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The fast rising populations have put global challenges particularly before the developing nations in the form of hunger, starvations and malnutrition. It has become a great problem on the part of the developing nations to find out the way of feeding their masses.
The population projection in some of the countries over the world is as follows:
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| Population Projection (In Millions) |
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Countries | 1980 | 2000 | 2025 | 2050 | Fertility Rate, (1982)
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China
| 980 | 1,196 | 1,408 | 1,450 | 2.3 | |
India | 687 | 994 | 1,309 | 1,523 | 4.8 | |
Indonesia | 146 | 212 | 283 | 330 | 4.3 | |
Brazil | 121 | 181 | 243 | 299 | 3.9 | |
Bangladesh | 89 | 157 | 266 | 337 | 6.3 | |
Nigeria | 85 | 169 | 329 | 471 | 6.9 | |
Pakistan | 82 | 140 | 229 | 302 | 5.8 | |
Mexico | 69 | 109 | 154 | 182 | 4.6 | |
Egypt | 42 | 63 | 86 | 102 | 4.6 | |
Kenya | 17 | 40 | 83 | 120 | 8.0 |
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Africa | 479 | 903 | 1,646 | 2,297 | 6.4 | |
East Asia | 1,061 | 1,312 | 1,542 | 1,573 | 2.3 | |
South Asia | 1,387 | 2,164 | 3,125 | 3,810 | 4.9 | |
Latin America | 356 | 535 | 732 | 856 | 4.1 | |
Developed Countries | 1,137 | 1,263 | 1,357 | 1,380 | 1.9 | |
Total world | 4,435 | 6,147 | 8,298 | 9,780 | 3.6 |
Source: World Bank Estimates, 1984.
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