World population prospects: The 2002 revision

The 2002 Revision represents the eighteenth round of global demographic estimates and projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat since 1950. The volume of the 2002 Revision shows the comprehensive tables of the official United Nations world population estimates and projections. Covering the 1950 – 2050 time period, demographic profiles and selected demographic indicators are provided for each development group, major area, region and country. In all data tables, figures for 1950 – 2000 are estimates and those thereafter are projections, presented as medium, high, low and constant-fertility variants. The tables are accompanied by an executive summary of the results and an overview of the assumptions underlying the 2002 Revision. The executive summary and the assumptions have been translated into the six official United Nations languages.