Table 1.POPULATION GROWTH BY MAJOR REGION: 1970-2075 Absolute numbers in billions)
------------+------+---------------------------+---------------------------- | | |U.S. Proposed Goal for World |Actual| U.N. Medium Variant | Population Plan of Action | | | | | Projections for: | Projections for: | 1970 | --- 2000 --- --- 2075 ---| --- 2000 --- --- 2075 --- | | No. Multiple No. Multiple | No. Multiple No. Multiple | | of 1970 of 1970 | of 1970 of 1970 ------------+------+---------------------------+---------------------------- WORLD TOTAL | 3.6 | 6.4 x 1.8 12.0 x 3.3 | 5.9 x 1.6 8.4 x 2.3 | | | More | | | Developed | 1.1 | 1.4 x 1.3 1.6 x 1.45 | 1.4 x 1.2 1.6 x 1.4 Regions | | | | | | Less | | | Developed | 2.5 | 5.0 x 2.0 10.5 x 4.1 | 4.5 x 1.8 6.7 x 2.65 Regions | | | | | | Africa | 0.4 | 0.8 x 2.4 2.3 x 6.65 | 0.6 x 1.8 0.9 x 2.7 | | | East Asia | 0.8 | 1.2* x 1.5 1.6* x 2.0 | 1.4* x 1.6 1.9* x 2.3 | | | South & | | | South East | 1.1 | 2.4 x 2.1 5.3 x 4.7 | 2.1 x 1.9 3.2 x 2.85 Asia | | | | | | Latin | | | America | 0.2 | 0.6 x 2.3 1.2 x 5.0 | 0.5 x 2.0 0.7 x 3.0 ------------+------+---------------------------+----------------------------
More Developed Regions: Europe, North America, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Temperate South America. Less Developed Regions: All other regions * The seeming inconsistency in growth trends between the UN medium and the US-proposed projection variants
for East Asia is due to a lack of reliable information on China's total population, its age structure, and
the achievements of the country's birth control program.