These are the estimated population figures for 2010, for all of the major geographic sub-regions within Europe. These totals have been put together by the United Nations Population Division, as part of their 2008 revision of the 'World Population Prospects', which was published in 2009. You can also view this exact dataset for the years 2015, 2020 and 2050.
** including Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus (Republic of), Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey
Trans-Continental Countries: Whilst we consider Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus (Republic of), Georgia, Kazakhstan and Turkey as being included in both Europe and Asia, they are not included in the European regional figures above. The UN does not include them in European regions, for administration purposes.
Our population is growing at a massive rate, and it looks set to continue, which will bring a whole host of new problems, while making some current issues much harder to deal with. Particularly important issues include finding better ways to utilse the land at our disposal, creating better living conditions for many, and working out what to do with waste
One of the main reasons behind the World's massive population spurt of the past century, is our advancements in healthcare. By the standards of only 100 years ago, with the help of medicines and treatments, we are now prolonging life to unimaginable average lengths, and we have now really begun to take control of our body's systems
[1] We have chosen to use the 'Medium Variant' from UNdata.
[2] The statistics quoted above are taken from the UNdata statistics database. UNdata quotes the original sources as being 'United Nations Population Division' (World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision). UNdata is a statistical service provided by the United Nations. All data is available free of charge and may be copied freely, duplicated and further distributed, provided that UNdata is cited as the reference. The full UNdata re-publishing policy is here. This complete dataset was last updated by UNdata on June.18.2009 & last retrieved by BlatantWorld.com on September.12.2010. UNdata give the next update as April 2011, but these release dates can often be misleading.
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