This report presents the highlights of the results of the 2008 Revision of the official world population estimates and projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. The 2008 Revision is the twenty first round of global demographic estimates and projections undertaken by the Population Division since 1951.
Chapter 1. World population trends -- Chapter 2. Fertility -- Chapter 3. Mortality and the demographic impact of HIV/AIDS -- Chapter 4. International migration -- Chapter 5. Assumptions underlying the 2008 revision -- Chapter 6. Classification of countries by major area and regions of the world -- Chapter 7. Ordering the data on CD-ROM -- Chapter 8. Annex tables.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxx) and index.