According to data provided by Our World in Data, the population growth by region from 1900 to 2050 (forecasted) is mapped below.
The world population has increased from 4 to 8 billion people in less than 50 years.
According to the United Nations Population Division, Asia, particularly countries like South Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong, leads the world in having the oldest populations.
Marcus Lu of Visual Capitalists has created this visualization, which shows the population of the main areas at three distinct times: 1900, 2000, and 2050 (forecasted). The United Nations medium-fertility scenario is used in the figures, which are derived from Our World in Data as of March 2023.
Population by Continent (1900-2050F)
Throughout the 20th century, population growth around the world was mostly driven by Asia. The population of the continent increased by 2.8 billion people between 1900 and 2000, as opposed to barely 680 million in Africa, the second-most populous continent...
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