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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

  World population development. (1997?). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved 21:06, February 9, 2010 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development.

• MLA style

  "World population development." UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 1997?. UNEP/GRID-Arendal. 9 Feb 2010 <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development>.

• MHRA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, 'World population development', UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, 1997?, <http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development> [Accessed 9 February 2010]

• Chicago style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal, World population development, UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development (Accessed 9 February 2010)

• CBE/CSE style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. World population development [Internet]. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library; 1997? [cited 2010 Feb 9]. Available from: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development.

• Bluebook style

  World population development, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development (Last visited February 9, 2010).

• Bluebook: Harvard JOLT style

  See UNEP/GRID Arendal Maps and Graphics Library, World population development, http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development (Optional description here) (as of Feb. 9, 2010, 20:06 UTC).

• AMA style

  UNEP/GRID-Arendal. World population development. UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. 1997?. Available at: http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/world_population_development. Accessed February 09, 2010.