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High population growth in 2050 despite AIDS

    JOHANNESBURG

    The US-based Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has predicted that the bulk of the world's population growth will occur in developing nations by 2050, despite higher rates of HIV/AIDS and infant mortality.

    In its latest report, the 2004 World Population Data Sheet, PRB said a 50 percent population increase by that period would result in nearly 9.3 billion people globally.

    The report noted that the number of people in the developing world was expected to rise by 55 percent to more than 8 billion, while the developed world's population would rise by 4 percent to more than 1.2 billion.

    According to the PRB projections, HIV prevalence in Africa, which is already decreasing in 14 of 38 nations, was expected to peak in about 10 to 15 years.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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