Posted on 06/14/2013 10:46:17 AM PDT by traumer
The world’s population will reach almost eleven billion by the end of the century because of soaring birth rates in Africa, according to new research. The latest projection is about 800 million - eight percent - more than a previous UN forecast of 10.1 billion issued in 2011.
Researchers had expected fertility on the poorest continent where a woman will give birth to an average of 5.2 children in her lifetime, to fall more quickly than it has.
The current African population is about 1.1 billion and it is now expected to reach 4.2 billion, nearly a fourfold increase, by 2100.
Professor Adrian Raftery, of the University of Washington, said: 'The fertility decline in Africa has slowed down or stalled to a larger extent than we previously predicted, and as a result the African population will go up.'
A study last year found shifting population trends mean one in three children born by 2050 will be African.
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I call BS on that too. The trend, even in traditionally high family regions such as India, the Middle East, and Africa, is SMALLER families.
Translation for the tin-eared: "Hey you guilty American/European scumbags...give us all your money. NOW!"
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