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There will be 65 million people living in South Africa by 2030 – here’s how things will look by 2100

Staff Writer

 ·1 Jul 2017

The United Nations has released its World Population Prospects report for 2017, detailing the key demographic indicators for each country from 1950-2100.

According to the report, the world’s population numbered nearly 7.6 billion as of mid-2017, implying that the world has added approximately one billion inhabitants over the last twelve years.

60% of the world’s people live in Asia (4.5 billion), 17% in Africa (1.3 billion), 10% in Europe (742 million), 9% in Latin America and the Caribbean (646 million), and the remaining 6% in Northern America (361 million) and Oceania (41 million).

China (1.4 billion) and India (1.3 billion) remain the two most populous countries of the world,comprising 19 and 18% of the global total, respectively.

The report noted that the world’s population will continues to grow, albeit more slowly than in the recent past.

Ten years ago, the global population was growing by 1.24% per year. Today, it is growing by 1.10% per year, yielding an additional 83 million people annually.

The world’s population is projected to increase by slightly more than one billion people over the next 13 years, reaching 8.6 billion in 2030, and to increase further to 9.8 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion by 2100.

SA’s population vs the rest of the world 

South Africa

Top 5 worldwide

Population sizes: 1950 vs 2100

South Africa

Percentage of population: 2017 vs 2050

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