The World Population Prospects ... to practically double by 2050. However, growth in these countries comes against the backdrop of a slowing global fertility rate. In 1990, the average number ...

"The region will account for about 60 percent of global population increase between now and 2050 ... world." The map below shows which countries in Africa have the highest population growth rates ...

Brown: If we define the population explosion in terms of the rate of growth ... the developing world, but the vast majority of the nearly three billion people to be added by 2050 will come ...

Global energy demand will increase faster than the rate of population growth through ... "The world population is going to increase by about 25% between now and 2050, but energy demand will ...

Pakistan is a relatively young country with a predominantly youthful population. Children under the age of 15 make up ...

The phenomenal growth in world population has occurred despite a marked decline in the growth rate of the world's population—which fell to 1.2 percent a year in 2000–05, and is expected to drop ...

Two-thirds of humanity now live in countries where fertility rates have fallen below replacement levels, posing a threat to ...

As the theme of this year’s World Population Day reminds us, investing in data collection is important to understanding problems, tailoring solutions, and driving progress. So is finance.