Part 1. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Major features of the current world demographic situation pertinent to the future outlook -- Chapter 2. Definition and interpretation of variants of the future population estimates -- Chapter 3. Definition of major areas and regions -- Part 2. Summary of results -- Chapter 4. Growth of population in the world and its major areas up to the year 2000 -- Chapter 5. Projected population changes in twenty-four regions up to 1980 -- Chapter 6. Population prospects in more and less developed regions and continents -- Chapter 7. Crude vital rates and age structure -- Part 3. Basic data and methods -- Chapter 8. The basic data -- Chapter 9. The methods of projection -- Chapter 10. East Asia -- Chapter 11. South Asia -- Chapter 12. Europe -- Chapter 13. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Chapter 15. Northern America -- Chapter 16. Latin America -- Chapter 17. Oceania -- Annex 1. The auxiliary variant, "constant fertility, no migration" -- Annex 2. Age composition of population of the world, major areas, and regions, according to "medium" projections -- Annex 3. Tables of population estimates and projections.

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