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English: Population pyramid of the world in continental groupings in 2023 Note: The continental groupings used here are defined by United Nations geoscheme regions, ones used are as follows; Europe; Asia; Africa; Oceania; Northern America and Latin America and the Caribbean (two split categories)
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World population pyramid from 1950 to projected in 2100 (UN, World Population Prospects 2017) A population pyramid (age structure diagram) or "age-sex pyramid" is a graphical illustration of the distribution of a population (typically that of a country or region of the world) by age groups and sex; it typically takes the shape of a pyramid when the population is growing. [1]
The development of Putrajaya began in August 1995 and was completed at an estimated cost of US$8.1 billion. [8] On 1 February 2001, Putrajaya became Malaysia's third federal territory, after Kuala Lumpur in 1974 and Labuan in 1984. [8] Putrajaya is also a part of MSC Malaysia, a special economic zone that covers Klang Valley.
The current world population growth is approximately 1.09%. [5] People under 15 years of age made up over a quarter of the world population (25.18%), and people age 65 and over made up nearly ten percent (9.69%) in 2021. [5] The world's literacy rate has increased dramatically in the last 40 years, from 66.7% in 1979 to 86.3% today. [13]
This is the list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present.
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The population distribution is uneven, with some 79% of its citizens concentrated in Peninsular Malaysia, which has an area of 131,598 square kilometres (50,810.27 sq mi), constituting under 40% of the total area of Malaysia. [4] The Malaysian population is growing at a rate of 1.94% per annum as of 2017.