NIGERIA'S POPULATION TO OVERTAKE CHINA'S BY 2100 – STUDY
Nigeria’s population is expected to surpass that of China by 2100, a new study suggests.
China,
which is currently the most populous nation in the world, is expected
to peak at 1.4 billion in four years time before nearly halving to 732
million by 2100 while India will become the world’s most populous
nation.
The study
predicts that within the same period, Nigeria’s population will hit 791
million, making it the second-largest country in the world.
The
research which was conducted by the University of Washington’s
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation states that the general
population of the world will drop due to a reduction in fertility rates.
However,
the population of sub-Saharan Africa – arguably the poorest region in
the world – is expected to triple in size to more than three billion
people by 2100.
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