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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=ruglucia@PAHO.ORG
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #993300; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World
Population Prospects: The 2006 Revision<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WORLD
POPULATION WILL INCREASE BY 2.5 BILLION BY
2050;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PEOPLE
OVER 60 TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN 1 BILLION<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></I></P>
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YORK</SPAN></FONT></B></st1:State></st1:place><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">,
13 March 2007, United Nations Population
Division<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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size=2><SPAN
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website: <A
href="http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/wpp2006.htm"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/wpp2006.htm</SPAN></FONT></A>
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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size=2><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“……The
world population continues its path towards population ageing and is on track to
surpass 9 billion persons by 2050, as revealed by the newly released 2006
Revision of the official United Nations population estimates and
projections.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
results of the 2006 Revision -- which provide the population basis for the
assessment of trends at the global, regional and national levels, and serve as
input for calculating many key indicators in the United Nations system --
incorporate the findings of the most recent national population censuses and of
the numerous specialized population surveys carried out around the
world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">According to the
2006 Revision, the world population will likely increase by 2.5 billion over the
next 43 years, passing from the current 6.7 billion to 9.2 billion in
2050. This increase is equivalent to the total size of the world
population in 1950, and it will be absorbed mostly by the less developed
regions, whose population is projected to rise from 5.4 billion in 2007 to 7.9
billion in 2050. In contrast, the population of the more developed regions
is expected to remain largely unchanged at 1.2 billion, and would have declined,
were it not for the projected net migration from developing to developed
countries, which is expected to average 2.3 million persons
annually…..”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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href="http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/wpp2006_tables.xls"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Summary
Tables</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333399><SPAN
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color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Highlight: Population
Ageing</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333399><SPAN
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href="http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2006/FS_ageing.pdf"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">Fact Sheets: World Population
Ageing</SPAN></FONT></A></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333399><SPAN
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