Volume 22 - Article 15 | Pages 383–472  

Projection of populations by level of educational attainment, age, and sex for 120 countries for 2005-2050

By Samir KC, Bilal Barakat, Anne Goujon, Vegard Skirbekk, Warren C. Sanderson, Wolfgang Lutz

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