wpp2008-package {wpp2008}

World Population Prospects 2008

Description

Data from the United Nations World Population Prospects 2008.

Details

Package:	wpp2008
Version:	1.0-1
Date:	2014-1-17
Depends:	R (>= 2.14.2)
License:	GPL (>= 2)
URL:	http://esa.un.org/wpp/index.htm

The package contains the following datasets:

• tfr: estimates and projections of total fertility rate

• e0F, e0M: estimates of life expectancy

• popF, popM: age-specific population estimates

• mxF, mxM: age-specific mortality rates

• migrationF, migrationM: age-specific net migration (see note below)

• sexRatio: sex ratio at birth as a ratio of female to male

• percentASFR: distribution of age-specific fertility rates

• UNlocations: location dataset

Note

Distributions of net migrants by age and sex are provided for illustrative purpose only. Migration figures are based on intercensal net residuals and official statistics, population distribution by age and sex or simplified versions of Rogers-Castro migration age patterns, and incorporate statistical adjustment errors.

Author(s)

Hana Sevcikova <[e-mail]>, Patrick Gerland <[e-mail]>

Maintainer: Hana Sevcikova <[e-mail]>

Source

These datasets are based on estimates and projections of United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009).

References

World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. Special Tabulations.

See Also

wpp2010 and wpp2012 for more recent estimates and projections