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A world in search of an effective growth strategy<br />

Table 1.1: World trends in population and GDP<br />

Population<br />

(in millions)<br />

Share of global<br />

population (%) GDP in constant 2005 PPP$ billions Share of global GDP (%)<br />

2007 2013 2007 2013 2007 2009 2011 2013 2007 2009 2011 2013<br />

World 6 673.1 7 162.1 100.0 100.0 72 198.1 74 176.0 81 166.9 86 674.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0<br />

High-income economies 1 264.1 1 309.2 18.9 18.3 41 684.3 40 622.2 42 868.1 44 234.6 57.7 54.8 52.8 51.0<br />

Upper-middle-income economies 2 322.0 2 442.1 34.8 34.1 19 929.7 21 904.3 25 098.5 27 792.6 27.6 29.5 30.9 32.1<br />

Lower-middle-income economies 2 340.7 2 560.4 35.1 35.7 9 564.7 10 524.5 11 926.1 13 206.4 13.2 14.2 14.7 15.2<br />

Low-income economies 746.3 850.3 11.2 11.9 1 019.4 1 125.0 1 274.2 1 440.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7<br />

Americas 913.0 971.9 13.7 13.6 21 381.6 21 110.0 22 416.8 23 501.5 29.6 28.5 27.6 27.1<br />

North America 336.8 355.3 5.0 5.0 14 901.4 14 464.1 15 088.7 15 770.5 20.6 19.5 18.6 18.2<br />

Latin America 535.4 574.1 8.0 8.0 6 011.0 6 170.4 6 838.5 7 224.7 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.3<br />

Caribbean 40.8 42.5 0.6 0.6 469.2 475.5 489.6 506.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6<br />

Europe 806.5 818.6 12.1 11.4 18 747.3 18 075.1 19 024.5 19 177.9 26.0 24.4 23.4 22.1<br />

European Union 500.8 509.5 7.5 7.1 14 700.7 14 156.7 14 703.8 14 659.5 20.4 19.1 18.1 16.9<br />

Southeast Europe 19.6 19.2 0.3 0.3 145.7 151.0 155.9 158.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2<br />

European Free Trade Association 12.6 13.5 0.2 0.2 558.8 555.0 574.3 593.2 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7<br />

Other Europe 273.6 276.4 4.1 3.9 3 342.0 3 212.3 3 590.5 3 766.4 4.6 4.3 4.4 4.3<br />

Africa 957.3 1 110.6 14.3 15.5 3 555.7 3 861.4 4 109.8 4 458.4 4.9 5.2 5.1 5.1<br />

Sub-Saharan Africa 764.7 897.3 11.5 12.5 2 020.0 2 194.3 2 441.8 2 678.5 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.1<br />

Arab States in Africa 192.6 213.3 2.9 3.0 1 535.8 1 667.1 1 668.0 1 779.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1<br />

Asia 3 961.5 4 222.6 59.4 59.0 27 672.8 30 248.0 34 695.7 38 558.5 38.3 40.8 42.7 44.5<br />

Central Asia 61.8 67.2 0.9 0.9 408.9 446.5 521.2 595.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7<br />

Arab States in Asia 122.0 145.2 1.8 2.0 2 450.0 2 664.0 3 005.2 3 308.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.8<br />

West Asia 94.9 101.9 1.4 1.4 1 274.2 1 347.0 1 467.0 1 464.1 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7<br />

South Asia 1 543.1 1 671.6 23.1 23.3 5 016.1 5 599.2 6 476.8 7 251.4 6.9 7.5 8.0 8.4<br />

Southeast Asia 2 139.7 2 236.8 32.1 31.2 18 523.6 20 191.3 23 225.4 25 939.3 25.7 27.2 28.6 29.9<br />

Oceania 34.8 38.3 0.5 0.5 840.7 881.5 920.2 978.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1<br />

Other groupings<br />

Least developed countries 783.4 898.2 11.7 12.5 1 327.2 1 474.1 1 617.9 1 783.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.1<br />

Arab States all 314.6 358.5 4.7 5.0 3 985.7 4 331.1 4 673.2 5 088.2 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.9<br />

OECD 1 216.3 1 265.2 18.2 17.7 38 521.2 37 306.1 39 155.4 40 245.7 53.4 50.3 48.2 46.4<br />

G20 4 389.5 4 615.5 65.8 64.4 57 908.7 59 135.1 64 714.6 68 896.8 80.2 79.7 79.7 79.5<br />

Selected countries<br />

Argentina 39.3 41.4 0.6 0.6 631.8 651.7 772.1 802.2 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9<br />

Brazil 190.0 200.4 2.8 2.8 2 165.3 2 269.8 2 507.5 2 596.5 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0<br />

Canada 33.0 35.2 0.5 0.5 1 216.8 1 197.7 1 269.4 1 317.2 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5<br />

China 1 334.3 1 385.6 20.0 19.3 8 313.0 9 953.6 12 015.9 13 927.7 11.5 13.4 14.8 16.1<br />

Egypt 74.2 82.1 1.1 1.1 626.0 702.1 751.3 784.2 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9<br />

France 62.2 64.3 0.9 0.9 2 011.1 1 955.7 2 035.6 2 048.3 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.4<br />

Germany 83.6 82.7 1.3 1.2 2 838.9 2 707.0 2 918.9 2 933.0 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4<br />

India 1 159.1 1 252.1 17.4 17.5 3 927.4 4 426.2 5 204.3 5 846.1 5.4 6.0 6.4 6.7<br />

Iran 71.8 77.4 1.1 1.1 940.5 983.3 1 072.4 1 040.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2<br />

Israel 6.9 7.7 0.1 0.1 191.7 202.2 222.7 236.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3<br />

Japan 127.2 127.1 1.9 1.8 4 042.1 3 779.0 3 936.8 4 070.5 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.7<br />

Malaysia 26.8 29.7 0.4 0.4 463.0 478.0 540.2 597.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7<br />

Mexico 113.5 122.3 1.7 1.7 1 434.8 1 386.5 1 516.3 1 593.6 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.8<br />

Republic of Korea 47.6 49.3 0.7 0.7 1 293.2 1 339.2 1 478.8 1 557.6 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8<br />

Russian Federation 143.7 142.8 2.2 2.0 1 991.7 1 932.3 2 105.4 2 206.5 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.5<br />

South Africa 49.6 52.8 0.7 0.7 522.1 530.5 564.2 589.4 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7<br />

Turkey 69.5 74.9 1.0 1.0 874.1 837.4 994.3 1 057.3 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.2<br />

United Kingdom 61.0 63.1 0.9 0.9 2 203.7 2 101.7 2 177.1 2 229.4 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.6<br />

United States of America 303.8 320.1 4.6 4.5 13 681.1 13 263.0 13 816.1 14 450.3 18.9 17.9 17.0 16.7<br />

Chapter 1<br />

Source: World Bank’s World Development Indicators, April 2015; and estimations by <strong>UNESCO</strong> Institute for Statistics; United Nations Department of<br />

Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2013) World Population Prospects: the 2012 Revision<br />

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