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From: sbishop@desire.wright.edu
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Human pop. stats.
Message-ID: <1991Apr6.205855.3131@desire.wright.edu>
Date: 7 Apr 91 01:58:55 GMT
Organization: University Computing Services, Wright State University
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Someone asked what the World Population Data Sheet is.  It is produced by 
the Population Reference Bureau in Washington DC as a classroom aid for 
educators.  It is part of the curiculum in an upper level undergrad class
I am taking on Population Demographics.  It contains mid-1988 estimates,
crude birth and death rates, Rate of natural increase, population doubling
time (based on a constant rate of natural increase), population projections
for 2000 and 2020, infant mortality rate, total fertility rate, pop. under
15/over 65, life expectancy at birth, urban population, data availability
(approximate reliability of data), contraceptive use (current), government
view of fertility lever (High, satisfactory, too low), and GNP.  All this
for the vast majority of countries in the world.  Also totals for different
regions such as the continents (approximately, anyway).  

As for the projection of pop. growth that was discussed earlier.  There are
three different scenarios in my sheet.  All of them show very little 
difference until after the year 2000.  At that point the high projects
a total pop of 14.2 by 2100, the middle a total pop. of 10.2 in 2100
and the low a pop. of 7.5 in 2100.  These are from United Nations projections.

So I have a TON of information at my fingertips.  Any questions?   

sue b