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. 2023 Jan 26;9:1077443. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1077443

Table 3.

Temporal changes and projection of population (million), the share of the urban population, and GDP per capita (US $) 1961–2050.

								Projected
	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011	2020	2030	2030	2050	2050
China
Population (million	660	841	994	1,151	1,272	1,344	1,402	1,437^a	1,492^a	1,294^a	1,515^a
Urban population (%)	17	17	20	27	37	51	61.4	70.6^b		80.0^b
GDP per capita (US$)	141	238	360	786	1,901	4,961	10,500	17,325^c
India
Population (million	460	568	715	891	1,075	1,250	1,380	1,468^a	1,540^a	1,489^a	1,793^a
Urban population (%)	18	20	23	26	28	31	35	40.1^b		53.0^b
GDP per capita (US$)	336	394	438	576	852	1,410	1,900	3,079^c
World
Population (million	3,072	3,761	4,511	5,368	6,194	7,003	7,753	8,363^a	8,734^a	8,907^a	10,588^a
Urban population (%)	34	37	40	43	47	52	56.2	60.4^b		68.3^b
GDP per capita (US$)	3,865	5,340	6,322	7,177	8,223	9,739	10,926	13074^c

Sources: World Bank (1);

^a

United Nations (20);

^b

World Bank (21);

^c

Real GDP per capita in 2010 price USDA (2).