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Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by naptu2: 8:47am On Jun 23, 2017
Nigeria to Pass U.S. as World’s 3rd Most Populous Country by 2050, UN Says

by Associated Press
Jun 22 2017, 5:22 am

UNITED NATIONS — India's population is expected to surpass China's in about seven years and Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States and become the third most populous country in the world shortly before 2050, a U.N. report said Wednesday.

The report by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population Division forecasts that the current world population of nearly 7.6 billion will increase to 8.6 billion by 2030, 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100.


People crowd a street in Lagos, Nigeria, on Dec. 23, 2016. Akintunde Akinleye / Reuters

It said roughly 83 million people are added to the world's population every year and the upward trend is expected to continue even with a continuing decline in fertility rates, which have fallen steadily since the 1960s.

"The population in Africa is notable for its rapid rate of growth, and it is anticipated that over half of global population growth between now and 2050 will take place in that region," said John Wilmoth, who is the population division's director. "At the other extreme, it is expected that the population of Europe will, in fact, decline somewhat in the coming decades."

The U.N. agency forecasts that from now through 2050 half the world's population growth will be concentrated in just nine countries — India, Nigeria, Congo, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Tanzania, United States, Uganda and Indonesia. Those nations are listed in the order of their "expected contribution to total growth," the report said.

During the same period, it added, the populations of 26 African countries are expected to at least double.

Nigeria, currently the world's seventh largest country, has the fastest growing population of the 10 most populous countries worldwide, and the report projects it will surpass the U.S. shortly before mid-century.

The new projections also forecast that China, which currently has 1.4 billion inhabitants, will be replaced as the world's most populous country around 2024 by India, which now has 1.3 billion inhabitants

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nigeria-pass-u-s-world-s-3rd-most-populous-country-n775371

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Tolexander: 8:54am On Jun 23, 2017
UNITED NATIONS — India's population is expected to surpass China's in about seven years and Nigeria is projected to overtake the United States and become the third most populous country in the world shortly before 2050, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
If not for the Britons, China shouldn't be competing with India in terms of the numerical strength.

Nigerian population na fraud, UN is just making its own speculation.

Which credible census gave Nigeria the number we have been flaunting?

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by mike404(m): 8:55am On Jun 23, 2017
ALL THANKS TO ALMAJIRI CHILDREN

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by mike404(m): 8:55am On Jun 23, 2017
Tolexander:
ok
EKAARO ALHAJI grin
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by hucienda: 8:59am On Jun 23, 2017
Projection with all the issues simmering beneath the surface in 2017?
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by juman(m): 9:02am On Jun 23, 2017
By that time there would not be a country by the name "nigeria".

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by dollarcoolcat(m): 9:06am On Jun 23, 2017
By then One alhaji sulaimon tanko will have 150 kids with 125 underage mom.. With all the sensitizin they neva agree to get sense upon say na free!

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Tolexander: 9:09am On Jun 23, 2017
mike404:
EKAARO ALHAJI grin
I will cast a spell on this boy o!

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by rozayx5(m): 9:33am On Jun 23, 2017
without any tangible achievement


anyway by then , there will no Nigeria


maybe arewastan

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by damton(m): 9:33am On Jun 23, 2017
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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by ephi321(f): 9:33am On Jun 23, 2017
Population without progress, is that one a population? cheesy

Population with sense is the likes of China and India who have capitalized on their growth figures by educating their populace.

Most populous with nothing tangible to point at. Shame.

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by obembet(f): 9:34am On Jun 23, 2017
MrMoney007:
All thanks to the almajiris for giving birth like king cobras

And all our Muslim brothers...

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by MrMoney007: 9:34am On Jun 23, 2017
All thanks to the almajiris for giving birth like king cobras

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by femo86(m): 9:34am On Jun 23, 2017
and then
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Sugarcious(m): 9:34am On Jun 23, 2017
All hail thee north!
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Nobody: 9:35am On Jun 23, 2017
should will call dis future achievement
most populous with povertyundecided

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by brunofarad(m): 9:35am On Jun 23, 2017
It's still far na. Maybe it'll reduce by then

Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by matrix199(m): 9:35am On Jun 23, 2017
Nigeria's standard of living to become worse in 2050.

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Hussainvictor12: 9:35am On Jun 23, 2017
Who cares?
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Btruth: 9:36am On Jun 23, 2017
That means "Anfi ibaje se ayo niyen oooo"

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by stingg(m): 9:36am On Jun 23, 2017
It's scary!
Even the current population is looking like a curse

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by xynerise: 9:36am On Jun 23, 2017
If the entity Nigeria will still exist by then

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Nobody: 9:37am On Jun 23, 2017
juman:
By that time there would not be a country by the name "nigeria".

There will always be a country called Nigeria.
But by then majority of our current leaders will b no more, hence a better Nigeria.
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by auntysimbiat(f): 9:37am On Jun 23, 2017
na achievement?

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Acidosis(m): 9:38am On Jun 23, 2017
With;

Lowest literacy rate


Highest deforestation


Highest maternal mortality


Highest crime rate


Highest number of internet fraudsters


Highest number of political criminals


Lowest life expectancy


Lowest standard of living


Lowest minimum wage


Lowest GDP


189th country on "ease of doing business"

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Nobody: 9:38am On Jun 23, 2017
The North giving birth in midst of poverty. Let them take care of themselves in a divided Nigeria

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by mmafhew(m): 9:38am On Jun 23, 2017
If only the economy then wont be like this, otherwise.............
Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by Morenikeji070: 9:39am On Jun 23, 2017
Wow this is when our government need to trigger some shits out by making law no one should born more than 3 children coz population without progress is nothing

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by JimD(m): 9:39am On Jun 23, 2017
juman:
By that time there would not be a country by the name "nigeria".

See this idiotic comment.

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Re: Nigeria To Pass U.S. As World’s 3rd Most Populous Country By 2050, UN Says by whowhokwara: 9:40am On Jun 23, 2017
Ok

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