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Ten Top Contributors To World Population Growth, 1995-2000

 

Country Or Area

    Net Addition   
(thousands)

% Contribution
To World
Population Growth


1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


India

China

Pakistan

Indonesia

Nigeria

USA

Brazil

Bangladesh

Mexico

Philippines


Sub Total

Rest Of The World   

TOTAL WORLD


15 999

11 408

4 048

2 929

2 511

2 267

2 154

2 108

1 547

1 522


20.6

14.7

5.2

3.8

3.2

2.9

2.8

2.7

2.0

2.0

46 493

31 245
59.9

40.1
77 738 100%

 

Table 21: 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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