Financial systems and development

Statistical appendix
should refer to the "Definitions and data notes"
for an explanation of the country groupings and to
the technical notes to the World Development In-
dicators for definitions of the concepts used.
The tables in this statistical appendix present summary
data on the population, national accounts,
trade, and external debt of the low- and middleincome
economies, the high-income economies,
and all reporting economies as a group. Readers
Table A.1 Population growth, 1965 to 1987, and projected to 2000
1987 Average annual growth (percent)
population
Country group (millions) 1965-73 1973-80 1980-87 1987-90 1990-2000
Low- and middle-income economies 3,859 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9
Low-income economies 2,820 2.5 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.9
Middle-income economies 1,039 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.9
Sub-Saharan Africa 442 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.1
East Asia 1,511 2.7 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5
South Asia 1,079 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9
Europe, Middle East, and North Africa 390 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.0 2.0
Latin America and the Caribbean 404 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 1.9
17 highly indebted countries 582 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2
High-income economies 776 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5
OECD members 746 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4
Total reporting economies 4,635 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7
Oil exporters 578 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5
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