A new UN report says the world population may hit 10.1 billion by 2100. David Bloom worries about Africa:
Africa’s population today stands at 1 billion. According to the U.N., that number will increase to 2.2 billion by 2050 and 3.6 billion by 2100. … These facts are troubling because population growth is clustered with, and aggravates, other major problems. If you look at all countries in terms of income poverty, water poverty, and the Failed States Index , the 14 countries that rank high on all three, all but one are in Africa (Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, Niger, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda). And the average annual population growth rate of those countries is a whopping 2.6 percent.
The Economist's graph of select nations' population forecasts is above.
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