 |
3.05 |
3.07 |
3.08 |
Philippines |
|
2.97 |
2.91 |
2.82 |
2.72 |
2.60 |
2.41 |
2.29 |
2.24 |
2.26 |
2.36 |
2.52 |
2.54 |
Singapore |
|
1.77 |
1.69 |
1.68 |
1.74 |
1.87 |
2.05 |
2.09 |
2.22 |
2.43 |
2.70 |
1.84 |
1.81 |
Sri Lanka |
|
0.74 |
2.01 |
1.79 |
1.47 |
1.60 |
1.64 |
1.64 |
1.74 |
2.02 |
1.85 |
1.70 |
1.34 |
Thailand |
|
3.07 |
3.06 |
3.00 |
2.90 |
2.77 |
2.67 |
2.60 |
2.50 |
2.36 |
2.20 |
2.07 |
1.98 |
Vietnam |
|
2.33 |
2.36 |
2.38 |
2.38 |
2.37 |
2.35 |
2.31 |
2.27 |
2.21 |
2.14 |
1.90 |
1.76 |
OCEANIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Samoa |
|
1.47 |
1.81 |
1.42 |
1.75 |
1.72 |
2.36 |
1.65 |
1.95 |
1.91 |
1.25 |
3.92 |
3.77 |
Australia |
|
3.44 |
1.86 |
1.54 |
2.56 |
1.24 |
1.01 |
1.13 |
1.17 |
1.09 |
1.23 |
1.60 |
1.68 |
Fiji |
|
2.16 |
2.10 |
2.05 |
2.02 |
2.00 |
1.91 |
1.53 |
1.85 |
2.31 |
2.09 |
1.89 |
1.66 |
French Polynesia |
|
4.15 |
4.55 |
4.66 |
4.45 |
4.05 |
3.73 |
3.45 |
3.12 |
2.72 |
2.32 |
2.00 |
1.76 |
Guam |
|
2.22 |
2.22 |
2.23 |
2.27 |
2.30 |
2.34 |
2.36 |
2.39 |
2.45 |
2.50 |
2.50 |
2.50 |
Kiribati |
|
1.74 |
1.63 |
1.62 |
1.62 |
1.70 |
1.37 |
1.69 |
1.92 |
2.03 |
2.07 |
2.17 |
2.29 |
Marshall Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.32 |
4.35 |
New Caledonia |
|
4.22 |
3.74 |
3.18 |
2.61 |
2.05 |
1.46 |
0.82 |
0.48 |
0.63 |
1.07 |
1.42 |
1.72 |
New Zealand |
|
1.21 |
1.68 |
1.86 |
2.30 |
2.08 |
0.78 |
0.29 |
0.03 |
0.38 |
0.13 |
1.03 |
1.14 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
2.24 |
2.38 |
2.47 |
2.50 |
2.49 |
2.50 |
2.54 |
2.53 |
2.48 |
2.39 |
2.25 |
2.21 |
Solomon Islands |
|
3.18 |
3.30 |
3.43 |
3.54 |
3.63 |
3.66 |
3.70 |
3.73 |
3.77 |
3.80 |
3.46 |
3.33 |
Tonga |
|
1.20 |
0.97 |
0.83 |
0.79 |
0.78 |
0.81 |
0.85 |
0.87 |
0.90 |
0.93 |
0.69 |
0.45 |
Vanuatu |
|
3.04 |
3.31 |
3.50 |
3.54 |
3.51 |
3.48 |
3.47 |
3.36 |
3.68 |
2.32 |
1.36 |
2.88 |
Western Samoa |
|
1.55 |
1.32 |
1.12 |
0.88 |
0.57 |
0.21 |
0.61 |
0.66 |
0.65 |
0.65 |
0.53 |
0.40 |
POPULATION GROWTH (ANNUAL %) (cont.)
