Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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World Contraceptive Use 1998

Level of current contraceptive use

• World and regional averages
  
• Less developed regions: Africa
  
• Less developed regions: Asia
  
• Less developed regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
  
• Less developed regions: Oceania
• More developed regions
  

Couples in reproductive ages in 1995
Trends in contraceptive use

• World and regional averages
  
• Less developed regions: Africa
  
• Less developed regions: Asia
  
• Less developed regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
  
• Less developed regions: Oceania
• More developed regions
  

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