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Land area (thousand km 2 )

Population (millions)

GDP (US$ billion)

0 200 400 600 800 0

25 50 75 100

0 100 200 300 400

Africa

C

Australia

M

Europe

Y

CM

Latin America

MY

CY

North America

CMY

K

Asia

Global (total)

2 223 000 km 2

145 millions

US$944 billion

Figure 16. Land area, number of people impacted and projected economic losses from a 1 metre uniform sea level rise in different regions (Anthoff et al ., 2006; UNEP, 2007).

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