Population Growth
latest news & developments
Many ethical hurdles to overcome in managing global population growth
Steering more than a billion people away from absolute poverty is not straightforward This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The…
Water shortages cause conflicts across Africa
With 700 million people at risk of being displaced by water scarcity by 2030, and no way to increase the world’s potable water supply, the continent must mitigate the risk via…
An African vision for our food systems
Young people, of which the continent has many, could be key to innovating intelligent technology solutions that help farmers produce food efficiently
China’s population shrinks despite two-child policy: experts
For each elderly citizen, there are seven people who are working and contributing to the social welfare system
Turn Africa’s cities into vertical farms
Although the problems are enormous, cities can also offer unique opportunities to reduce poverty, deliver prosperity and economic development
Bigger farms needed to feed nine billion
That’s not the research findings the proponents of small-scale, organic agriculture want to hear
A quarter of the world will be African by 2050
Africa’s population is on the rise — necessitating increased investment in the next generation’s access to healthcare and right education.
Are there 70-million people in South Africa?
The last census estimated that there were 52-million people in SA. Recent reports cited claims by an academic that 20-million people weren’t counted.
Not even WWIII could stop surge in population
Rather than limiting population, reducing the consumption of natural resources would have a better chance of achieving effective sustainability gains.
China’s ‘second-borns’ live in the shadows
Thirty years after it was introduced, the ‘transitional policy’ endures despite warnings of its punitive effects on China’s development.
UN predicts Nigeria will outpopulate the US by 2050
Nigeria’s population is expected to surpass that of the United States by 2050, according to new United Nations projections.
‘Green revolution’ needed to support African continent
A "green revolution" leading to much higher crop yields is needed to support the rapidly growing populations of African countries, a think-tank warns.
SA women having fewer babies
SA’s population hit 50-million this year, but the country’s population growth is considerably slower than that of Africa’s 39 high-fertility countries
Lagos sits at the centre of Africa’s population boom
Nigeria is the continent’s most populist country with around 160-million people, and the UN estimates it could grow to around 400-million by 2050.
SA’s population passes the 50-million mark
South Africa’s population has passed 50 million, according to mid-year population estimates released by Stats SA on Wednesday.