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Table HS-55

World Population by Region (1950 to 2002)

In millions (2,555.4 represents 2,555,400,000), except as indicated

			1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
World Population by Region (1950 to 2002)¹
Africa	Percent Distribution		8.9					9.1					9.3					9.5					9.7					10.1					10.6					11.3					11.9					12.6					13.2	13.4	13.5
Africa	Total		227.3	232.1	237.0	242.1	247.3	252.8	258.4	264.2	270.2	276.5	282.9	289.4	296.0	303.3	310.7	318.5	326.5	334.9	343.6	352.5	361.2	370.5	380.0	390.0	400.3	410.8	422.2	434.0	446.3	459.4	472.7	486.1	500.3	515.2	530.4	545.7	561.3	577.2	593.3	609.8	626.8	644.9	662.4	679.6	696.3	714.0	731.1	749.3	767.3	785.9	804.0	821.9	839.7
Asia	Excluding Near East	Percent Distribution	53.5					53.5					53.5					53.9					54.9					55.7					56.0					56.2					56.4					56.5					56.5	56.5	56.5
	Excluding Near East	Total	1367.7	1385.5	1407.5	1432.3	1459.0	1488.1	1518.1	1550.4	1583.0	1610.6	1627.5	1642.7	1673.0	1716.5	1761.6	1804.8	1849.4	1893.8	1940.1	1988.7	2037.6	2087.2	2136.4	2184.8	2232.4	2277.6	2320.8	2363.7	2405.9	2449.9	2493.9	2538.2	2586.0	2633.2	2679.5	2726.6	2774.9	2825.9	2876.9	2927.4	2977.8	3026.3	3073.0	3119.1	3165.5	3212.0	3257.8	3303.2	3347.9	3391.8	3434.8	3476.6	3517.8
	Near East	Percent Distribution	1.7					1.8					1.9					2.0					2.0					2.1					2.3					2.4					2.6					2.7					2.8	2.8	2.9
	Near East	Total	44.0	45.2	46.4	47.6	48.8	50.1	51.5	53.0	54.6	56.2	57.8	59.4	61.1	62.7	64.4	66.1	67.9	69.6	71.3	73.2	75.2	77.3	79.6	82.1	84.6	87.1	89.7	92.5	95.3	98.3	101.3	104.5	107.7	111.1	114.6	118.2	121.7	124.9	128.4	131.8	135.3	136.5	140.6	144.3	148.0	151.7	155.5	159.3	163.1	166.9	170.7	174.6	178.6
Europe	Western Europe	Percent Distribution	11.9					11.3					10.7					10.2					9.5					8.8					8.2					7.6					7.1					6.8					6.4	6.4	6.3
	Western Europe	Total	304.4	306.5	308.2	310.2	312.1	314.0	316.2	318.4	320.7	323.2	325.7	328.5	331.7	334.6	337.5	340.3	342.8	345.0	347.0	349.3	351.6	354.0	356.2	358.1	359.8	361.1	362.1	363.2	364.3	365.4	366.8	368.0	368.7	369.2	369.8	370.5	371.3	372.2	373.4	375.2	377.1	379.0	380.8	382.6	384.0	385.2	386.3	387.3	388.1	389.1	390.3	391.4	392.4
	Total	Percent Distribution	21.4					20.7					19.9					19.0					17.7					16.6					15.6					14.6					13.7					12.8					12.0	11.8	11.7
	Total	Total	546.4	551.9	557.3	563.0	568.6	574.4	580.3	586.2	592.2	598.4	604.5	610.8	617.2	623.2	628.9	634.2	639.1	643.4	647.8	652.1	656.5	661.1	665.4	669.6	673.5	677.1	680.5	683.9	687.2	690.4	693.8	696.8	699.5	702.0	704.5	707.1	709.8	712.5	715.2	718.1	721.0	723.7	726.0	727.4	728.1	728.4	728.5	728.5	728.5	728.5	728.6	728.8	728.9
Latin America And The Carribbean	Percent Distribution		6.5					6.8					7.2					7.5					7.7					7.9					8.1					8.3					8.4					8.5					8.6	8.6	8.6
Latin America And The Carribbean	Total		165.9	170.4	174.9	179.6	184.5	189.6	194.9	200.3	206.0	211.9	218.0	224.1	230.4	236.9	243.6	250.4	257.3	264.3	271.4	278.6	285.9	293.3	300.8	308.3	315.8	323.3	330.9	338.5	346.2	354.0	361.7	369.6	377.9	386.1	394.3	402.3	410.6	418.9	427.2	435.6	443.7	451.8	459.9	468.0	476.2	484.3	492.3	500.3	508.1	515.6	523.1	530.5	537.7
Northern America	United States	Percent Distribution	6.0					6.0					5.9					5.8					5.5					5.3					5.1					4.9					4.7					4.7					4.6	4.6	4.6
