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Industrialisation and socio-economic changes came about relatively late in Venezuela: the 1930’s are regarded as a turning point. The population grew from less than 4 million to more than 19 million inhabitants in 1990, and is estimated in 25 million at the end of the millennium: it is still growing at a 2.5% rate, due to a sharp decline in death rates (27.1%o in 1935; 4.6%0 in the 1990’s) and a still high birth rate of 24.5%0 in the 1990’s. The structure of the population is typical of a developing society: 45.8% below 18 years of age and 10.8% above 50 years of age, although trends indicate a decrease in the population under 18 and a great rise in the adult population. On the other hand, urbanisation has been so intense that the rural population decreased from 75% in the 30’s to 14% at the end of the 20th Century (Páez Celis, 1995).
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López-Blanco, M. (2001). Nutrition in Venezuela at the end of the Millennium. In: Dasgupta, P., Hauspie, R. (eds) Perspectives in Human Growth, Development and Maturation. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9801-9_11
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