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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813510903321

Autore

Ness Immanuel

Titolo

The encyclopedia of global population and demographics / / Immanuel Ness, James Ciment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-315-06281-X

1-135-95081-4

1-135-95074-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1535 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CimentJames

Disciplina

304.6/03

Soggetti

Demography

Population - Statistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1999 by Fitzroy Dearborn.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: ESSAYS; 1. Introduction to Demography; 2. Demography, Resources, and the Environment; 3. General Population and Vital Statistics; 4. The Demography of Families and Households; 5. Demography and Cultural Identity; 6. The Demography of Labor and the Economy; 7. The Demography of Migration; 8. The Demography of Transportation and Communications; 9. The Demography of Health Care and Education; PART TWO: TABLES; How to Use the Tables; Table Bibliography and Sources; 1. World Data, Graphs, and Tables

2. The Regions of the World: Data, Graphs and Tables3. The Countries of the World, Statistical Tables; Afghanistan; Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Angola; Antigua and Barbuda; Argentina; Armenia; Australia; Austria; Azerbaijan; The Bahamas; Bahrain; Bangladesh; Barbados; Belarus; Belgium; Belize; Benin; Bhutan; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Brunei Darussalam; Bulgaria; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Cameroon; Canada; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Chile; China; Colombia; Comoros; Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaïre); Congo, Republic of; Costa Rica

Côte d'IvoireCroatia; Cuba; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Djibouti; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Fiji; Finland; France; Gabon; The



Gambia; Georgia; Germany; Ghana; Greece; Grenada; Guatemala; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Hungary; Iceland; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Ireland; Israel; Italy; Jamaica; Japan; Jordan; Kazakstan; Kenya; Kiribati; Korea, (North); Korea, South, (Republic of Korea); Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Laos; Latvia; Lebanon; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic ofMadagascar; Malawi; Malaysia; Maldives; Mali; Malta; Marshall Islands; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mexico; Micronesia, Federated States of; Moldova; Monaco; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar; Namibia; Nauru; Nepal; Netherlands; New Zealand; Nicaragua; Niger; Nigeria; Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palau; Panama; Papua New Guinea; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Qatar; Romania; Russian Federation; Rwanda; Saint Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; San Marino; Sao Tome and Principe; Saudi Arabia; Senegal

Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia)Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Somalia; South Africa; Spain; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Suriname; Swaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Syria; Taiwan; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Thailand; Togo; Tonga; Trinidad and Tobago; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Tuvalu; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States of America; Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Vanuatu; Venezuela; Vietnam; (Western) Samoa; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This up-to-date and comprehensive encyclopedia focuses on the population in each of the 194 countries of the world. Emphasis is on the world's population at the end of the twentieth century and on predictions for the next fifty years. This will be the authoritative source of information for students, scholars, librarians, government officials, and journalists.