The State of World Population 2001

		The State of World Population 2001 Tables

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Table 1: World Megacities 1975, 2000 and (projected) 2015: Population in millions
1975	2000	2015

Tokyo (19.8) New York (15.9) Shanghai (11.4) Mexico City (11.2) São Paulo (10 )	Tokyo (26.4) Mexico City (18.1) Mumbai (18.1) São Paulo (17.8) Shanghai (17) New York (16.6) Lagos (13.4) Los Angeles (13.1) Kolkata (12.9) Buenos Aires (12.6) Dhaka (12.3) Karachi (11.8) Delhi (11.7) Jakarta (11) Osaka (11) Metro Manila (10.9) Beijing (10.8) Rio de Janeiro (10.6) Cairo (10.6)	Tokyo (26.4) Mumbai (26.1) Lagos (23.2) Dhaka (21.1) São Paulo (20.4) Karachi (19.2) Mexico City (19.2) New York (17.4) Jakarta (17.3) Kolkata (17.3) Delhi (16.8) Metro Manila (14.8) Shanghai (14.6) Los Angeles (14.1) Buenos Aires (14.1) Cairo (13.8) Istanbul (12.5) Beijing (12.3) Rio de Janeiro (11.9) Osaka (11.0) Tianjin (10.7) Hyderabad (10.5) Bangkok (10.1)

Table 2: Growth in total consumption expenditures, 1970 to 1995, in trillions of U.S. dollars (1995 prices)37
	1970	1980	1990	1995

Industrialized countries	8.3	11.4	15.7	16.5

Developing countries	1.9	3.6	4.3	5.2

Table 3: Consumption levels, from wealthiest to poorest38
	per cent consumed by people in industrialized countries	per cent consumed by the poorest 20% of people in developing countries

Total energy resources	58	< 4

Meat and fish	45	5

Paper	84	1.1

Vehicles	87	< 1

Telephone lines	74	1.5

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