The population disaster looms mostly for Africa
By GWYNNE DYER –
Monday, November 7, 2011
The U.N. Population Fund’s own numbers tell the story. Africa currently has one-seventh of the world’s people: just over 1 billion. During the rest of the century, the U.N. agency predicts, this single continent will add an extra 2.6 billion people, more than tripling its population, while the rest of the world adds just half a billion.
If it weren’t for the African population boom, the world’s population would never exceed 7.5 billion. That is still probably twice as many people as the planet’s resources could support comfortably for more than a couple of generations — but birthrates are falling to below replacement level in most places. If that were happening in Africa too, the global population could be headed back down well before 2100.
Dilemma X 
November 7, 2011
Africa, International