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World Food Policy Constraints on Food Policies and to 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by Strategies in SSA: Some Prospects 2100. Ten years ago, world population Population Prospects T he world population is projected to increase by >1 billion people within the next 15 years, reaching 8.5 billion in 2030, and to increase further was growing by 1.24% per year. Today, the growth rate is 1.18% per year that leads to an additional 83 million people annually. During 2015–2050, half of the population growth is expected to be concentrated in 9 countries: India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of the Major area 2015 Population (millions) 2030 2050 World …………………………………. 7 349 8 501 9 725 11 213 Africa …………………………………. 1 186 1 679 2 478 4 387 Asia …………………………………… 4 393 4 923 5 267 4 889 Europe ………………………………… 738 734 707 646 Latin America and the Caribbean …….. 634 721 784 721 Northern America …………………….. 358 396 433 500 Oceania ……………………………….. 39 47 57 71 2100 Figure 8: Population of the World and Major Areas according to the Medium-Variant Projection Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Population Division (2015). World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision. New York: United Nations. Figure 9: Sub-Saharan Africa: total population 163