1. Obtained by interpolation from Lee L. Bean, M.R. Khan and A.R. Rukanuddin, Population Projections for Pakistan, 1960-2000, Karachi: Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Institute of development Economics, 1968.

2. In view of the uncertainties associated with the components of population change, it would be safe to assume that, at 95 per cent confidence level, the population size of Bangladesh on January 1, 1973 will range between 73.9 + 1.5 million.

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