VOL. XLII

No. 11

15-March-1999

MENA

Demographic Transition And Economic Performance In MENA

The population of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)has grown rapidly, from 100mn in the 1950s to 325mn by 1995, and is forecast toincrease to 600mn by the year 2025. However, the proportion of activepopulation in relation to dependent population is still markedly lower thanother developing regions. In a summary of his paper presented at the ERF/AFESDConference on Populations Challenges in the Middle...