Open AccessAlarming Facts on Population Growth in Arab Countries
Author(s) -
Lebanese American University
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.1600
Subject(s) - population growth , population , geography , development economics , socioeconomics , economic growth , demography , economics , sociology
"The Population of the Arab World is growing at an alarming three percent a year and, at the present rate, will double in about 20 years." There are at present more than 150 million Arabs spread out over 21 independent Arab countries. This number is expected to reach about 300 million in the year 2000.