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 |