Table
| 1950 | 1960 | 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020 | 2030 | 2050 | |
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| 1Estimates and projections (medium variant). | ||||||||||||
| Norway | 9.6 | 11.0 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 16.3 | 17.5 | 20.1 | 23.6 |
| Denmark | 9.0 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 19.0 | 20.2 | 22.7 | 24.4 |
| Finland | 6.6 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 20.3 | 22.3 | 25.2 | 25.9 |
| Iceland | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 11.6 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 19.9 | 24.7 |
| Sweden | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.7 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.2 | 19.6 | 20.3 | 22.1 | 24.4 |
| Belgium | 11.0 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 19.2 | 22.8 | 26.6 |
| France | 11.4 | 11.6 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 18.9 | 20.7 | 23.9 | 26.7 |
| Greece | 6.7 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 16.4 | 17.8 | 18.4 | 19.9 | 21.1 | 25.4 | 35.5 |
| Ireland | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 13.2 | 15.0 | 18.5 | 25.6 |
| Italy | 8.1 | 9.5 | 11.1 | 13.3 | 14.9 | 18.1 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 22.4 | 23.9 | 28.5 | 34.6 |
| Netherlands | 7.7 | 8.9 | 10.1 | 11.4 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 20.0 | 24.5 | 27.7 |
| Poland | 5.2 | 5.7 | 8.2 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 15.6 | 18.6 | 23.2 | 31.6 |
| Portugal | 7.0 | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.5 | 13.7 | 16.3 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 20.7 | 22.7 | 27.2 | 35.6 |
| Russia | 4.8 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 22.1 |
| Spain | 7.2 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 17.2 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 25.7 | 36.3 |
| United Kingdom | 10.8 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.6 | 18.1 | 19.0 | 22.0 | 25.4 |
| Switzerland | 9.4 | 10.2 | 11.2 | 13.8 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 18.0 | 19.1 | 23.4 | 28.7 |
| Turkey | 3.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 6.1 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 7.8 | 8.8 | 12.1 | 20.6 |
| Germany | 9.7 | 11.5 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 16.5 | 18.9 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 26.8 | 30.7 |
| Austria | 10.4 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 17.8 | 18.8 | 19.9 | 24.8 | 30.6 |
| Egypt | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 10.6 |
| Ethiopia | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 |
| Kenya | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 7.1 |
| Morocco | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.6 | 11.2 | 18.0 |
| Somalia | 2.6 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 |
| Tanzania | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| Afghanistan | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 5.6 |
| India | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 8.5 | 13.4 |
| Iraq | 2.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 6.2 |
| Iran | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 6.3 | 9.9 | 23.0 |
| Japan | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 11.9 | 17.0 | 19.7 | 22.5 | 26.0 | 28.2 | 30.3 | 36.4 |
| China | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 12.2 | 17.1 | 26.3 |
| Pakistan | 5.6 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 8.5 |
| Thailand | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 6.5 | 7.8 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 19.4 | 29.0 |
| Argentina | 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 13.1 | 18.0 |
| Brazil | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 13.6 | 22.9 |
| Canada | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 9.4 | 11.3 | 12.6 | 13.1 | 14.2 | 16.1 | 18.3 | 23.3 | 25.9 |
| Chile | 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 16.5 | 23.9 |
| Mexico | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 5.9 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 10.2 | 18.8 |
| United States | 8.2 | 9.1 | 10.1 | 11.6 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.3 | 13.0 | 14.6 | 16.6 | 20.4 | 22.1 |
| Australia | 8.2 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.4 | 15.0 | 16.3 | 19.3 | 22.5 |