New data from the United Nations shows the top 10 countries contributing the most to the next billion in population growth as of September 2024.
The top 10 include five countries from Africa and four from Asia. Only one Western country is listed. The map does not include any countries from Latin America, Oceania or Europe.
Together, these 10 countries are expected to contribute 49 percent of the population growth by 2037.
Earth’s population is expected to continue to grow until it peaks at some point in the 2080s, possibly surpassing the 10 billion mark.
Most of Egypt’s 111 million population (as of 2022) live along the banks of the Nile River and more than two-fifths of the population lives in urban areas. Along the Nile, the population density is one of the highest in the world at more than 5,000 persons per square mile.
According to the UN data, Egypt’s population growth between 2024 and 2037 is expected to be 23 million, earning it ninth place.
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