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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
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