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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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