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CHART 5.1

World population distribution, 2005

  • The five large emerging economies—Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, and the Russian Federation—made up 45 percent of the world’s population.

  • China and India together make up well over one-third of the world’s population.

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Chart of World population distribution, 2005

SOURCE: United Nations.

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