Table C1_1: Regions: Total Population by Variant in 1950, 1995, 2025 and 2050 (in 1000)
  Low, Medium and High UN Projection Variant, 1996 Edition
Source: UN Population Division (1997): World Population Prospects, 1950-2050. The 1996 Edition. (Annex I and II)

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Table C1_2: Major Regions: Total Population, 1950, 1995, 2025 and 2050 (in 1000) and
  Population Change, 1950-1995, 1995-2025, 2025-2050 and 1950-2050 (in 1000 and in %)
(Medium Variant UN Projection, 1996 Edition)
Table 3: Regions
Source: UN Population Division (1997): World Population Prospects, 1950-2050. The 1996 Edition.
(Annex I and II)

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Table C1_ 3: The 10 countries with the highest population increase between 1950-1995, 1995-2025,
  2025-2050 and 1950-2050. (All Data: UN Medium Variant Projection, 1996 Edition)
Source: UN Population Division (1996): World Population Prospects, 1950-2050. The 1996 Edition. (Annex I and II)

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Table C1_4: Average Annual Population Growth Rates, 1950-1995, 1995-2025, 2025-2050 and 1950-2050
  (All Data: Medium Variant UN Projection, 1996 Edition)
Source: UN Population Division (1997): World Population Prospects, 1950-2050. 1996 Edition. (Annex I and II)
Note: The exponential growth rate was calculated with the formula: r = (log(Pn / Po)) / n log e
The average annual growth rate is the mean of the reported five-year annual averages.

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Table C1_5: Total Population (in 1000) and Proportion of Global Population by Region (in %),
  1950, 1995, 2025 and 2050. (All Data: Medium Variant UN Projection, 1996 Edition)
Table 3: Regions
Source: UN Population Division (1997): World Population Prospects, 1950-2050. The 1996 Edition.
(Annex I and II)

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Table C2_1: Comparison of Various Population Projections
Sources:
Frejka, T. (1981): Long-term prospects for world population growth. In: Population and Development Review, Vol. 7, No. 3, 489-511
Keyfitz, N. / Allen, E. / Edmonds, R. / Dougher, R. / Wiget, B. (1983): Global Population (1975-2075) and labor force (1975-2050). Institute for Energy Analysis, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORAU/IEA-83-6(M). Oak Ridge, Tennessee
United Nations (1966): World Population Prospects as Assessed in 1963. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. UN Population Division. Population Studies No. 41.
United Nations (1981): World Population Prospects as Assessed in 1980. New York. UN Population Division
United Nations (1995): World Population Prospects. The 1994 Revision. New York. UN Population Division
United Nations (to be published in 1997): World Population Prospects. The 1996 Revision. Annexes I and II. New York. UN Population Division
US Bureau of the Census (1994): World Population Profile: 1994. With a Special Chapter Focusing on HIV/AIDS prepared by Peter O. Way and Karen A. Stanecki. Washington, D.C. (Report prepared by Ellen Jamison and Frank Hobbs of the International Programs Center (IPC), Population Division, US Bureau of the Census, Report WP/94)
US Bureau of the Census (1996): World Population Profile: 1966. With a Special Chapter Focusing on Adolescent Fertility in the Developing World. Washington, D.C. (Report prepared by Thomas M. McDevitt of the International Programs Center (IPC), Population Division, US Bureau of the Census, Report WP/96)
Lutz, W. (Ed.) (1996): The Future Population of the World. What Can We Assume Today? Revised Edition. London. (Earthscan Publications Ltd.)

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Table C2_2: Comparison of the 1994 and 1996 UN Medium Variant Population Assessments and Projections
Sources:
United Nations (1995): World Population Prospects. The 1994 Revision. New York. UN Population Division
United Nations (to be published in 1997): World Population Prospects. The 1996 Revision. Annexes I and II. New York. UN Population Division

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Table C3_1: Countries with highest / lowest Fertility Decline between 1950/55 and 1990/95
  (Based on UN Estimates and Medium Variant Projection, 1996 Edition)
Source: UN Population Division (1997): World Population Prospects, 1950-2050. The 1996 Edition. (Annex I and II)
Chart: G.K. Heilig, 1996, IIASA-LUC

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Table C3_2: Average Per Capita Supply of Calories, Fat and Protein
Source: FAO (1996): FAOSTAT Data Base. Rome

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Table C3_3: Estimates of Undernutrition in 93 Developing Countries
Source: Alexandratos, N. (Ed.) (1995): World Agriculture Towards 2010. An FAO Study. Rome (FAO, John Wiley & Sons)

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