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Table I.1. Some characteristic data with respect to population, population density
for the categories of countries and the Continents

Type of countries/Continent	Total geographical area	Arable and permament crop area (APC)	Population	Projected population		Population density with reference to total geographical  area			Population density with reference to APC*)
			2005	2025	2050	2005	2025	2050	2005	2025	2050
unit	(Mha)	(Mha)	(Million)	(Million)		(People/km2)			(People/km2)
Developed countries	3,186	375	961	1,037	1,066	30	33	33	256	276	284
Emerging countries	8,046	996	4,751	5,725	6,298	59	71	78	477	575	633
Least developed countries	2,079	140	759	1,168	1,736	37	56	83	541	832	1237
Asia	3,177	558	3911	4,752	5,240	123	150	165	701	852	939
Africa	3,032	213	906	1,345	1,937	30	44	64	425	631	909
Europe	2,299	297	729	708	655	32	31	28	245	238	220
Americas	3,997	390	892	1,084	1,221	22	27	31	229	278	313
Oceania	806	53	33	41	48	4	5	6	63	77	91
Total	13,311	1,511	6,471	7,930	9,100	49	60	68	428	525	602

*) No net increase in the arable and permanent crop area (APC) is supposed.
Forecasts of FAO and others indicate an overall increase in agricultural land of 10-20%
over the next 50 years. When this indeed would occur, the population density figures
with reference to APC for especially the least developed countries will become lower.