Demographic handbook for Africa, 1988 - Guide démographique de l'Afrique, 1988

The major objectives of the Demographic Handbook for Africa 1988, like the preceding issues, is to present in a consolidated from demographic data and analysis from various sources, pertaining to principal demographic indicators of ECA member States. In recent years, although the number of national and international publications on African demographic statistics has increased, not all are available for consultation by policy-makers and researchers in the region. By collecting the available statistics in one comprehensive volume, it is hoped that the requirements for demographic data for policy-making, research and other purposes, especially in ECA member States, will be partly fulfilled. The sources material of the Handbook consists of national publications - especially statistical tables and reports on African population censuses - as well as those of international organizations, in particular, the United Nations Population Division and the Statistical Office, both in New York and the various specialized agencies. Within this context, it should be noted that the United Nations Population Decision in collaboration with the ECA Population Division prepares every two years new estimates and projections for ECA member States, taking advantage of the availability of recent data. This Handbook derived data for tables on population projections from the results of the 1988 revision.