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8 maps that will change the way you look at Africa

We’ve pulled together eight maps that put Africa’s population, income, growth, and potential into context. 1. Where the world’s 7 billion live National Geographic‘s map illustrates where and how the ...
Fast Company

Facebook has created an insanely detailed map of where everyone in Africa lives

One of the biggest challenges in humanitarian aid is actually delivering the product to the people who need it most. Vaccines, disease-battling insecticides, and new advancements in solar technology ...
Pew Research Center

For World Population Day, a look at the countries with the biggest projected gains – and losses – by 2100

Newborn babies at a Mumbai hospital on World Population Day 2017. The UN projects that by 2027 India will surpass China as the world’s most populous country. (Kunal Patil/Hindustan Times via Getty ...
Reuters

Africa's rapid population growth puts poverty progress at risk, says Gates

LONDON (Reuters) - Rapid population growth in some of Africa's poorest countries could put at risk future progress towards reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the ...
The Economist

Africa’s population will double by 2050

Sub-Saharan Africa’s population is growing at 2.7% a year, which is more than twice as fast as South Asia (1.2%) and Latin America (0.9%). That means Africa is adding the population of France (or ...
The Conversation

What’s driving Africa’s population growth. And what can change it

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