UN: Half of world's population growth is likely to occur in Africa

[TomSea]

UN: Half of world's population growth is likely to occur in Africa
By Yemisi Adegoke, CNN
Updated 10:41 PM ET, Sun June 25, 2017

 (CNN)Nigeria will overtake the United States to become the third-most populous country in the world by 2050, according to a United Nations report.

Currently the seventh-most populous country in the world, the West African nation is projected to surpass the 300 million people mark by 2050, according to The World Population Prospects 2017.
The report predicted that the world population will hit a staggering 9.8 billion by 2050, and forecasted that over half of the expected growth between 2017 and 2050 is likely to occur in Africa.

Here are five African countries that will contribute the most to the world's population growth.

Continued: http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/25/africa/africa-population-growth-un/index.html

[TomSea]

The population is going to grow a lot where there are poor, underdeveloped nations and in many cases, Islam and a lot of terrorism.  It makes one contemplate what the world will look like in 2050, 2100.

Of course, at the same time, Christianity grows in China, in Africa. I know Islam is slated to become the largest religion in the world but it is rather disjointed at that.