Sentence examples for population of developing countries from inspiring English sources

Between 1985 and 2005 the urban share of the population of developing countries rose by eight percentage points.

In 1990 those on $1 a day accounted for more than a quarter of the population of developing countries.

It is an important question: about one-third of the urban population of developing countries (860m people) live in them.

The urban population of developing countries is expected to grow by a million people every five days through at least 2030, while the rural population falls.

According to the World Bank, the number of people living on less than $1 a day fell in 2004 to 986m, or 18.4% of the population of developing countries.

Indeed, it was achieved five years early.In 1990, 43% of the population of developing countries lived in extreme poverty (then defined as subsisting on $1 a day); the absolute number was 1.9 billion people.

Particular concern is expressed by campaigners about the cost of offshore tax deals to the populations of developing countries.

It is a myth that the urban populations of developing countries are healthier, more literate and more prosperous than populations living in the countryside.

Even the highly fertile populations of developing countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America produce children at rates far below that of the Hutterites.

But by no means do all the rural populations of developing countries have access to land, and many people work for wages in agricultural estates and mines.

The U.S. Doesn't Have All the Answers Depending on the various definitions, the middle class and wealthy populations of developing countries may approach or surpass those of developed ones this year.