Energy Demand Forecasting: Combining Cointegration Analysis and Artificial Intelligence Algorithm

Table 5

Hypothesis of variables for the three different scenarios (unit: %).

Period	Growth rate of GDP			Growth rate of population	Growth rate of economic structure	Growth rate of urbanization
	Scenario A	Scenario B	Scenario C
2016–2020	7.0	6.5	6.0	0.60	2.0	1.5
2021–2025	6.5	6.0	5.5	0.70	2.2	0.8
2026–2030	6.0	5.5	5.0	0.75	2.5	0.4