RT null T1 The State of the World Environment 1991 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 environmental quality K1 biological diversity K1 water resource K1 marine environment K1 economic development K1 social development SN 92807 1287-X YR 1991 FD 1991 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28276 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/28276 NO The world's population reached 5.3 billion in 1990 and is expected to grow by another one billion to reach 6.3 billion by 2000. About 93 per cent of this population growth will be in the developing countries. Although there has been marked progress in improving health conditions throughout the world in the 1980s, enormous gaps remain between the rich and poor in developed and developing countries, and especially between the two groups of countries. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 16, 2026