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Asia Dominates Massive Global Population Changes


 
Last updated: 6 November 2024
 
India’s population is set to more than quadruple from 1950 to 2050, reaching a staggering 1.68 billion. The broader Asia region dominates the top ten ranking, accounting for half of the listed nations. China’s population is the only one in the top ten estimated to fall from 2023 to 2050, moving from 1.42 billion to 1.26 billion.

Top 10 Largest Countries (in Population Terms)
Data is ranked on 2050 population numbers
Asia Dominates Massive Global Population Changes



No European countries make the top ten ranking, partly as a result of Europe's falling fertility rate (1.5% compared with Africa's 4%). This high fertility rate in Africa can be seen in places like Nigeria whose population, it is estimated, will rise nearly tenfold from 1950 to 2050. The only western nation to appear is the United States. In 1950, the United States was once quadruple the size of Nigeria in terms of population. A century later, the gap between the two nations is much smaller.

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