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Page 788
... population increase in the world . Total popu- lation , only 13,648,000 in 1927 , almost tripled in the following 43 years to exceed 35,000,000 in 1970. Between 1950 and 1970 the annual average rate of population growth was ...
... population increase in the world . Total popu- lation , only 13,648,000 in 1927 , almost tripled in the following 43 years to exceed 35,000,000 in 1970. Between 1950 and 1970 the annual average rate of population growth was ...
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... Population groups . Linguistic groups . For more than 1,000 years Uganda has been a meeting place of different peoples . The three main linguistic groups are the Bantu , the Nilotics , and the Nilo - Hamitic . As in other parts of East ...
... Population groups . Linguistic groups . For more than 1,000 years Uganda has been a meeting place of different peoples . The three main linguistic groups are the Bantu , the Nilotics , and the Nilo - Hamitic . As in other parts of East ...
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... population rose from five percent in 1790 to 73.5 percent in 1970 . Population distribution . Man , in building his culture over his 2,000,000 - to - 4,000,000 - year occupation of this planet , has précipitated three developments that ...
... population rose from five percent in 1790 to 73.5 percent in 1970 . Population distribution . Man , in building his culture over his 2,000,000 - to - 4,000,000 - year occupation of this planet , has précipitated three developments that ...
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