World Population Growth and Aging

Nathan Keyfitz, Wilhelm Flieger

ISBN 10: 0226432378 / ISBN 13: 9780226432373

Published by The University of Chicago Press, US, 1991

About this Item

Drawing data from official sources in 60 countries, as well as from the United Nations and the World Bank, this compendium of statistical information on population, fertility, and mortality treats every one of the UN-recognized countries in at least summary form. With data from 1950 onward and projections through 2020, this volume extends the dataset of Nathan Keyfitz and Wilhelm Flieger's landmark work, World Population: An Analysis of Vital Data (1968), with virtually no overlap. All the life tables, standardized rates, and projections have been generated by uniform methods to ensure easy comparison among countries. More than 800 charts provide a foundation for analyzing the radical demographic changes now taking place: the historic lows of fertility in Germany and other industrial countries, Africa's persistently high fertility, and the worldwide extension of life expectancy. The product of cautious and painstaking labor, this work promises to be an important resource for further demographic research as well as a valuable comparative resource for studies of the status of global social welfare and the environment.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: World Population Growth and Aging
• Publisher: The University of Chicago Press, US
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226432378
• ISBN 13: 9780226432373
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New
• Weight: 1701 grams

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Synopsis

Drawing data from official sources in 60 countries, as well as from the United Nations and the World Bank, this compendium of statistical information on population, fertility, and mortality treats every one of the UN-recognized countries in at least summary form. With data from 1950 onward and projections through 2020, this volume extends the dataset of Nathan Keyfitz and Wilhelm Flieger's landmark work, World Population: An Analysis of Vital Data (1968), with virtually no overlap.

All the life tables, standardized rates, and projections have been generated by uniform methods to ensure easy comparison among countries. More than 800 charts provide a foundation for analyzing the radical demographic changes now taking place: the historic lows of fertility in Germany and other industrial countries, Africa's persistently high fertility, and the worldwide extension of life expectancy. The product of cautious and painstaking labor, this work promises to be an important resource for further demographic research as well as a valuable comparative resource for studies of the status of global social welfare and the environment.

About the Author

Nathan Keyfitz is leader of the Populations Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg, Austria. Wilhelm Flieger is director of the Office of Population Studies at the University of San Carlos in the Philippines.