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Appendix
1972 Population Data

The following data are reproduced from the 1972 World Population Data Sheet of the Population
Reference Bureau. Notes, which are indicated by superscript numbers, appear at the end of the table.

Region or Country1
WORLD
AFRICA 		Population Estimates
Mid-1972 (millions)2
3,78211
364 		Annual Births per
1,000 Population7
33
47 		Annual Deaths per
1,000 Population3
13
21 		Annual Rate of Popula-
Tion Growth (percent)4 2.0 2.6 		Number of Years to
Double Population5 35 27 		Population Projections
to 1985 (millions)6 4,933 530 		Annual Deaths to Infants
under one Year of Age
per 1,000 Live Birhts3 -- -- 		Population under
15 Years (percent)737 44 		Population over
64 Years (percent)7 5 3 		Percent of Population
in Cities8 of 100,000+9 23 11 		Per Capita Gross
National Product (US $)10 -- --
Northern Africa 92 47 17 3.0 23 140 -- 45 3 21 --
Algeria 15.0 50 17 3.3 21 23.9 98 47 L 14 260
Egypt 35.9 44 16 2.8 25 52.3 118 43 L 31 160
Libya 2.0 46 16 3.1 23 3.1 -- 44 5 26 1,510
Morocco12 16.8 50 16 3.4 21 26.2 149 46 L 24 190
Sudan 16.8 49 18 3.1 23 26.0 121 47 -- 3 110
Tunisia 5.4 42 16 2.6 27 8.3 120 46 L 22 230
Western Africa 107 49 24 2.5 28 155 -- 45 2 7 --
Cape Verde
Islands13 		0.3 39 14 2.5 28 0.3 121 42 L N.A. 120
Dahomey 2.8 51 26 2.6 27 4.1 149 46 L 6 P
Gambia 0.4 42 23 1.9 37 0.5 125 38 L N.A. 110
Ghana12 9.6 47 18 2.9 24 14.9 122 45 L 18 190
Guinea 4.1 47 25 2.3 30 5.7 216 44 7 6 P
Ivory Coast 4.5 46 23 2.4 29 6.4 138 43 L 12 240
Liberia 1.2 50 23 2.7 26 1.6 137 37 L N.A. 200
Mali 5.3 50 27 2.3 30 7.6 190 49 L 5 P
Mauritania 1.2 44 23 2.1 33 1.7 137 -- -- N.A. 140

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Publication Information: Book Title: Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions. Contributors: Paul R. Ehrlich - author, Anne H. Ehrlich - author, John P. Holdren - author. Publisher: W. H. Freeman. Place of Publication: San Francisco. Publication Year: 1973. Page Number: 281.
    
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