Table 1a. Projected Growth of Urban Population, Selected Years 1965-2000(U.N. Medium Variant) +------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | Year | World Population | DC Population | LDC Population | | | | | | | | Total Urban Percent | Total Urban Percent | Total Urban Percent | | | (millions) urban | (millions) urban | (millions) urban | +------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+ | 1965 | 3,289 1,158 35.2 | 1,037 651 62.8 | 2,252 507 22.5 | | 1970 | 3,621 1,315 36.3 | 1,084 693 63.9 | 2,537 622 24.5 | | 1980 | 4,401 1,791 40.7 | 1,183 830 70.2 | 3,218 961 29.9 | | 1990 | 5,346 2,419 45.3 | 1,282 977 76.2 | 4,064 1,443 35.5 | | 2000 | 6,407 3,205 50.0 | 1,368 1,118 81.8 | 5,039 2,087 41.4 | +------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
Note: The urban' population has been estimated in accordance with diverse national definitions of that term.
Appendix Table 1b Rates of Growth of Urban and Rural Populations, 1970-2000 (U.N. Medium Variant) +--------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | | World Population | DC Population | LDC Population | | 1970-2000 | | | | | | Total Urban Rural | Total Urban Rural | Total Urban Rural | +--------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+ | Total growth | | | | | (percent) | 76.9 143.7 38.8 | 26.2 61.3 36.1 | 98.6 235.5 54.2 | | | | | | | Annual | | | | | average | | | | | growth | | | | | (percent) | 1.9 3.0 1.1 | 0.8 1.6 1.5 | 2.3 4.1 1.5 | +--------------+-------------------+-------------------+-------------------+