Long-range projections of the world population by regions, 1975-2150

The long term projections presented in this report are the attempt by the United Nations Secretariat to prepare population projections for the next one hundred and fifty years for 24 regions as well as aggregations into eight major areas, the less developed and more developed regions and the world.
Introduction -- Part 1. Assumptions -- 1. Fertility -- 2. Mortality -- Part 2. Results -- 1. Overview of the future of the world population -- 2. Age composition -- 3. Growth by geographic areas -- 4. Less developed regions -- 5. more developed regions -- 6. Alternative projections -- 7. Comparuson with long range projections from other sources -- 8. Conclusion.

33 p. : graphs, tables

Includes bibliographical references.