Table 2.1 - Selected world indicators, 195090
Source: Based on data compiled by the Monitoring and Assessment Research Centre, see UNEP, 1993
Indicators (units) | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 |
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Population (billion) | 2.5 | 3.7 | 5.3 |
Urban population (per cent) | 29.3 | 36.6 | 43.1 |
GDP ($ billion) | | 2040a | 22 300 |
Life expectancy (years)b | 46.4 | 57.9 | 64.7 |
Energy consumption (million toe) | | 3752c | 5571 |
Aluminium consumption (thousand tonnes/year) | | 11 350d | 17 909 |
Water consumption (km3/year) | 1360 | 2590 | 3240 |
Fertiliser consumption (thousand tonnes/year) | | 69 308 | 137 547 |
Passenger cars (million)e | | 193.5 | 444.9 |
Passenger kilometres travelled (billion veh-km)e | | 2584.3 | 4892.8 |
Freight kilometres travelled (billion veh-km)e | | 656.1 | 1702.4 |
Road network (thousand km)e | | 11 701 | 12 454 |
CO2 emissions (million tonnes/year) | 6000 | 15 000 | 27 870 |
NOx emissions (million tonnes/year)f | 6.8 | 18.1 | 89125 |
SO2 emissions (million tonnes/year) | 60 | 114 | 142166 |
CFC emissions (million tonnes CFC-11 equivalents) | | | 1.4 |
Municipal waste (million tonnes/year)e | | 302g | 420 |
See the Statistical Compendium for full details on the indicators in this table, and Table 4.7 of this report.