Although family planning programs have sharply cut birth rates in many parts of the world, a number of the poorest nations are still expected to triple their populations by mid-century, a U.S. research institute said Wednesday.
“Countries with replacement-level or below-replacement-level fertility collectively account for about 2.6 billion people–44 percent of the world’s population,” said a report issued by the Population Institute.
But the institute said: “A number of countries continue to grow rapidly and face the adverse effects of overpopulation.”
The populations of Afghanistan, Angola, Congo, the Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Oman, Somalia, Togo and Uganda are expected to triple over the next half-century, the report said.
The number of Liberians will quadruple in the same period, it said.
