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APPENDIX E
INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL SEATS - COMPARATIVE STATISTICS

Region (for Council purposes)Number of Full Member Nations (for Council purposes)Number of Council Seats 1961–65Population (in thousands)1Percentage Contribution 1964/1965
AFRICA3024161,3293  1.905
ASIA AND THE FAR EAST145910,4228.58
EUROPE257422,80342.38 
LATIN AMERICA225217,6196.31
NEAR EAST123  91,52941.27
NORTH AMERICA  22205,19136.17 
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC  21  12,9932.76

1 Taken from the United Nations Demographic yearbook 1962; data varies from 1960 to 1962.

2 Excluding South Africa.

3 No population estimates given for Ethiopia and Liberia.

4 No population estimates given for Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

5 Excluding contribution of South Africa.

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