World Population and Income by Countries, 1950-65 and Projections to 1980

Excerpts from the report Introduction: The enclosed groups of statistical tables on population and national income by countries were compiled as background material for a research project, "Analysis of Demand Prospects for Agricultural Products of the Less Developed Countries," being conducted by the Economic Research Service under a participating agency service agreement for the Agency for International Development (AID). For the purposes of this project the countries of the world were divided into three major groups: developed, centrally planned, and developing. The developed countries contain 8 regional groupings, the centrally planned countries 3 regional groupings, and the developing countries, 12 regional groupings. The population tables present a 1950-66 series for 218 countries and territories and contain population projections for the various countries through 1980. The tables of national income contain a 1950-65 series, to the extent that data permitted, for the developed, centrally planned, and developing countries plus projections of economic growth for these countries through 1980.