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The Current Most Populous Regions In The World |
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| Data released by UNdata (United Nations) - June.18.2009 - Next data release 2011 |
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United Nations Variant [1] |
Continent |
% World Population |
Estimated 2010 Population [2] |
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South-Central Asia |
Medium variant |
Asia |
25.77 |
1,780,472,513 |
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Eastern Asia |
Medium variant |
Asia |
22.64 |
1,563,951,360 |
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South-Eastern Asia |
Medium variant |
Asia |
8.53 |
589,615,369 |
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South America |
Medium variant |
South America |
5.69 |
393,221,391 |
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Northern America |
Medium variant |
North America |
5.09 |
351,659,164 |
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Eastern Africa |
Medium variant |
Africa |
4.74 |
327,186,148 |
| 7 |
Western Africa |
Medium variant |
Africa |
4.43 |
306,058,159 |
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Eastern Europe |
Medium variant |
Europe |
4.22 |
291,484,587 |
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Western Asia |
Medium variant |
Asia |
3.37 |
232,702,072 |
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Northern Africa |
Medium variant |
Africa |
3.08 |
212,920,749 |
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Western Europe |
Medium variant |
Europe |
2.73 |
188,587,207 |
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Southern Europe |
Medium variant |
Europe |
2.23 |
153,778,003 |
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Central America |
Medium variant |
North America |
2.22 |
153,115,240 |
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Middle Africa |
Medium variant |
Africa |
1.87 |
128,909,354 |
| 15 |
Northern Europe |
Medium variant |
Europe |
1.43 |
98,908,749 |
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Southern Africa |
Medium variant |
Africa |
0.84 |
57,968,100 |
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Caribbean |
Medium variant |
North America |
0.61 |
42,311,877 |
| 18 |
Australia/New Zealand |
Medium variant |
Oceania |
0.37 |
25,815,345 |
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Melanesia |
Medium variant |
Oceania |
0.13 |
8,777,713 |
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Polynesia |
Medium variant |
Oceania |
0.01 |
672,145 |
| 21 |
Micronesia |
Medium variant |
Oceania |
0.01 |
573,133 |
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World |
Medium variant |
n/a |
100.00 |
6,908,688,378 |
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Asia ** |
Medium variant |
n/a |
62.34 |
4,307,107,875 |
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Africa |
Medium variant |
n/a |
14.95 |
1,033,042,510 |
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Europe ** |
Medium variant |
n/a |
12.18 |
841,340,374 |
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North America |
Medium variant |
n/a |
7.92 |
547,086,281 |
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South America |
Medium variant |
n/a |
5.69 |
393,221,391 |
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Oceania ** |
Medium variant |
n/a |
3.90 |
269,526,270 |
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More dev. regions |
Medium variant |
n/a |
17.91 |
1,237,228,466 |
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Less dev. regions |
Medium variant |
n/a |
82.09 |
5,671,459,912 |
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Least dev. countries |
Medium variant |
n/a |
12.37 |
854,696,465 |
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Sub-Saharan Africa |
Medium variant |
Africa |
12.50 |
863,314,199 |
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More Developed Regions includes all regions of Europe, Northern America (not to be confused with North America), Australia/New Zealand, Japan. Less Developed Regions includes all regions of Africa, Asia (excluding Japan), Caribbean, Central America, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, South America. Least Developed Countries (49 in total) are Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Laos, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia. Sub-Saharan Countries include Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Réunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, São Tomé & Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
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| ** Trans-Continental Countries: Indonesia and East Timor are both included in the Oceania and Asia statistics. Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus (Republic of), Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkey are included in European and Asian statistics. |
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| Global Issues |
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| Population Growth |
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 |
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| Aging |
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 |
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[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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