2050 Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity
By 2030 half of all new entrants into the global workforce will be from sub-Saharan Africa.
By 2050 the region’s working-age population will still be rising when it will be falling everywhere else.
At that point Africa will be home to approximately 2.5bn people, or around a quarter of humanity.
The Economist 6 January 6th 2025
By mid-century (2050) Nigeria is projected to be as populous as the US
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