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wpp2008 (version 1.0-1)

wpp2008-package: World Population Prospects 2008

Description

Data from the United Nations World Population Prospects 2008.

Arguments

Source

These datasets are based on estimates and projections of United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009).

Details

Package:
wpp2008
Version:
1.0-1
Date:
2014-1-17
Depends:
R (>= 2.14.2)
License:
GPL (>= 2)
URL:
http://esa.un.org/wpp/index.htm

The package contains the following datasets:

  • tfr: estimates and projections of total fertility rate
  • e0F, e0M: estimates of life expectancy
  • popF, popM: age-specific population estimates
  • mxF, mxM: age-specific mortality rates
  • migrationF, migrationM: age-specific net migration (see note below)
  • sexRatio: sex ratio at birth as a ratio of female to male
  • percentASFR: distribution of age-specific fertility rates
  • UNlocations: location dataset

References

World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. Special Tabulations.

See Also

wpp2010 and wpp2012 for more recent estimates and projections