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Population Of The World And Its Major Areas, 1750-2150

(in thousands)

 

Major area   1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 1999 2050 2150
World 791 978 1262 1650 2521 5978 8909 9746


Africa

Asia

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

Northern America

Oceania


106

502

163

16

2

2


107

635

203

24

7

2


111

809

276

38

26

2


133

947

408

74

82

6


221

1402

547

167

172

13


767

3634

729

511

307

30


1766

5268

628

809

392

46


2308

5561

517

912

398

51

 

Major Area By
Percentage Distribution 		1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 1999 2050 2150
World % 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100


Africa

Asia

Europe

Latin America and the Caribbean

Northern America

Oceania


13.4

63.5

20.6

2.0

0.3

0.3


10.9

64.9

20.8

2.5

0.7

0.2


8.8

64.1

21.9

3.0

2.1

0.2


8.1

57.4

24.7

4.5

5.0

0.4


8.8

55.6

21.7

6.6

6.8

0.5


12.8

60.8

12.2

8.5

5.1

0.5


19.8

59.1

7.0

9.1

4.4

0.5


23.7

57.1

5.3

9.4

4.1

0.5

 

Table 2: Published in: Population Division of the Department of
Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat,
The World at Six Billion. (ESA/P/WP.154), 12 October 1999.

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