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not in subsaharan africa. nigeria alone is set to hit ~1 billion by the end of the century, even if current birthrates slow dramatically. if china is the cente
by nyolfen 9y ago
not in subsaharan africa. nigeria alone is set to hit ~1 billion by the end of the century, even if current birthrates slow dramatically. if china is the centerpiece of the 21st century, africa is the stage for the 22nd:
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- philipwhiuk 9y ago140K in 2006, 185K in 2016. 1B in 2100? That seems a big jump. Africa does need an economic super power however to avoid hundreds of millions of economic migrants moving to China, the EU and the US.
- CUViper 9y agoDirectly extrapolating that 32% in 10 years would predict over 2B in 2106.
- 0xcde4c3db 9y ago> 140K in 2006, 185K in 2016. If those are supposed to be the population of Nigeria, you've missed a factor of 1000 somewhere.
- nyolfen 9y agoi believe those numbers are meant to have an ‘m’ instead of a ‘k’? lagos alone has over 20m. the US had a population of ~76m in 1900, and severely restricted immigration for much of the 20th c