	United States	Total	152.3	154.9	157.6	160.2	163.0	165.9	168.9	172.0	174.9	177.8	180.7	183.7	186.5	189.2	191.9	194.3	196.6	198.7	200.7	202.7	205.1	207.7	209.9	211.9	213.9	216.0	218.0	220.2	222.6	225.1	227.7	230.0	232.2	234.3	236.3	238.5	240.7	242.8	245.0	247.3	250.1	253.5	256.9	260.3	263.4	266.6	269.7	272.9	276.1	279.3	282.3	285.0	287.7
	Total	Percent Distribution	6.5					6.5					6.5					6.4					6.1					5.9					5.7					5.5					5.3					5.2					5.2	5.1	5.1
	Total	Total	166.3	169.3	172.4	175.4	178.7	182.1	185.4	189.1	192.4	195.8	199.0	202.4	205.6	208.7	211.7	214.5	217.1	219.6	222.0	224.2	226.9	229.8	232.3	234.6	236.8	239.3	241.7	244.1	246.7	249.4	252.4	255.0	257.5	259.9	262.2	264.5	267.0	269.5	272.0	274.8	278.0	281.7	285.5	289.3	292.8	296.3	299.8	303.3	306.9	310.4	313.7	316.7	319.7
World, Total²	Percent Distribution		100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0					100.0	100.0	100.0
World, Total²	Total		2555.4	2593.1	2635.2	2680.5	2728.5	2780.0	2832.9	2888.8	2945.3	2997.6	3039.7	3080.5	3136.6	3206.1	3277.2	3346.2	3416.5	3486.2	3558.1	3632.8	3708.1	3785.7	3862.3	3938.5	4014.1	4087.3	4159.1	4231.4	4303.5	4378.6	4454.3	4530.1	4610.2	4690.5	4769.8	4850.4	4932.7	5017.9	5103.5	5189.2	5275.9	5359.8	5443.8	5525.2	5605.4	5686.0	5765.2	5844.9	5923.7	6002.0	6079.0	6154.3	6228.6
			1940-1950	1941-1951	1942-1952	1943-1953	1944-1954	1945-1955	1946-1956	1947-1957	1948-1958	1949-1959	1950-1960	1951-1961	1952-1962	1953-1963	1954-1964	1955-1965	1956-1966	1957-1967	1958-1968	1959-1969	1960-1970	1961-1971	1962-1972	1963-1973	1964-1974	1965-1975	1966-1976	1967-1977	1968-1978	1969-1979	1970-1980	1971-1981	1972-1982	1973-1983	1974-1984	1975-1985	1976-1986	1977-1987	1978-1988	1979-1989	1980-1990	1981-1991	1982-1992	1983-1993	1984-1994	1985-1995	1986-1996	1987-1997	1988-1998	1989-1999	1990-2000	1991-2001	1992-2002

Africa	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown												24.5										24.7										30.9										32.6										28.3
Asia	Excluding Near East	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown											19.0										18.6										22.4										19.4										15.3
Asia	Near East	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown											31.5										30.0										34.7										33.5										26.2
Europe	Western Europe	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown											7.0										7.9										4.3										2.8										3.5
Europe	Total	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown											10.6										8.6										5.7										3.9										1.1
Latin America And The Carribbean	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown												31.4										31.2										26.5										22.7										17.9
Northern America	United States	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown											18.7										13.5										11.1										9.8										12.9
Northern America	Total	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown											19.6										14.0										11.2										10.1										12.8
World, Total²	Percent Change From Prior Year Shown												19.0										22.0										20.1										18.4										15.2

Footnotes

¹ Quantities in millions.

² Includes Oceania

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base. (released 23 September 2003).

<http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/>

<http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/worldpopinfo.php>

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