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The United Nations estimates that of the world’s 8 billion population India is now home to 1.425 billion people, matching and at some point, is expected to surpass China’s
The United Nations estimates that of the world’s 8 billion population India is now home to 1.425 billion people, matching and at some point, is expected to surpass China’s. The UN believes this could be any time now at mid-year, but demographers say it may already have happened, it’s difficult to know precisely because they’re relying on estimates to make their best guess. Climate change could take its toll on India as it has in other parts of the globe and could hamper development.
Despite facing many of the same obstacles, the African continent is the centre of much interest. It’s the fastest growing and youngest population according to Tighisti Amare, the Deputy Director of the Africa Programme at the Chatham House think tank in London.
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Coming specifically to Africa, it is pointed out that an obstacle to growth is that many countries in Africa rely on exporting unprocessed natural resources, like mining oil and gas and agriculture rather than developing an economy that sends out higher-value finished products.
