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For any form of publication, please include this link:
http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1

Please give the cartographer/designer/author credit (in this case Emmanuelle Bournay and Matthias Beilstein, Zoï Environment Network) and give full recognition to the data sources used in the graphic.

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Here are some suggestions for the the proper citation, in a number of styles that can just be copied and pasted into any documents. This is based on the template provided by Wikipedia. For reference to any printed material, please see the details of the collection or collections this graphic is published in, which may be published in paper format.

• APA style

  Population. (2009). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 05:33, March 21, 2010 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1.

• MLA style

  "Population." UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2009. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 21 Mar 2010 <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1>.

• MHRA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 'Population', UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, 2009, <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1> [Accessed 21 March 2010]

• Chicago style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, Population, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1 (Accessed 21 March 2010)

• CBE/CSE style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Population [Internet]. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library; 2009 [cited 2010 Mar 21]. Available from: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1.

• Bluebook style

  Population, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1 (Last visited March 21, 2010).

• Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style

  See UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, Population, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1 (Optional description here) (as of Mar. 21, 2010, 04:33 UTC).

• AMA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Population. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 2009. Available at: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/population1. Accessed March 21, 2010.