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Posted on October 14, 2004
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International Affairs/Development
A Look at the World's Population in 2050
Developing countries in Africa and Asia will account for about 90 percent of the increase in the world's population projected by 2050, while the populations of most developed countries will decrease. The United States, an exception, is likely to see significant growth resulting from immigration and a birth rate higher than other developed nations (it has fertility rates of 2.0 compared to fertility rates of lower or much lower than 2.0 in other developed countries). These are a few of the facts in the Population Reference Bureau's annual World Population Data Sheet (17 pages, PDF), which predicts that the population of the United States will grow from 293 million in 2004 to 420 million at mid-century. The world's most populous nation, China, will see its population rise from 1.3 billion to over 1.4 billion, reaching its peak in 2025 with declines thereafter. It will be surpassed by India, whose population will swell from 1.1 billion now to 1.6 billion in 2050.
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