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308. Report by the NSC Ad Hoc Group on Population Policy

ly 1970’s. About four-fifths of the developing country population lives in the 13 most populous countries, i.e., those whose 1975 population exceeded 35 million. This includes, in order of size: China, India, Indonesia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria, Mexico, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, and Egypt. The “key 13 countries” mentioned elsewhere in this Report, and in last year’s Report, include 11 of the 13 developing countries listed in this paragraph. [Footnote in the original.] Accordingly, these 13 countries have a disproportionately large impact on average demographic tr…