|
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
1986 |
1987 |
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
WORLD TOTAL |
1.76 |
1.75 |
1.87 |
1.78 |
1.78 |
1.77 |
1.74 |
1.75 |
1.63 |
1.56 |
1.43 |
1.47 |
1.38 |
ASIA-PACI (APFSOS) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bangladesh |
2.60 |
2.61 |
2.52 |
2.94 |
2.58 |
2.32 |
2.13 |
2.02 |
1.88 |
1.70 |
1.58 |
1.54 |
1.55 |
Bhutan |
2.06 |
1.94 |
1.98 |
2.10 |
2.28 |
2.23 |
2.19 |
2.14 |
2.98 |
2.98 |
2.98 |
2.98 |
2.98 |
Brunei |
2.93 |
2.78 |
2.62 |
2.71 |
2.79 |
2.88 |
2.96 |
3.05 |
2.73 |
2.41 |
2.09 |
1.77 |
1.45 |
Cambodia |
3.16 |
3.40 |
3.22 |
3.22 |
3.22 |
3.22 |
3.22 |
3.21 |
3.10 |
3.00 |
2.89 |
2.78 |
2.67 |
China |
1.46 |
1.32 |
1.37 |
1.50 |
1.62 |
1.62 |
1.55 |
1.48 |
1.37 |
1.23 |
1.15 |
1.06 |
0.78 |
Hong Kong |
1.60 |
1.61 |
1.60 |
1.25 |
1.02 |
0.83 |
1.06 |
0.32 |
0.88 |
0.99 |
1.85 |
2.41 |
2.12 |
India |
2.18 |
2.13 |
2.06 |
2.19 |
2.15 |
2.12 |
2.08 |
2.04 |
2.00 |
1.82 |
1.80 |
1.71 |
1.72 |
Indonesia |
1.89 |
1.86 |
1.85 |
1.83 |
1.79 |
1.78 |
1.78 |
1.81 |
1.75 |
1.69 |
1.63 |
1.58 |
1.52 |
Japan |
0.68 |
0.64 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
0.49 |
0.43 |
0.41 |
0.34 |
0.31 |
0.25 |
0.25 |
0.34 |
0.20 |
Korea, D. P. Rep. |
1.71 |
1.70 |
1.71 |
1.73 |
1.76 |
1.81 |
1.88 |
1.96 |
1.92 |
1.89 |
1.86 |
1.82 |
1.79 |
Korea, Rep. |
1.49 |
1.24 |
0.99 |
0.93 |
0.95 |
0.96 |
0.96 |
1.15 |
0.93 |
0.91 |
0.90 |
0.90 |
0.90 |
Laos |
2.34 |
2.61 |
2.85 |
2.96 |
3.06 |
3.17 |
3.28 |
3.38 |
3.27 |
3.16 |
3.05 |
2.94 |
2.83 |
Malaysia |
2.65 |
2.70 |
2.73 |
2.71 |
2.71 |
2.69 |
2.66 |
2.62 |
2.40 |
2.40 |
2.40 |
2.40 |
2.40 |
Maldives |
3.11 |
3.16 |
3.20 |
3.23 |
3.26 |
3.27 |
3.27 |
3.26 |
3.25 |
3.22 |
3.21 |
3.20 |
3.18 |
Mongolia |
2.79 |
2.89 |
2.98 |
3.08 |
3.20 |
3.18 |
2.98 |
2.69 |
2.12 |
2.12 |
2.12 |
2.12 |
2.12 |
Myanmar |
2.12 |
2.11 |
2.09 |
2.06 |
2.02 |
1.97 |
1.90 |
1.82 |
1.80 |
1.77 |
1.75 |
1.73 |
1.71 |
Nepal |
2.66 |
2.67 |
2.63 |
2.49 |
2.52 |
2.55 |
2.57 |
2.59 |
2.58 |
2.57 |
2.55 |
2.54 |
2.52 |
Pakistan |
3.10 |
3.11 |
3.13 |
3.14 |
3.15 |
3.16 |
3.17 |
3.17 |
3.11 |
3.02 |
2.94 |
2.87 |
2.79 |
Philippines |
2.47 |
