Happy World Population Day. The annual setting of the United Nations is not only an opportunity to recognize "the dreams of each of our 8 billion people on our planet", as UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday in a blog post is also an opportunity to take. a product of the speed at which the world around us is changing. In the last 12 months alone, the world's population reached eight billion and for the first time, India overtook China as the world's most expensive country. But even as the world's population reaches new heights, one of the hottest conversations is about "overpopulation," according to Insider. According to forecasts, China, Japan, Germany, and the United States are facing the possibility of population decline by 2100, which may lead to major economic problems. Unlike countries that face the possibility of aging and population decline, other parts of the world are expected to reduce the decline in population growth in the coming decades. Nigeria is probably the most famous of these fast-moving people. As of 1982, Nigeria had a population of less than 80 million and was not among the ten most populous countries in the world.
Over the next 41 years, Nigeria's population nearly tripled to 225 million, rising to sixth on the list. And he should not take it easy. According to the latest UN projections, Nigeria will almost double in size by the year 2050 to 377 million. In the process, the country will catch up with Pakistan and Indonesia and find itself in the union that created it. and the United States is the third most expensive country in the world. That's amazing for a city that's smaller than the size of Texas. Nigeria's impressive growth also reflects the growth of the African continent. According to UN estimates, five of the eight countries are expected to account for half of the global population growth in the next 27 years in Africa. In an interview with Africa News, Tighisti Amare, deputy director of the Africa program of Chatham House in London, pointed out that Africa is the fastest-growing continent and the youngest, noting that 70% of the population is under 30 years old. He also said that because of such a growing population, countries like Nigeria are creating more workers and technology companies, which makes it possible to create solutions to the problems that affect Africa, such as climate change, climate, and the national level. While there are many positives, there are also many development challenges that come with a rapidly increasing population. Michael Herrmann, the economic adviser to the UN Population Fund, told Africa News that without a good plan, it may be difficult to care for, educate and employ the rapidly growing population. Regardless of how Nigeria and other fast-growing African countries manage their explosive growth, World Population Day gives us an opportunity to reflect on the dramatic demographic changes that will reshape our world. in the coming decades.
"The population growth is, of course, partly explained by improvement in level and access to public health," Amare said. "That has led to decrease in child mortality. And that by itself is good news. And the other good news is that also by having a young population, most African nations do not have the burden of a large elderly population that relies on taxes and pensions, which can be a strain on the economy as well." "They have decided to meet the needs of people in terms of education, of health care, housing, food, water, energy, security," Hermann said. "They want to create full employment for the people, and a growing population can raise the stakes in these efforts. It makes it harder to achieve these objectives, to achieve social progress, and also it might come with growing pressures on the environment."
