United Nations Demographic Yearbook 1971

The 1971 Demographic Yearbook is the twenty-third in the series of compendia of demographic statistics issued by the Statistical Office of the United Nations since 1948. In accordance with a cyclical rotation plan of publication, a different field of demographic statistics receives intensive treatment each year. The present issue features results of population censuses taken during the period 1962-1971, up-dating the census results for 1955-1964 which were presented in the 1962, 1963 and 1964 issues.