This report--the second volume in a series of three--represents the latest global demographic estimates and projections prepared by the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. Covering the 1950-2050 time period, age and sex distributions are provided for the world, each development group, the major areas and regions of the world and for each country with more than 100,000 inhabitants in 2007. An executive summary of the results and the assumptions underlying the 2006 Revision is provided, translated into the six official UN languages. The first volume of the 2006 Revision series provides the comprehensive tables displaying demographic profiles and major demographic indicators for each development group, major area, region and country for 1950-2050; the third volume provides an analysis of the results. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
