Table 1.  Total population growth estimates and projections in OECD countries 1

                       1960     1970     1980     1990     2000     2010     2020     2030     2040     2050
United States           1.7      1.2      0.9      1.0      0.9      0.7      0.6      0.5      0.3      0.2
Japan                   1.2      1.0      1.1      0.6      0.3      0.0     -0.3     -0.5     -0.6     -0.6
Germany                 0.6      0.7      0.1      0.1      0.4      0.0     -0.1     -0.2     -0.3     -0.4
France                  0.9      1.1      0.6      0.5      0.4      0.3      0.1      0.0     -0.1     -0.2
Italy                   0.6      0.7      0.5      0.1      0.0     -0.3     -0.5     -0.7     -0.8     -1.0
United Kingdom          0.3      0.6      0.1      0.2      0.2      0.1      0.1      0.0     -0.2     -0.3
Canada                  2.7      1.8      1.4      1.2      1.1      0.9      0.8      0.6      0.4      0.4
Australia               2.3      2.0      1.5      1.5      1.1      0.9      0.8      0.6      0.4      0.4
Austria                 0.2      0.6      0.1      0.2      0.6      0.2     -0.1     -0.3     -0.5     -0.7
Belgium                 0.6      0.5      0.2      0.1      0.2      0.0     -0.1     -0.2     -0.4     -0.5
Czech Republic          0.7      0.3      0.5      0.0     -0.1     -0.2     -0.3     -0.5     -0.7     -0.9
Denmark                 0.7      0.7      0.4      0.0      0.3      0.1     -0.1     -0.2     -0.4     -0.4
Finland                 1.0      0.4      0.4      0.4      0.4      0.1      0.1     -0.1     -0.3     -0.3
Greece                  1.0      0.5      0.9      0.6      0.4     -0.1     -0.4     -0.6     -0.7     -0.8
Hungary                 0.7      0.3      0.4     -0.3     -0.3     -0.4     -0.5     -0.6     -0.7     -0.7
Iceland                 2.1      1.5      1.1      1.1      1.0      0.8      0.6      0.4      0.2      0.0
Ireland                -0.5      0.4      1.4      0.3      0.6      0.7      0.7      0.4      0.3      0.2
Korea                   2.1      2.5      1.8      1.2      0.9      0.6      0.4      0.2      0.0     -0.3
Luxembourg              0.6      0.8      0.7      0.5      1.2      0.6      0.2     -0.1     -0.3     -0.4
Mexico                  2.9      3.2      2.9      2.1      1.7      1.3      1.0      0.8      0.5      0.3
Netherlands             1.3      1.3      0.8      0.6      0.5      0.1     -0.1     -0.2     -0.4     -0.6
New Zealand             2.2      1.7      1.0      0.8      1.4      0.9      0.8      0.6      0.5      0.4
Norway                  0.9      0.8      0.5      0.4      0.5      0.4      0.3      0.1      0.0     -0.1
Poland                  1.8      1.0      0.9      0.7      0.2      0.1      0.0     -0.2     -0.3     -0.4
Portugal                0.5      0.2      0.8      0.1      0.0     -0.1     -0.3     -0.4     -0.5     -0.7
Spain                   0.8      1.0      1.1      0.5      0.1     -0.1     -0.4     -0.5     -0.7     -0.9
Sweden                  0.6      0.7      0.3      0.3      0.4      0.1      0.1     -0.1     -0.2     -0.2
Switzerland             1.3      1.4      0.2      0.8      0.8      0.3      0.0     -0.2     -0.4     -0.6
Turkey                  2.8      2.5      2.3      2.4      1.7      1.3      1.0      0.8      0.6      0.4
OECD Total              1.3      1.2      1.0      0.8      0.7      0.5      0.3      0.2      0.0     -0.1
Memorandum item:  Total population, in millions
OECD Total            774.3    872.5    962.2   1043.2   1117.7   1170.1   1207.7   1228.9   1231.9   1220.9
1.  Average annual percent change over 10 years to date shown.
Source:  United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 1998 Revision.