The State of the World Atlas [ff]. Dan Smith

      ALGERIA

      LIBYA

      PALEST. TERR.

      JORDAN

      KUWAIT

      PAKISTAN

      CHINA

      BHUTAN

      NEPAL

      Hong Kong

      SAR

      TAIWAN

      EGYPT

      BAHRAIN

      QATAR

      UAE

      SAUDI

      ARABIA

      OMAN

      INDIA

      BANGLADESH

      BURMA

      LAOS

      Macau

      SAR

      PHILIPPINES

      MALI

      NIGER

      CHAD

      SUDAN

      ERITREA

      YEMEN

      THAILAND

      VIETNAM

      BURKINA

      FASO

      GHANA

      TOGO

      BENIN

      NIGERIA

      C.A.R

      SOUTH

      SUDAN

      ETHIOPIA

      DJIBOUTI

      Somaliland

      Puntland

      SRI LANKA

      CAMBODIA

      CÔTE

      D’IVOIRE

      CAMEROON

      EQ. GUINEA

      SÃO TOME

      & PRINCIPE

      GABON

      CONGO

      D.R.

      CONGO

      UGANDA

      KENYA

      SOMALIA

      MALDIVES

      SINGAPORE

      BRUNEI

      MALAYSIA

      BURUNDI

      RWANDA

      SEYCHELLES

      TANZANIA

      ZANZIBAR

      COMOROS

      ANGOLA

      ZAMBIA

      MALAWI

      MAYOTTE

      NAMIBIA

      ZIMBABWE

      MADAGASCAR

      BOTSWANA

      MOZAMBIQUE

      MAURITIUS

      SOUTH

      AFRICA

      SWAZILAND

      RÉUNION

      LESOTHO

      INDONESIA

      EAST TIMOR

      PAPUA

      NEW

      GUINEA

      SOLOMON IS.

      AUSTRALIA

      GUAM

      NORTHERN MARIANA IS.

      MICRONESIA, FED. ST. OF

      MARSHALL ISLANDS

      PALAU

      NAURU

      KIRIBATI

      TUVALU

      TOKELAU

      AMERICAN SAMOA

      SAMOA

      WALLIS & FUTUNA IS

      VANUATU

      FIJI

      COOK ISLANDS

      NIUE

      TONGA

      NEW CALEDONIA

      FRENCH POLYNESIA

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      In the 1950s

      and 1960s,

      British and

      French

      colonies were

      made

      independent

      in Africa, Asia,

      and the

      Caribbean.

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      On 9 November 1989

      the Cold War ended

      as East German

      demonstrators breached

      the Berlin Wall; the

      subsequent break-up of

      the Soviet Union and

      Yugoslavia led to the

      creation of many new

      states.

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      3

      On 9 July 2011,

      South Sudan

      became the

      newest state.

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      1960s

      1970s

      1980s

      1990s

      2000s

      2010s

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      Population

      The global population is still growing, although the rate of increase is

      beginning to slow compared with that of the last 50 years. In 2010 the average

      number of babies born to each woman was 2.5; in 1990 it was 3.2.

      Changing population

      Actual and projected

      world population

      1810–2100

      actual population

      high projection

      medium projection

      low projection

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      CANADA

      USA

      310m

      UK

      IRELAND

      SWEDEN