2.49 |
2.53 |
2.38 |
2.41 |
2.38 |
2.34 |
2.30 |
2.26 |
2.21 |
2.16 |
2.12 |
2.32 |
Singapore |
1.69 |
1.58 |
1.60 |
1.45 |
1.39 |
1.76 |
1.89 |
2.15 |
2.14 |
1.99 |
1.99 |
1.95 |
1.93 |
Sri Lanka |
1.50 |
1.18 |
1.53 |
1.77 |
1.51 |
1.38 |
1.32 |
1.11 |
1.49 |
0.92 |
1.29 |
1.34 |
1.39 |
Thailand |
1.85 |
1.69 |
1.51 |
2.98 |
1.81 |
1.74 |
1.67 |
0.24 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
0.94 |
Vietnam |
1.74 |
1.83 |
2.04 |
2.35 |
2.49 |
2.45 |
2.39 |
2.25 |
2.20 |
2.15 |
2.10 |
2.04 |
1.99 |
OCEANIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Samoa |
3.72 |
3.70 |
3.78 |
3.77 |
3.76 |
3.74 |
3.83 |
3.91 |
3.98 |
3.99 |
4.03 |
4.10 |
4.23 |
Australia |
1.26 |
1.14 |
1.38 |
1.66 |
1.53 |
1.65 |
1.71 |
1.49 |
1.28 |
1.15 |
0.99 |
1.03 |
1.21 |
FIJI |
2.13 |
2.08 |
1.60 |
2.44 |
0.98 |
0.28 |
0.97 |
0.83 |
1.23 |
1.21 |
1.20 |
1.05 |
1.04 |
French Polynesia |
1.62 |
1.58 |
1.66 |
2.92 |
3.13 |
3.91 |
2.33 |
2.33 |
2.44 |
2.54 |
2.64 |
2.75 |
2.85 |
Guam |
2.49 |
2.48 |
2.48 |
2.29 |
2.10 |
1.91 |
1.72 |
1.53 |
2.23 |
2.24 |
2.29 |
2.34 |
2.40 |
Kiribati |
2.34 |
2.32 |
2.23 |
2.17 |
2.12 |
2.06 |
2.02 |
1.95 |
1.88 |
1.87 |
1.87 |
1.88 |
1.87 |
Marshall Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
3.67 |
3.23 |
2.99 |
2.67 |
2.28 |
2.06 |
2.01 |
2.11 |
2.10 |
2.01 |
2.06 |
2.40 |
2.39 |
New Caledonia |
2.13 |
2.10 |
2.38 |
1.32 |
2.14 |
2.02 |
2.32 |
2.31 |
2.19 |
2.07 |
2.15 |
1.83 |
1.50 |
New Zealand |
1.29 |
0.97 |
0.57 |
0.17 |
0.79 |
0.42 |
0.39 |
0.98 |
1.29 |
1.07 |
0.55 |
2.56 |
1.44 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
2.19 |
2.19 |
2.20 |
2.20 |
2.19 |
2.19 |
2.21 |
2.24 |
2.26 |
2.27 |
2.29 |
2.32 |
2.37 |
Solomon Islands |
3.25 |
3.22 |
3.22 |
3.19 |
3.18 |
3.15 |
3.13 |
3.11 |
4.06 |
3.30 |
3.20 |
2.82 |
2.74 |
Tonga |
0.21 |
0.03 |
0.26 |
0.00 |
4.21 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
1.10 |
3.26 |
3.16 |
3.06 |
2.97 |
Vanuatu |
3.18 |
2.59 |
1.76 |
2.65 |
2.76 |
2.39 |
2.74 |
2.87 |
2.94 |
3.02 |
2.75 |
2.72 |
2.34 |
Western Samoa |
0.28 |
0.16 |
0.03 |
0.14 |
0.25 |
0.36 |
0.46 |
0.57 |
0.63 |
0.62 |
0.62 |
0.61 |
0.61 |
Source : World Development Indicators 1997, World Bank