Table 3.

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Quantitative indicators of population, economics, the environment, and culture in 1900, 1950, 2000, 2050, and 2100.
Variable Unit 1900 1950 2000 2050 2100 Notes
Primary education
Northwestern Europe, N. America, primary gross enrollment 72 107 103 36
Anglo Pacic ratio (PGER)
Latin America, Caribbean PGER 30 84 101 37
East Asia PGER 21 94 110 38
Southeast Asia PGER 4 71 104 39
Sub-Saharan Africa PGER 16 54 85 40
Notes.
1. United Nations Population Division, brieng packet, 1998 revision, 14; Year 2100: World Population Projections to 2150.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Years 19502050: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision, 2. Year 1900: United Nations
Population Division, brieng packet, 1998 revision, 14. Year 2100: World Population Projections to 2150.
5. Computed from population size and annual increment.
6. Computed from growth rate.
7. United Nations Population Division, brieng packet, 1998 revision, 4.
8. Years 1900, 1950: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the U.S., Colonial Times to 1970: Part 1, 8, series A2. Year 2000:
based on rst results of Census 2000 at http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html. Years 2050, 2100, median of four ``combined
scenarios'' from Dennis A. Ahlburg, and James W. Vaupel, 1990, ``Alternative Projections of the U.S. Population,'' Demography 27(4):
639652. Year 2100 gure is estimate for 2080.

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9. United Nations Population Division, brieng packet, 1998 revision, 3. World Population Projections to 2150, 29. For 1900: Angus
Maddison, Monitoring the World Economy 18201992 (Paris: OECD, 1995), 114.
10. Ibid.