Credit: By Gary Raynaldo /  Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN-DESA  (Center)   John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN-DESA; and Patrick Gerland, Chief, Population Estimates and Projections Section, Population Division, UN-DESA at press conference UN world headquarters June 17, 2019. 

By Gary Raynaldo         DIPLOMATIC TIMES

UNITED NATIONS –   The world’s population, though at a slower pace,  is expected to increase by 2 billion in the next 30 years, from 7.7 billion currently to 9.7 billion in 2050, according to a United Nations report released Monday. The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights, which is published by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic  and Social Affairs, provides a comprehensive overview of global demographic patterns and prospects. The study concludes that the world’s  population could reach it peak around the end of the current century, at a level of nearly 11 billion. The report also confirmed that the world’s population is growing older due to increasing life expectancy and falling fertility levels. 

THE POPULATION OF SUB-SAHARAN  AFRICA IS PROJECTED TO DOUBLE BY 2050

The nine countries expected to show the biggest increase are India, Nigeria and Pakistan, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Indonesia, Egypt and the United States of America. In all, the population of sub-Saharan Africa is expected to practically double by 2050.

India will overtake China, sub-Saharan Africa population to double

India is expected to show the highest population increase between now and 2050, overtaking China as the world’s most populous country, by around 2027. India, along with eight other countries, will make up over half of the estimated population growth between now and 2050.

Diplomatic Times Video /  Maria-Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, UN-DESA speaks on world population prospects June 17, 2019 UN world headquarters New York.

The global fertility rate, which fell from 3.2 births per woman in 1990 to 2.5 in 2019, is projected to decline further to 2. 2 in 2050 in 2019, according to the report.

Diplomatic Times Video /  John Wilmoth, Director, Population Division, UN-DESA; and Patrick Gerland, Chief, Population Estimates and Projections Section, Population Division speaks on world population trends.