World Population Profile: 1998

by Thomas M. McDevitt

With a Special Chapter Focusing on HIV/AIDS in the Developing World

by Karen A. Stanecki and Peter O. Way

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World Population Profile: 1998 is the latest published compendium and analysis of data on population, fertility, mortality, contraceptive use and related demographic topics by the U.S. Census Bureau. The Special Focus section of the report provides an update on one of the fundamental international health and demographic events of our time--the worldwide HIV/AIDS pandemic.

Graphic versions (PDF format files) of the full report may be downloaded from this site. The report's appendix tables represent the backbone of the report. These tables, and supplementary tables,in Lotus .WK1 format may be downloaded individually or as a group (as a self-extracting ZIP file).

More recent data may be available from the Bureau's International Data Base (IDB)

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World Population Profile: 1998

• Full Document (2.1 Mb) released March 1999 (5/17/99: includes corrected Figure 32)
• Contents
• Highlights (pp.1-2)
• Introduction (pp. 3-5)
• Population Size and Growth and the Components of Change (pp. 7-29)
• Population Composition and Distribution (pp. 31-37)
• Contraceptive Prevalence (pp. 39-51)
• Focus on HIV/AIDS in the Developing World (pp. 53-66)
• Appendix A. Detailed Tables
• Lotus 1-2-3 .WK1 versions of individual Appendix and supplementary tables
• Self-extracting ZIP file of all Appendix and supplementary table files in Lotus 1-2-3 .WK1 format (352 Kb)
• Appendix B. Population Projections and Availability of Data
• Making Population Projections
• Population Projections Incorporating AIDS
• Recency of Base Data for the Projections
• Recency of Information on Contraceptive Use
• How Bureau of the Census Estimates Differ from those of the United Nations
• Appendix C. References
• Appendix D. Glossary

This report is summarized in International Brief No. 98-4

World Population at a Glance: 1998 and Beyond (1999) (320,747 bytes)

 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
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