African population profile: a chartbook

Abstract

African population issues has been increasing steadily in recent years, our knowledge of Africa's population characteristics as also been growing. Some of the information is present in an easily accessible form in this booklet .Even this simplified presentation shows that population issues are far more complex and wide-ranging than the simple addition of births and subtraction of deaths, more than a concern with mere numbers. The booklet has been prepared by the Population Division of the Economic Commission for African time for the International conference on Population in Mexico, which will review progress made in the 10 years since the World Population Conference was held in Bucharest and chart the way ahead for the next decade. The Economic Commission for Africa is proud to play its part in this vitally important exercise.