The United Nations projects that figure to rise to 6.1 billion in the year 2000. By 2020 it will climb to 7.8 billion and will reach 8.2 billion in the year 2025. Ninety percent of this growth is taking place in developing countries. including the major sending countries of illegal immigrants to the United States. If we look at Mexico. for example. we see that this country. with a population of 78.3 million in 1984. will jump to 115 million people in the year 2000 and will hit 174 million by 2025. Looking from Mexico to all of Latin America. a region which presently has 400 million people. we find that its population will increase to over 565 million by the year 2000.
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