World Population Growth

The fast rising populations have put global challenges particularly before the developing nations in the form of hunger, starvations and malnutrition. It has become a great problem on the part of the developing nations to find out the way of feeding their masses.

The population projection in some of the countries over the world is as follows:

The fast rising populations have put global challenges particularly before the developing nations in the form of hunger, starvations and malnutrition. It has become a great problem on the part of the developing nations to find out the way of feeding their masses.

The population projection in some of the countries over the world is as follows:

Population Projection (In Millions) Countries 1980 2000 2025 2050 Fertility Rate, (1982) China 980 1,196 1,408 1,450 2.3 India 687 994 1,309 1,523 4.8 Indonesia 146 212 283 330 4.3 Brazil 121 181 243 299 3.9 Bangladesh 89 157 266 337 6.3 Nigeria 85 169 329 471 6.9 Pakistan 82 140 229 302 5.8 Mexico 69 109 154 182 4.6 Egypt 42 63 86 102 4.6 Kenya 17 40 83 120 8.0 Regions Africa 479 903 1,646 2,297 6.4 East Asia 1,061 1,312 1,542 1,573 2.3 South Asia 1,387 2,164 3,125 3,810 4.9 Latin America 356 535 732 856 4.1 Developed Countries 1,137 1,263 1,357 1,380 1.9 Total world 4,435 6,147 8,298 9,780 3.6

 

Source: World Bank Estimates, 1984.