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Population, Health and Human Well-being — Population: Growth rate of total population Units: Percent (%)

Reverse years

		2005-2010	2000-2005	1995-2000	1990-1995	1985-1990	1980-1985	1975-1980	1970-1975
World
World		1.17	1.24	1.37	1.54	1.73	1.74	1.76	1.94
		2005-2010	2000-2005	1995-2000	1990-1995	1985-1990	1980-1985	1975-1980	1970-1975
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		1.06	1.17	1.38	1.56	1.84	1.83	1.88	2.24
Central America & Caribbean		1.24	1.12	1.65	1.78	1.79	1.96	2.38	2.71
Europe		-0.02	0.07	-0.01	0.20	0.42	0.38	0.49	0.60
Middle East & North Africa		1.85	1.86	1.95	2.48	2.61	2.92	2.82	2.78
North America		0.96	1.03	1.05	1.09	1.08	1.03	0.98	0.97
Oceania		1.21	1.45	1.41	1.64	1.61	1.56	1.42	1.62
South America		1.26	1.38	1.54	1.69	1.94	2.19	2.30	2.35
Sub-Saharan Africa		2.42	2.50	2.65	2.80	2.94	2.98	2.94	2.78

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Source

Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. 2007. World Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision. Dataset on CD-ROM. New York: United Nations. Available on-line at http://www.un.org/esa/population/ordering.htm