Table 5.

Number of documents on population surveillance, by region and five-year period (2000–2019).

Geographic area	2000–2004		2005–2009		2010–2014		2015–2019		TOTAL
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
North America	3012	41.93	4,037	37.51	5377	36.12	5224	33.40	17,650	36.41
Europe	2509	34.93	3,711	34.48	4672	31.38	4665	29.83	15,557	32.09
Asia	706	9.83	1,277	11.86	2285	15.35	3038	19.42	7306	15.07
Oceania	396	5.51	738	6.86	1001	6.72	1026	6.56	3161	6.52
Africa	341	4.75	510	4.74	859	5.77	986	6.30	2696	5.56
Latin America & Caribbean	219	3.05	490	4.55	694	4.66	702	4.49	2105	4.34
TOTAL	7,183	100	10,763	100	14,888	100	15,641	100	48,475	100