Africa's Demographic Boom — A Path to Economic Prosperity, or to Social Crisis?

(16 June 2021) Africa is the only continent with a fast-growing population, and the only one where the population is expected to continue growing beyond 2050. According to the UN's 2019 World Population Prospects report, in the next 80 years population of Africa will increase by more than three times — from 1.3 billion people in 2020 to 4.2 billion in 2100. In 19 African countries, the population is on track to double in the next 30 years, and in 28 African countries the population is...