NEW population forecasts from the United Nations point to a new world order in 2050. The number of people will grow from 7.3 billion to 9.7 billion in 2050, 100m more than was estimated in the UN’s last report two years ago. More than half of this growth comes from Africa, where the population is set to double to 2.5 billion. Nigeria’s population will reach 413m, overtaking America as the world’s third most-populous country. Congo and Ethiopia will swell to more than 195m and 188m repectively, more than twice their current numbers. India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country in 2022, six years earlier than was previously forecast. China’s population will peak at 1.4 billion in 2028; India’s four decades later at 1.75 billion. Changes in fertility make long-term projections hard, but by 2100 the planet’s population will be rising past 11.2 billion. It will also be much older. The median age of 30 will rise to 36 in 2050 and 42 in 2100—the median age of Europeans today. A quarter of Europe’s people are already aged 60 or more; by 2050 deaths will outnumber births by 32m. The UN warns that only migration will prevent the region’s population from shrinking further.

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WHY NOT....WHEN WE HAVE ABOKIIS BORNING ANYHOW LIKE MELU-MELU....

Being populated is not d big deal...we shld able to take care of our self and be a nation that is developed cos if we rmain like dis and get overpopulated,na SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST b dat o

Nigerians please let's not let this happen. Family planning is the way to go

Population explosion isn't good news for third world countries. It'll only multiply the index of poverty, war and pestilences. A case study is India, in spite of her appreciable leaps in academy, science and politics, it's still shackled to underdevelopment. The positive leaps are drowned and diluted by an unchecked population growth.