Information for pair0076 population growth and food consumption data for 174 countries or areas, during the period from 1990-92 to 1995-97 (former 174 data points) and that from 1995-97 to 2000-02 (latter 174 points). The data were taken from food security statistics provided by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (http://www.docstoc.com/docs/102679223/Food-consumption-and-population-growth---FAO); see http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-fs/en/ . x (first column): the average annual rate of change of population; y (second column): the average annual rate of change of total dietary consumption for total population (kcal/day). Their difference (y-x) can be interpreted as the average annual rate of change of dietary energy consumption (kcal/person/day). Ground truth: x --> y