Definition of the indicator: The official population estimates and projections of the United Nations are based on two distinct processes: a. the incorporation of all new and relevant information regarding the past demographic dynamics of the population of each country or area of the world, b. the formulation of detailed assumptions about the future paths of fertility, mortality and international migration. The data presented here represents the medium variant of the United Nations population projection. This variant assumes normal mortality and migration and medium fertility.
Unit: million inhabitants
Data source: World Population Prospects database